Research Scientists

Khan Z. Jadoon, PhD

Research Scientist, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Hydrogeophysics, Integrated hydrogeophysical inversion, Hydrological modeling, Soil Hydrodynamics, Digital soil mapping

Liping Deng, PhD

Research Scientist, Joint Appointment with ErSE (Prof Stenchikov) and EnSE (Prof McCabe)

Research Interests: Environment modeling, Fluid mechanics, Large scale/High capacity computing, Numerical analysis

Rasmus M. Houborg, PhD

Research Scientist, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Crop health and productivity, Modelling of water and carbon cycle processes, Agricultural monitoring, Satellite Remote Sensing

Stephen Parkes, PhD

Research Engineer, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Environmental Monitoring, Water and Energy Cycle, Isotope Hydrology, Instrumentation, Stable water isotopes

Umer Altaf, PhD

Joint Appointment with ErSE (Prof Hoteit) and EnSE (Prof McCabe)

Research Interests: Hydrology, Environment modeling, Fluid mechanics, Numerical analysis

Postdoctoral Fellows

Bonny M. Stutsel

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Agricultural monitoring, UAV remote sensing, Aerial Survey, Precision agriculture, Crop health and productivity, Remote Sensing Hydrology, Physical geography

Jiale Jiang

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Agricultural monitoring, High-resolution remote sensing, Data fusion, Scale transformation

Abdou A. Abouelmagd, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Sciences and Engineering (2013-2015)

Assistant Professor, Suez Canal University, Egypt

Research Interests: Hydrogeology, Geophysics, Paleoclimatology, Groundwater Management, Satellite Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System (GIS)

Ahmed El Kenawy, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow (2013-2015)

Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Assistant Professor, Mansoura University, Egypt

Research Interests: Regional climate modeling, Geographic Information System (GIS), Spatial Statistics, Climate Diagnosis, Weather Extreme Events

Ali Ershadi, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Remote Sensing Hydrology, Hydrological modeling, Integrated Water Resources Management, Geographic Information System (GIS)

Raghavendra Jana, PhD

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Numerical analysis, Agricultural monitoring, Satellite Remote Sensing, Hydrology, Water Resources, Land surface modelling, Hydrological Measurement and Monitoring, Remote Sensing

Umar Waqas

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Crop health and productivity, Environment modeling, Agricultural monitoring, Satellite Remote Sensing, Modelling of water and carbon cycle processes, Hydrology

Chunfeng Ma

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Remote Sensing Hydrology, Agricultural monitoring

Yoann Malbeteau

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Environment modeling, Scientific visualization, Hydrology, Water Resources, Evapotranspiration, Land surface modelling, Regional climate modeling, Remote Sensing

PhD Students

Bruno Aragon

PhD Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Haleem Shah

PhD Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Plant biology & Desert agriculture, Crop health and productivity, Hydrology, Agricultural monitoring

Jorge Rosas

PhD Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Hydrology, Land surface modelling

Matteo Ziliani

PhD Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Environment modeling, Crop health and productivity, Agricultural monitoring, Satellite Remote Sensing, Evapotranspiration

Yoseline Angel

PhD Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Remote Sensing, Environmental Monitoring, Satellite Remote Sensing

Masters Students

Maria Alejandra Perea Barreto

M. Sc. Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Plant biology & Desert agriculture, Crop health and productivity, Hydrology

Sarah A. Kanee

MS Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Remote Sensing, water-energy-food nexus, sustainability, Environmental Monitoring, geochemistry

Paula A. Avendano Madero

MS Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Hydrology, Evapotranspiration, Precision agriculture

Gaohong Yin

Masters Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Qianwen Shi

Masters Student (2014)

PhD Student, University of Toronto (2015 -)

Danqing Huang

PhD Student, Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Research Interests: Agricultural monitoring, Hydrology, Remote Sensing