Rafael L. Bras
K. Harrison Brown Family Chair and Professor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering & School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
3206 Ford ES&T, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332
rlbras@gatech.edu
404.894.5559
There is an inseparable relationship between atmospheric phenomena, land surface hydrologic processes and the landforms of river basins. My research spans hydrometeorology and fluvial geomorphology, and it seeks to understand form and function, and improve hydrologic predictions. My approach is to formulate physical theories that explain empirical observations. Ultimately mathematical models are built that help in prediction and analysis of hydrologic and geomorphic phenomena.
Mehmet Evren Soylu
Research Engineer II
3222 Ford ES&T, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, 30332
evrensoylu@gatech.edu
I study surface and subsurface hydrological processes and their coupled interactions with vegetation dynamics under changing climate, land cover, and human impact. To understand these processes, my research includes designing/using numerical models and field observations. I use field observations to improve understanding of processes, conceptualize models, and corroborate numerical model results. My work focuses on both theoretical and applied aspects of environmental research, with a strong focus on groundwater – land surface processes interactions in the Earth’s critical zone.
Lisi Pei
Research Engineer I
3366 Ford ES&T, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, 30332
lisipei@gatech.edu
Regional climate modeling from convection-resolving weather event scale to decadal climate change scale, featuring the realization of anthropogenic influences such as land-use land-cover change, irrigation, deforestation, urbanization, etc., within the regional climate modeling framework to investigate the hydro-meteorological and climate feedbacks.
Graduate Students
| Kevin Beale PhD Candidate | Georgia Institute of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr., Ford ES&T Rm 3366, Atlanta GA, 30332 kdbeale@gatech.edu |
Former Students
| Adeyinka Adenekan | – |
| William Bennett | – |
| Babar Bhatti | – |
| Dr. Gautam Bisht | Lawrence Berkeley labs |
| Alice Brown-Clark | Consultant |
| Ross Buchanan | – |
| Dr. Fabio Castelli | Professor – University of Florence |
| Dr. Frederic Chagnon | – |
| Siu-On Chan | – |
| Siong H. Chua | – |
| Dr. Daniel Collins | Civil servant – New Zealand |
| Raul Colon | – |
| Dr. Jose Cordova | Retired Professor – Univesidad Simon Bolivar, Venezuela |
| Dr. Mariza Costa-Cabral | Scientist – Northwest Hydraulic Consultants |
| Kevin Curry | – |
| Dr. Yannis Dialynas | Professor – University of Cyprus |
| Dr. Mario Diaz-Granados | Professor – Universidad de los Andes, Colombia |
| Dr. Elfatih Eltahir | Professor – MIT |
| D. W. Ephraim | – |
| Dr. Jean Fitzmaurice | – |
| Dr. Alejandro Flores | Professor – Boise State Univeristy |
| Dr. Homero Flores | Civil Servant, Seattle, Washington |
| Fotopoulous Fotios | – |
| Jessica Fox | – |
| Dr. Mark French | Professor, University of Louisville |
| Dr. Auroop Ganguly | Professor, Northeastern University |
| Dr. Luis Garrote | Proferssor, Politecnica de Madrid |
| Dr. Nicole Gasparini | Professor – Tulane University |
| Dr. Konstantine Georgakakos | Consultant, CA |
| Maria Gini | Civil Servant |
| Haolin Hu | – |
| Dr. Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez | World Bank |
| Dr. Shafiqul Islam | Professor, Tufts University |
| Dr. Valeriy Ivanov | Professor, University of Michigan |
| Dr. Edward R. Johnson | National Weather Service |
| Sameer Kamal | – |
| Hanan Karam | – |
| Diana Kirshen-Pape | Consultant, DC |
| Dr. Peter K. Kitanidis | Professor, Stanford University |
| Dr. Ryan Knox | Lawrence Berkeley Labs |
| Dr. Stephen Lancaster | Professor, Oregon State University |
| Dr. David Langseth | Consultant |
| Dr. Liaofan Lin | NOAA/ESRL |
| Dr. Glenn Moglen | Professor – University of Maryland |
| Dr. Sanaz Moghim | Professor – Sharif University |
| Matthew Moughamian | – |
| Dr. Jeffrey Niemann | Professor – Colorado State University |
| Dr. Anthony Parorali | Professor – Marquette University |
| Dr. Angelos Protopapas | Professor – Democritus University of Thrace |
| Dr. Carlos Puente | Professor – University of California-Davis |
| Dr. Jorge Ramirez | Professor – Colorado State University |
| Dr. Pedro Restrepo-Posada | Retired, National Weather Service |
| Alonso Rhenals | Consultant, Fl |
| Scott Rybarczyk | Consultant |
| Dong-jun Seo | – |
| Dr. Gajan Sivandran | Professor – Ohio State University |
| Dr. David G. Tarboton | Utah State University |
| Laurens van der Tak | consultant |
| Dr. Enrique Vivoni | Proferssor – Arizona State University |
| Dr. Jingfeng Wang | Professor – Georgia Tech |
| Dr. Garry Willgoose | Professor – University of Newcastle, Australia |
| Jonathan Wyss | – |
| Li Yu | – |
| Jiaying Zhang | University of Illinois, Urbana – Champaign |
| Yanlong Zhang | – |
Former Post-Docs, Researchers, Visiting Students
| Dr. Navid Jadidoleslam | |
| Dr. Elisa Arnone | Consultant, Rome |
| Dr. Satish Bastola | Professor – University of Louisiana |
| Dr. Mohammad Ebtehaj | Professor – University of Minnessota |
| Dr. Giacomo Falorni | Professor – University of Firenz, Italy |
| Dr. Ying Fan Reinfelder | Professor – Rutgers University |
| Dr. Paolo Farina | – |
| Dr. Salvatore Grimaldi | Professor – Tuscia University, Italy |
| Dr. Ola Hall | – |
| Dr. Erkan Istanbulluoglu | Professor – University of Washington |
| Dr. Chiara Lepore | – |
| Dr. Tommasso Moramarco | Professor – University of Perugia, CNR |
| Dr. Fernando Nardi | Professor – University of Perugia |
| Dr. Ujjwal Narayan | – |
| Dr. Valerio Noto | Proferssor – University of Palermo |
| Dr. Veronica Nieves | NASA |
| Dr. Marco Pessoa | Professor – Brazil |
| Alonso Rhenals | Consultant, Florida |
| Dr. Vanessa Teles | Paris, France |
| Dr. Greg Tucker | Professor – University of Colorado |
| Dr. Enrico Bono | – |
| Dr. Miguel Campo | Professor – University of Navarra Spain |
| Dr. Dalia Bach Kirschbaum | NASA |