I manage the Weeks 3-4 Program and Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) grants within the NWS Office of Science and Technology Integration (OSTI) Modeling Program Division. The Weeks 3-4 Program supports the improvement of Weeks 3-4 forecast products at NWS and the development and implementation of the next-generation sub-seasonal Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS) under the Unified Forecast System (UFS) Framework (https://vlab.noaa.gov/web/osti-modeling/weeks-3-41). Recently, I led the development of NOAA's first UFS-based Seasonal Forecast System (SFS) with a budget of $6.5 million for Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023). My achievements in this role include establishing an SFS Application Team involving participants from NWS, OAR, NCAR, and academia, and leading the team in completing NOAA's SFS Development Plan.Prior to joining OSTI-Modeling, I worked at the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) of NCEP for 18 years, focusing on climate variability and predictability, subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction, coupled model analysis, ocean monitoring, coupled reanalysis, and observing system experiments.I completed my undergraduate studies at the University of Science and Technology of China with a BA in Physics and my graduate studies at Columbia University with an MS and PhD in Geophysical Science.