Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
University of California Riverside
ROBERT J. ALLEN
Associate Professor with Tenure, UC Riverside 2016 - present
Earth and Planetary Sciences Graduate Advisor 2019 - present
Assistant Professor, UC Riverside 2012 - 2016
Postdoctoral Scholar -
UCSD/Scripps Institution of Oceanography 2010 - 2011
UC Irvine, Dept. ESS 2008 - 2010
Ph.D. - Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics, Yale University 2009
M.S. - Applied Climatology, Cornell University 2003
B.S. - Atmospheric Science, Cornell University 1997
Research Areas
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Climatology, Climate variability, Land-atmosphere interaction, Atmospheric aerosols/Short-lived pollutants, Large-scale climate dynamics.
TAUFIQ HASSAN
PhD Graduate Student
Ph.D. - GCEC, UC Riverside, USA 2016 - present
M.S. - Environmental Science and Engineering,
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea 2013 - 2015
B.Sc. - Chemical Engineering,
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh 2007 - 2012
Research Areas
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Numerical simulation, Atmospheric aerosol physics, Land-sea warming contrast, Climate Big data
Xueying Zhao
PhD Graduate Student
Ph.D. - GCEC, UC Riverside, USA 2016 - present
M.Sc. - Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate,
University of Reading, UK 2014 - 2015
B.Sc. - Atmospheric Sciences,
Nanjing University of Information Sciences & Technology, China 2010 - 2014
Research Areas:
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GHG/aerosols induced climate changes and impacts, Large-scale atmospheric circulations, air quality
James Gomez
PhD Graduate Student
Ph.D. - GCEC, UC Riverside, USA 2020 - present
B.Sc. - Applied Physics, UC Santa Cruz 2016 - 2020
Research Areas:
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Climate Dynamics, Air pollution
Alumni Group Members
Graduate Students
Anahita Amiri-Farahani
Ph.D. 2018
Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Riverside, Sep 2018-Sep 2019
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Michigan, Sept 2019-present
Sunmin Park
Ph.D. 2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris France, Jan 2018-Dec 2018
Postdoctoral Researcher, Seoul National University, Seoul Korea, Jan 2019-Feb 2021
Research Professor, Korea University, Mar 2021-present
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Rainer Luptowitz
M.S. June 2016
Recipient of the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship
Teacher Education Credential Program (Science), CSUSB
High School Science Teacher, Indio High School, Aug 2020-present
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Osinachi Ajoku
M.S. June 2014
Recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
PhD Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2014-2020
ASP Postdoctoral Fellow, NCAR, 2020-present
Postdoctoral Researchers
Mahesh Kovilakam
2012 - 2014
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oct 2014-Jul 2017
NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellow, NASA Langley Research Center, Aug 2017-Oct 2019
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Langley Research Center, Nov 2019-present
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Durga Kafle
2012 - 2014
Research Professor, Appalachian State University, Aug 2014-May 2015
Senior Support Scientist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, May 2015-present
Undergraduate Students
Katherine Zecca BS Environmental Engineering
Abhishek Patel BS Chemical Engineering
Heedo Kye Visiting International Student