Persad Aero-Climate Lab
@ UT Austin
People
Group Lead
Geeta Persad
Principal Investigator
Princeton University
PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2016
Certificate in Science, Technology, and Env. Policy, 2016
MA in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2013
Stanford University, B.S. in Geophysics, 2010
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Current Group Members
Cameron Cummins
M.S. Student
Degree expected Spring 2025
UT Austin, B.S. in Computational Engineering, 2023
Lochana Kalyanaraman
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UT Austin, B.S. in Computer Science
Degree expected Spring 2025
Dr. Ifeanyichukwu Nduka
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD in Geography and Resource Management (Atmospheric Science), The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2021
MSc in Geography (Urban Climatology), Ahmadu Bello Univerisity Zaria, 2011
BSc in Geography, Meteorology & Environmental Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Akwa, 2005
Veronika Redensek
PhD Candidate
Degree expected Spring 2025
UMSL, B.S. in General Physics, 2020
V. Sebastian Utama
PhD Candidate
Degree expected Spring 2026
UW Madison, B.S. in Chemical Engineering, 2021
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Kayla White
PhD Candidate
Degree expected Spring 2026
U. of Hawaii, Manoa, B.S. in Global Environmental Science, 2021​
Xueying Zhao
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Riverside 2023​
M.S. in Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate, U. Reading, 2015
B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, 2014
Past Group Members
Debanjana Das
Postdoctoral Research 2020-2021
Now: Assistant Research Scientist at Howard University's NOAA Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
Emmie Le Roy
Undergraduate Researcher -- Summer 2019
Project: The West African Monsoon response to aerosols from past, present, and potential future emitting regions
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Now: Air Quality Analyst, Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group at Washington University in St. Louis
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Brown University, B.S. in Geology-Chemistry, 2019
Zihan Chen
Undergraduate Researcher -- Summer 2018
Project: Investigating long-range transport of black carbon into the Arctic
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Now: Research Assistant in the Lynch Group at Brown University
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Brown University, B.S. in Geophysics, B.S. in Computer Science, 2020
Vanessa Maciel
Undergraduate Researcher -- Summer 2018
Project: The dependence of Indonesia’s precipitation response to anthropogenic aerosols on emission location
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Now: Masters Student, Dept. of Meteorology and Climate Science, San Jose State University
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UC Santa Cruz, B.S. in Earth Sciences, 2019