Dev Niyogi

Biography

Dr. Niyogi is Professor and William Stamps Farish Chair,  with appointments in the Department of Geological Sciences (Earth and Planetary Sciences), Jackson School of Geosciences, and Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. Also, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University with Joint appointments in Department of Agronomy- and Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, also with Division of Ecological and Environmental Engineering (Courtesy). He has been the former Indiana State Climatologist (2005- 2018). Dr. Niyogi is part of the U.S. Department of Energy Biological and Environmental Advisory Committee, and  was the most recent chair of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Board of Urban Environment and elected advisory board member of the International Association of Urban Climate. He is currently part of AMS Committee on Applied Climatology, and recently formed AMS-wide International Mentoring/Visitors Committee.  He has been a member of various AMS Committees on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, invited member FGDC Spatial Climate Working Group, Member of the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model WG-14 (land surface models), and Member of the AGU Biogeochemistry meetings group / spring meeting student awards chair. He also has a robust international network of research projects with currently active collaborators, joint students, or funded projects in India, China, Germany, Ireland, Zimbabwe, Luxembourg, and France. Dr. Niyogi has coauthored over 210 papers for international journals, 18 book chapters, and over 150 conference proceedings or abstracts for professional conferences such as the AMS and AGU meetings. According to Google Scholar, his research has been cited nearly 20,000 times (h-index 70;  i-index 225), and his work has been read over 120,000 times per Research Gate statistics. His work has been highlighted in various media outlets including in the popular press such as Yahoo!, MSNBC, Wired, CNN, LiveScience, National Geographic, Tedx Talk, NASA press releases. 

Dev Niyogi’s research seeks to significantly contribute to our understanding of the Earth system, particularly the urban and agricultural landscapes, and the dynamic role of coupled land surface processes on weather and regional meteorological extremes. An important ongoing and emerging focus of his research is to translate the scientific work undertaken into decision tools and portals with a particular focus on hydroclimatology and sustainable climate-ready/resilient cities using stakeholder partnerships,  AI/ML approaches and development of Digital Twins.

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