CHRS - The Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing at UCI







CHRS Directory


CHRS Affiliated Faculty

Soroosh Sorooshian, Ph.D.
Director of CHRS
Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Distinguished Professor, Earth System Science
Faculty Profile, Engineering Faculty Profile

Office: (949) 824-8825
Fax: (949) 824-8831
Email: soroosh@uci.edu
Address: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering zotcode 2175
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2175


Kuo-lin Hsu, Ph.D.
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty Profile, Engineering Faculty Profile, Publications

Office: (949) 824-8826
Fax: (949) 824-8831
Email: kuolinh@uci.edu
Address: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering zotcode 2175
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2175


Phu Nguyen, Ph.D.
Associate Adjunct Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering Faculty Profile

Office: (949) 824-3865
Fax: (949) 824-8831
Email: ndphu@uci.edu
Address: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering zotcode 2175
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2175

Amir Aghakouchak, Ph.D.
Chancellor's Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering Faculty Profile

Office: (949) 824-9350
Fax: (949) 824-2117
Email: amir.a@uci.edu
Address: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering zotcode 2175
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2175


Xiaogang Gao, Ph.D.
Emeritus Adjunct Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty Profile

Office: (949) 824-8822
Fax: (949) 824-8831
Email: gaox@uci.edu
Address: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering zotcode 2175
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2175


Research & Administrative Staff

Name Phone Email
Diane Hohnbaum (949) 824-8821 dhohnbau@uci.edu
Thanh Tu Ung (657) 726-6922 ungtt@uci.edu

Graduate Students

Graduate Students Office Phone: (949)-824-9350

Name Degree Dept. Email
Claudia Jimenez Arellano Ph.D. CEE claudij@uci.edu
Vu Dao Ph.D. CEE vndao1@uci.edu
Nazak Rouzegari Ph.D. CEE nrouzega@uci.edu
Mohammad Bolboli Zadeh Ph.D. CEE bolbolim@uci.edu
Jingyang Li Ph.D. CEE jinyal4@uci.edu
Kritan Subedi Ph.D. CEE subedik@uci.edu
Naif Aljehani Ph.D. CEE naljehan@uci.edu

CEE Dept. CHRS Alumni

Hamid Moradkhani, Ph.D. (2004)
Alton N. Scott Professor of Engineering
Director for the Center for Complex Hydrosystems Research
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa AL 35487
Email: hmoradkhani@ua.edu
Website: https://eng.ua.edu/centers/center-for-complex-hydrosystems-research/

Huiling Yuan, Ph.D. (2005)
Professor
Nanjing University School of Atmospheric Sciences
and Key Laboratory of Mesoscale Severe Weather/Ministry of Education
Nanjing, P.R.China
Distinguished Professor, Ministry of Education of P.R. China
Email: yuanhl@nju.edu.cn

Gi-hyeon Park, Ph.D. (2006)
Senior Engineer
Riverside Technology Inc.
2950 E Harmony Road, Suite 390
Fort Collins, CO 80528
Office Phone: (970) 484-7573
Fax: (970) 484-7593
(Cell): (949) 246-5846
Email: tonypark87@gmail.com

Kristie Franz, Ph.D. (2006)
Professor and Smith Family Foundation Chair of the Department
of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences
Iowa State University
Email: kfranz@iastate.edu
Website: https://www.ge-at.iastate.edu/people/faculty/kristie-franz/

Newsha Khodatalab Ajami, Ph.D. (2006)
Chief Development Officer for Research, Operations Dept
Earth and Environmental Sciences Area (EESA)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Email: newsha@lbl.gov

Hun Kyun Bae, Ph.D. (2007)
Associate Professor
Dept. of Global Environment
Keimyung University, South Korea
Email: hunkyunbae@kmu.ac.kr

Farid Ishak-Boushaki, Ph.D. (2007)
Principle Engineer
Riverside Public Utilities, Water Resources & Planning
City of Riverside, CA
Email: FBoushaki@riversideca.gov

Marc Ferrer Capdevila, M.S. (2007)
Logistics Director, Frigicoll
Barcelona, Spain
Email: marcferrerc@gmail.com

Prashant R. Kuranjekar, M.S. (2007)
Sr. Geospatial Solution Architect
BEM Systems, Inc.
Greater New York City Area
Email: prashant.kuranjekar@gmail.com
MBA, University of South Florida

Ali Behrangi, Ph.D. (2009)
University Distinguished Scholar and Professor, Dept. of Hydrology
and Atmospheric Sciences
University of Arizona
Email: behrangi@arizona.edu

Wei Chu, Ph.D. (2009)
Applied Scientist at Amazon
GenAI, LLMs, Computer Vision, and Cyber Security
San Francisco Bay Area CA


Behnaz Khakbaz, Ph.D. (2010)
Technical Leader
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN)
Tucson, AZ


Ali Zahraei, Ph.D. (2011)
Civil Engineer
Caltrans District 12
California Department of Transportation
Email: ali.zahraei@bd.com

Rebeka Sultana, Ph.D. (2011)
Part time Lecturer
College of Engineering
Cal State, Long Beach
Email: rebeka.sultana@csulb.edu

Qing "Alex" Xia, Ph.D. (2011)
AI Engineering at Meta
Greater Boston area
Email: xia.q.alex@gmail.com

Tsou Chun "Joey" Jaw, Ph.D. (2011)
Principal
Irvine Engineering Consulting Firm, Taiwan
Taichung, Taiwan
Email: joejaw@gmail.com

Jingjing Li, Ph.D. (2012)
Associate Professor
California State University, Los Angeles
Office: KH-D4045
Office Telephone: (323) 343-2224
(Cell): (949) 648-8540
Email: jli104@calstatela.edu

Nasrin Nasrollahi, Ph.D. (2014)
Senior Engineer
Orange County Sanitation District
Fountain Valley, CA
Email: nnasrollahi@ocsd.com

Hamed Ashouri, Ph.D. (2014)
Data Science Lead
Google
San Francisco Bay Area
Email: h.ashouri@uci.edu

Scott Sellars, Ph.D. (2014), M.S. (2012)
U.S. Diplomat
Office of Specialized and Technical Agencies,
Bureau of International Organization Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
Email: scottlsellars@gmail.com

Phu Dinh Nguyen, Ph.D. (2014)
Associate Adjunct Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept
University of California, Irvine
Email: ndphu@uci.edu

Liu Hao, Ph.D. (2015)
Engineer/Designer
VCA Engineer Inc.
Alhambra, Los Angeles, CA
Email: liuh1@uci.edu

Sepideh Sarachi, Ph.D. (2015)
Sr. Project Engineer
TransSystems
Irvine, CA
Email: ssarachi@uci.edu

Andrea Thorstensen Jackson, Ph.D. (2016)
Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering and Hydrology
St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN
Office: (320) 308-3248
Email: arthorstensen@stcloudstate.edu

Tiantian Yang, Ph.D. (2016)
Associate Professor
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019
Email: Tiantian.Yang@ou.edu

Negar Karbalaee, Ph.D. (2017)
Civil Engineer
Caltrans District 12
California Department of Transportation
Email: nkarbala@uci.edu

Yumeng Tao, Ph.D. (2017), M.S. (2016)
Engineering Manager
WhatNot
New York City Metropolitan Area
Email: yumengt@uci.edu

Hoang Viet Tran, Ph.D. (2018)
Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Richland, Washington, United States
Email: htranvie@uci.edu

Matin Rahnamay Naeini, Ph.D. (2019)
Chief Data Scientist
CARiD
Los Angeles Metropolitan area, CA
Email: rahnamam@uci.edu

Raied Alharbi, Ph.D. (2019)
Associate Professor
King Saud University
Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: rsalharbi@ksu.edu.sa

Baoxiang Pan, Ph.D. (2019)
Associate Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China
Email: panbaoxiang@lasg.iap.ac.cn

Ata Akbari Asanjan, Ph.D. (2019)
Interdisciplinary Data Scientist at NASA Ames
Mountain View, CA
Email: aakbaria@uci.edu

Mohammed "Pooya" Faridzad, Ph.D. (2019)
Transportation Engineer, Caltrans
Orange County, CA
Email: mfaridza@uci.edu

Negin Hayatbini, Ph.D. (2020)
AI Labs Lead - Gen AL & Computer Vision
Apple
Cupertino, CA
Email: nhayatbi@uci.edu

Mohammed Omer Ombadi, Ph.D. (2021)
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Climate and Space
University of Michigan
Email: ombadi@umich.edu

Mojtaba Sadeghi, Ph.D. (2021)
Senior Data Scientist
Kettle Ltd., Irvine CA
Email: mojtabas@uci.edu

Eric J. Shearer, Ph.D., (2022)
Research Hydraulic Engineer, Coastal & Hydraulics Lab
US Army Engineer Research and Development Center and
Visiting Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Diego CA
Email: Eric.J.Shearer@erdc.dren.mil

Vesta Afzali Gorooh, Ph.D. (2022)
Machine Learning Scientist
CW3E, Scripps Institute
University of California, San Diego
Email: mojtabas@uci.edu

Ai-Ling Jiang, Ph.D. (2022)
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of California, Irvine
Email: jiangal@uci.edu