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Dr. Neal Phillip and Prof. Paramita Sen received a US State Department Public Diplomacy Grant to Increase Climate Change Awareness and to Build Partnerships in India Prof. Paramita Sen and Dr. Neal Phillip, Chairperson and Professor, both of the Department of Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Bronx Community College, will serve…

New Grant by NOAA on Environmental Justice Dr. Reza Khanbilvardi and Kaveh Madani from CUNY-CREST Institute in partnership with  Dr. Farshid Vahedifard and Alireza Ermagun from Northern Gulf Institute at Mississippi State University received a 3-years $ 450K grant from NOAA- Collaborative Science, Technology, and Applied Research (CSTAR) Program on the issue of Environmental Justice.…

Student Highlights: Dr. Jeongwoo Hwang published a paper in Water Resources Research on, “An Improved Zhang’s Dynamic Water Balance Model Using Budyko-Based Snow Representation for Better Streamflow Predictions” Dr. Jeongwoo Hwang completed his B.S. in Civil Engineering at Konkuk University, South Korea, in 2014. He received his M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Hanyang…

Student Highlights: Juan P. Montoya-Rincon published a paper in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) on, “On the Use of Satellite Nightlights for Power Outages Prediction” JUAN P. MONTOYA-RINCON received the B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from EAFIT University, Medellin, Colombia, in 2018. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering…

Student Highlights: Said A. Mejia Manrique published a paper in Journal of Hydrology on, “Flood Impacts on Critical Infrastructure in a Coastal Floodplain in Western Puerto Rico during Hurricane Maria” Said A. Mejia Manrique received the B.S degree in Civil Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. He is currently a Doctoral Candidate in the…

Prof. Jorge Gonzalez recently appointed as New member of Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Board, DOE Prof. Jorge Gonzalez was just appointed to serve as a member of the Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee in the U.S. Department of Energy (BERAC) for a term ending on December 16, 2024. The Committee provides advice and…

Interviewing Co-Director, Dr. Nathan Hosannah speaks out on the CUNY Research Scholars Program (CRSP) at LaGuardia Community College Dr. Nathan Hosannah is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Math, Engineering & Computer Science at LaGuardia Community College. Dr. Hosannah’s research interests are in land-atmosphere interactions in the coastal environment. He is one of the…

United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26); The Outcomes by Dr. Kaveh Madani The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (UN) commonly known as (COP26), was the 26th UN Climate Change conference, held in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (UK), from 31 October to 13 November. COP26 was delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic…

$300k IRES NSF Grant to conduct the CUNY India Pollution Study (CIPS) Professors Neal Phillip, Brian Vant-Hull and Paramita Sen were recently awarded the International Research Experience for Students (IRES) National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to conduct research focused on urban pollution in various neighborhoods of Mumbai, and New Delhi, India. One of the neighborhoods…