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Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science

Graduate Students

Ph.D. Students

Nirvan Abhilash

Nirvan Abhilash
Advisor: Dr. Zhang
itaminirvan1@gmail.com
Office: 318 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Study and Analysis of Multi year Lanina

Mehtabidah Ali

Mehtabidah Ali
Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
mehtabidahali1@gmail.com
Office: 136 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Long-Term Trend Analysis of PM₂.₅ and NO₂ in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

FNU Anshika

FNU Anshika
Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
fanshika@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 413 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Determination of Phthalate in Houston Air

A. F. M. Fakhrul Azam

A. F. M. Fakhrul Azam
Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
azam.envcc@gmail.com
Office: 136 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Ashish Bhattarai

Ashish Bhattarai
Advisor: Dr. Zheng
abhatt21@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 233 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Evaluating and Improving the Simulation of Clouds and Its Implications on Ozone Air Quality Predictions

Salma Bibi

Salma Bibi
Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
sbibi@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 318 SR1

Thesis/Research: GC-MS-Based Investigation of Plant VOCs and Their Role in Ozone and SOA Formation

Ronin Costello

Ronin Costello
Advisor: Dr. Wang
rscostel@uh.edu
Office: 413 SR1

Rijul Dimri

Rijul Dimri
Advisor: Dr. Choi
rijuldimri01@gmail.com
Office: 426G SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Applications of GNN and Advance Deep Learning in Improving Predictions and Understanding of Air Quality and Weather

Rashik Islam

Rashik Islam
Advisor: Dr. Choi
rislam5@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 426AA SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Deep Learning Approaches for Air Quality and Fire Risk Forecasting

Farah Jeba

Farah Jeba
Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
fjeba2@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 413 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: An Integrated Analysis of Phenolic Compounds in Urban Air with Source Apportionment, Atmospheric Reactions, and Health Risk in Houston and Dhaka

Nima Khorshidian

Nima Khorshidian
Advisor: Dr. Choi
nkhorshi@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 414 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Examining Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in WRF-Chem-SBM through Assimilated Observations and Anthropogenic Emission Sensitivity Analysis

Malinda Millangoda

Malinda Millangoda
Advisor: Dr. Zheng
msmillangoda@uh.edu
Office: 318 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Salma Noor

Salma Noor
Advisor: Dr. Jiang
snoor2@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 416 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Analysis of Biospheric Fluxes and Wildfire

Raymond Kwaku Twumasi Oware

Raymond Kwaku Twumasi Oware
Advisor: Dr. Zheng
roware@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 318 SR1

Olanrewaju Olukemi Soneye-Arogundade

Olanrewaju Olukemi Soneye-Arogundade
Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
oosoneye@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 136 SR1

Thesis/Research: Analysis of Urban Environmental Dynamics: Integrating Solar Radiation, Air Pollution, and Ultraviolet Exposure

Kazi Fahad Quddus

Kazi Fahad Quddus
Advisor: Dr. Wang
kquddus@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 413 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Air Quality Modelling

Oussama Romdhani

Oussama Romdhani
Advisor: Dr. Zheng
oromdhan@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 233 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Deep convection, Turbulence

Ensieh Sharafkhani

Ensieh Sharafkhani
Advisor: Dr. Choi
esharafkhani@uh.edu
Office: 426B SR1

Saeed Tavakhsh

Saeed Tavakhsh
Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
stavakhs@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 413 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Maria Eugenia Velasco

Maria Eugenia Velasco
Advisor: Dr. Flynn
mevelasc@central.uh.edu
Office: 432G SR1

Haini Wang

Haini Wang
Advisor: Dr. Zhang
hwang85@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 318 SR1

Thesis/Research: Drought Effects on Surface Ozone and PM2.5 over the Texas

Shailaja Wasti

Shailaja Wasti
Advisor: Dr. Wang
swasti@uh.edu
Office: 413 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Analysis of Tropospheric Ozone Chemistry and Dynamics in the Southeast Texas Region Using Observations and Chemical Transport Models

Qiongrui Zhu

Qiongrui Zhu
Advisor: Dr. Zhang
qzhu13@uh.edu
Office: 318I SR1

  • Ashish Bhattaraion, Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Sagun Kayastha, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Julissa Rivas, Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Geoffrey Roberts, Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Deveshwar Singh, Advisor: Dr. Choi

Alumni

  • Dr. In-Yong Eom, Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Prof. Soonwhan Lee, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Prof. Yungon Lee, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Prof. Sankeun Song, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Dr. Ronald Albright, Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Dr. Violeta Coarfa, Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Dr. Gustavo Cuchiara, Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Dr. Beata Czader, Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck / Dr. Choi
  • Dr. In-Yong Eom, Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Dr. Julia Golovko, Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Dr. Wonbae Jeon, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Dr. Hyun Cheol Kim, Advisor: Dr. Byun/Dr. Jiang
  • Dr. Seung-Bum Kim, Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Dr. Soontae Kim, Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Dr. Sojin Lee, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Dr. Xueying Liu, Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Dr. Yannic Lops, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Dr. Graciela Lubertino, Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Dr. Michael Leuchner, Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Dr. Jia Jung, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Dr. Fong Ngan, Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Dr. In-Bo Oh, Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Dr. Arman Pouyaei, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Dr. Anirban Roy, Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Dr. Evelyn Martinez Sabariu, Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Dr. Chang-Keun Song, Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Dr. Jingqian Wang, Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Dr. Sing-Chun Wang, Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Dr. Siyu Zhao, Advisor: Dr. Zhang
  • Dr. Mampi Sarkar, Advisor: Dr. Zheng
  • Dr. Meng Zhang, Advisor: Dr. Zheng
  • Fang-Yi Cheng* (2006), Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Craig Clements* (2007), Advisor: Dr. Zhong
  • Violeta Coarfa* (2007), Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Beata Czader* (2007), Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Fantine Ngan* (2008), Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Dae-Gyun Lee* (2009), Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Karl Pepple* (2009), Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Christine Haman (2010), Advisor: Dr. Lefer
  • Kelly Soich (2012), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Jingqian Wang (2012), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • James H. Flynn III (2013), Advisor: Dr. Lefer
  • Xin Lan (2014), Advisor: Dr. Talbot
  • Harold Justin Trammell (2014), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Gustavo Cuchiara (2015), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • James Houston Trammell (2015), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Lijun Diao (2016), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Laura Judd (2016), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Lei Liu (2016), Advisor: Dr. Talbot
  • Vanessa Caicedo (2017), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Angela Kao (2017), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Alex Kotsakis (2017), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Shuai Pan (2017), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Abigail Corbett (2018), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Ruixue Lei (2018), Advisor: Dr. Talbot
  • Amir Souri (2018), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Shuting Yang (2018), Advisor: Dr. Talbot
  • Sing-Chung Wang (2019), Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Ebrahim Eslami (2020), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Aaron Studwell (2020), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Jia Jung (2021), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Yannic Lops (2021), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Olabosipo Osibanjo (2021), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Alqamah Sayeed (2021), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Ellen Creecy (2022), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Elizabeth Klovenski (2022), Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Arman Pouyaei (2022), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Bavand Sadeghi (2022), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Ronald Albright (2023), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Claudia Bernier (2023), Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Masoud Ghahremanloo (2023), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Travis Griggs (2023), Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Wei Li (2023), Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Ali Mousavinezhad (2023), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Ehsan Soleimanian (2023), Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Madeline Statkewicz (2023), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Mateen Ahmad (2024), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Morshad Ahmed (2024), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Tanzina Akther (2025), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Thishan Dharshana Karandana Gamalathge (2025), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Farzina Haque (2025), Advisor: Dr. Fu
  • Tabitha Lee (2025), Advisor: Dr. Wang
  • Mahmoudreza Momeni (2025), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Delaney Nelson (2025), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Ahmed Salman (2025), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Mahsa Payami Shabestar (2025), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Shihab Ahmad Shahriar (2025), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Reyhaneh Shams (2025), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Xinyue Wang (2025), Advisor: Dr. Jiang
  • Hadi Zanganeh Kia (2025), Advisor: Dr. Choi
  • Irfan Karim (2025), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Mohammad Jahirul Alam (2026), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Arash Kashfi Yeganeh (2026), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck

* Ph.D. in Geophysics (in absence of Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science)

  • Fang-Yi Cheng* (2003), Advisor: Dr. Byun
  • Ryan Perna* (2007), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Monica Patel* (2008), Advisor: Dr. Lefer
  • James H. Flynn III (2009), Advisor: Dr. Lefer
  • Bridget McEvoy-Day (2009), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Nicole Emily Grossberg (2010), Advisor: Dr. Lefer
  • Marc Taylor (2010), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Patrick Wright (2012), Advisor: Dr. Lefer
  • Michele Helene Kocen (2013), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Erin Seda (2013), Advisor: Dr. Lefer
  • Teresa Spohn (2013), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Cari-Sue Wilmot (2013), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Patrick Blood (2014), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Azucena Torres (2014), Advisor: Dr. Talbot
  • Luis Ackermann (2016), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Jarrett Davidson (2018), Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
  • Jason La (2018), Advisor: Dr. Jiang

* M.S. in Geophysics (in absence of M.S. in Atmospheric Science)