• Assistant Research professor (Lidar remote sensing), Hampton University (2008-Present)
• PhD in atmospheric temperature measurement using rotational Raman lidar, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2004-2007)
• M.S. atmospheric and environmental optics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2001-2004)
• BS in Department of Computer Informational Management, Anhui University (1997-2001)

Dr. Jia Su is in charge of the instrument development and operations of the HU 48-inch lidar facility. He also leads all of the routine data analysis for the lidar data. Dr. Su is on some key projects, primarily focusing on developing a Raman-elastic scattering lidar for air quality and climate-relevant atmospheric composition measurement (aerosol, cloud , water vapor, temperature and carbon dioxide) ; establishing the inversion algorithms of deriving atmospheric properties and variability;  validating the NASA satellite-borne lidar-CALIPSO measurements with the ground-based facilities; analyzing the aerosol-cloud optical properties and their interaction; and coordinating lidar network observations in the east US as a coordinator at the Hampton University (HU), which were supported and monitored by the PIRT project funded by US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (AQC) and Center for Cooperative Remote Sensing Sciences and Technology (CREST) of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Dr. Su is also assisting graduate students in these developments.

Selected Publications:

1. Jia Su, Yonghua Wu, M. Patrick McCormick, Liqiao Lei and Robert B. Lee III, “Improved method to retrieve aerosol optical properties combined elastic-backscatter and Raman lidar data”, Applied Physics B, 2013, 10.1007/s00340-013-5648-2.
2. Jia Su, Zhaoyan Liu, Yonghua Wu, M. Patrick McCormick, Liqiao Lei, “Retrieval of multi-wavelength aerosol lidar ratio profiles using Raman scattering and Mie backscattering signals”, Atmospheric Environment. 79, 36-40, 2013.
3. Jia Su, M. Patrick McCormick and Liqiao Lei, “A new method to retrieve aerosol extinction coefficients from elastic-Raman lidar data.” Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8731, id. 87310J 6. (2013).
4. Liqiao Lei, M. Patrick McCormick and Jia Su, “Planetary boundary layer detection with fractal dimension of three-wavelength lidar signals.” Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 8731, id.873112 6. (2013).
5. Jia. Su, M. Patrick McCormick, Yonghua Wu, Robert B. Lee III, Liqiao Lei, Zhaoyan Liu and Kevin. R. Leavor, “Cloud temperature measurement using rotational Raman Lidar “, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 125, 45-50, 2013.
6. Jia Su, M. Patrick McCormick, Zhaoyan Liu, Robert B. Lee, Kevin R. Leavor, and Liqiao Lei,”Transmittance ratio constrained retrieval technique for lidar cirrus measurements”, Optics Letters, Vol. 37 (2012)
7．Jia Su, M. Patrick McCormick, Zhaoyan Liu, Kevin H. Leavor, Robert B. Lee III, Jasper Lewis, and Michael T. Hill1, Obtaining Ground-based Lidar Geometrical Form Factor Using Coincident Spaceborne Lidar Measurements, Applied Optics，Vol.49, (2010)
8．Zongming Tao, Zhaoyan Liu, Dong Wu, M. Patrick McCormick, and Jia Su, “Determination of aerosol extinction-to-backscatter ratios from simultaneous ground-based and spaceborne lidar measurements,” Optics. Letters. Vol.33, (2008)
9. Su Jia, Zhang Yin Chao, Zhao Yue Feng, Liu Yu Li, Hong Guang Lie, Optic design of
double grating monochromator of a pure rotational Raman‐lidar, CHINESE JOURNAL
OF LASERS. Vol.33(12),(2006)