Next Steps

Completed

• Converted repository from Sean Xiang to Zong-Liang Yang
• Research dossier created for Zong-Liang Yang
• Milestone table v1 and v2 updated with Yang’s career timeline
• Timeline / storymap JSON updated with Yang’s academic journey
• Landing page updated with Yang’s research chronicle
• SOTA design review updated for academic research context
• Editorial content schema updated:
  • data/chapters.json - Yang’s career chapters from Australia to UT Austin
  • data/locations.json - Geographic journey across continents
  • data/validation.json - Research impact validation
  • data/sources.json - Academic and institutional sources
  • data/artifacts.json - Key research milestones
  • data/timeline.json - Chronological career events
  • data/storymap.json - Geographic narrative
  • data/present-direction.json - Current research focus
  • data/deep-briefs.json - Research impact summaries
  • data/artifact-taxonomy.json - Research artifact categories
  • data/archive-captures.json - Source documentation
  • data/source-roadmap.json - Research priorities
  • data/public-record-ledger.json - Public record tracking
  • data/exhibits.json - Key research exhibits
• Landing page rebuilt into an editorial research chronicle with:
  • Premium hero + thesis framing for academic career
  • Phase rail covering formation → doctoral → postdoc → faculty → recognition
  • Narrative timeline chapters from Australia to Texas
  • Synced MapLibre geography module showing international journey
  • Research validation groups (NCAR, National Water Model, etc.)
  • Source-backed editorial artifact cards for major milestones
  • Noah-MP model development as central innovation
  • Hurricane Harvey impact as real-world validation
  • AGU Fellow recognition as career pinnacle
  • Present-direction module focused on climate prediction

Next implementation steps

1. Strengthen the source archive with more detailed early career information, especially Melbourne and Macquarie years.
2. Add visual assets: conference photos, research diagrams, model visualizations once collected.
3. Populate graduate student achievements and their current positions.
4. Add complete publication timeline with key papers highlighted.
5. Deepen the exhibit treatment for Noah-MP development and Hurricane Harvey forecasting.
6. Consider migrating to Astro once the content model stabilizes.
7. Add international collaboration details (China, NCAR, etc.).
8. Document teaching contributions and course development.