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

Mohammad Jahirul Alam

Mohammad Jahirul Alam
Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
jahirul.chem.du@gmail.com
Office: 405 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Air, Water, and Soil and Their Impact on Air Quality

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

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

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

Irfan Karim

Irfan Karim
Advisor: Dr. Rappengluck
ikarim2@uh.edu
Office: 405 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

Thesis/Research: Characterizing Emission Sources of CO2 and CH4 in Houston Using Isotopic δ13C Signatures

Arash Kashfi Yeganeh

Arash Kashfi Yeganeh
Advisor: Dr. Rappenglueck
akashfiy@cougarnet.uh.edu
Office: 413 SR1
Curriculum Vitae

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