ESSIC/CISESS scientist Daile Zhang was invited to serve on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the African Centres for Lightning and Electromagnetics Network (ACLENet). ACLENet is a not-for-profit organization with national centres in Africa registered as non-governmental organizations (NGO) or companies limited by guarantee (i.e., non-profit organizations), dedicated to decreasing deaths, injuries and property damage from lightning in the pan-Africa area.
Zhang’s work at ESSIC focuses on evaluating and assessing space-based lightning sensors such as the GLM. She is a part of the ESSIC/CISESS Geostationary Lightning Team, which also includes Scott Rudlosky, Guangyang Fang, and Joseph Patton.
