UCLA EPSS Assistant Professor Hao Cao has been named one of seven UCLA faculty members selected as a W.M. Keck Scholar through the Keck Foundation Bridge Funding program. The award supports innovative early-career research and helps advance promising projects across multiple scientific disciplines.
Prof. Cao’s project, Unveiling Jupiter’s Dusty Ring System Through Neural Network Analysis of Juno Plasma Wave Data, uses artificial intelligence to map the structure of Jupiter’s rings and better understand the dynamic processes that shape them.
The bridge funding is part of UCLA’s long-standing partnership with the W.M. Keck Foundation, supporting groundbreaking research by pairing early-career faculty with doctoral students.