Wed., Fri. 1pm-2pm, or by appointment
Professor
Tina Katopodes Chow is the Fred and Claire Sauer Chancellor's Chair professor in Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Chow’s research focus is numerical modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer, which is used to improve predictions for wildfire smoke transport, urban dispersion, greenhouse gas emissions, and wind energy, among other applications. She also received the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the PECASE award.
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2004
M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1999
B.S., Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 1998
Chow’s research focuses on developing analytical and computational methods that help quantify climate change mitigation strategies, air quality effects, and cloud representation and feedback in regional climate models. Her current research projects include studies of wind turbine interactions with boundary layer dynamics over steep terrain, urban dispersion modeling, improved numerical turbulence techniques, topography representation, and grid nesting.
Henry G. Houghton Award, American Meteorological Society 2016
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) 2011
National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2007
UC Berkeley Hellman Family Faculty Fund Grant 2007
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