Our Team
Nasser Najibi, Principal Investigator
- Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track, 2025/01 - )
- Research Interests: hydroclimate extremes, weather risk, system resilience, water resources systems, decision support systems, remote sensing applications, data-driven models (e.g., stochastic, xAI, SciML, GeoAI)
Research Associate (Cornell University)
ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow (URAU/USACE Engineer Research and Development Center)
Postdoctoral Associate (Cornell University)
Ph.D. (City University of New York)
M.Phil. (City University of New York)
M.Sc. (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
B.Sc. (University of Tehran) - Email: nnajibi <@> ufl {.} edu
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Current Members
Fawaz A T A Bouhamad
Mehdi "Matt" Hatami Goloujeh
- Ph.D. Student (University of Florida) (2025/08 - )
- Research Interests: precipitation extremes and dynamics modeling
- Email: mhatamigoloujeh <@> ufl {.} edu
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M.Sc. (Polytechnic University of Milan)
B.Sc. (IK International University)
Chandana Tumkur Prakash
- Ph.D. Student (University of Florida) (2026/08 - )
- Research Interests: impacts of weather extremes on IT infrastructure systems
- Email: chandana.tumkurp <@> ufl {.} edu
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M.Sc. (Indian Institute of Science)
B.Sc. (Acharya Institute of Technology)
Past Group Members (Interns, Students)
Eduardo D. Aragon Rodriguez
- UF/ALP Summer 2026: CASCADES: Cluster Analysis of Spatial Critical Assets and Data Environments in Storms
- GitHub Repo/Project
Pranathi Madishetty
- UF/ALP Summer 2026: Understanding The Relationship Between Flood Events and Agricultural Losses in Florida
- GitHub Repo/Project
Sierra G. Evans
- UF/ALP Summer 2026: Exploring the Characteristics of Flood Events Derived from Satellite Observations and News Records across the United States
- GitHub Repo/Project
Xiwei Wang
- B.Sc. Student (University of Florida) (2025/08 - )
- Research Interests: natural hazards assessment and disaster management frameworks
- Email: wang.xiwei <@> ufl {.} edu
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