Dev Niyogi
Affiliated Faculty, Earth and Energy Resources (EER) Graduate Program
Affiliate Faculty, Center for Space Research, Cockrell School of Engineering
Affiliate Faculty, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, Cockrell School of Engineering
Email: dev.niyogi@jsg.utexas.edu
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PI for the The University of Texas Extreme weather and Urban Sustainability "TExUS" Lab; and co-lead for the UT-City CoLab.
Research focus is on understanding and enabling improved prediction and mitigation of weather hazards such as heavy rains, urban thunderstorms, landfalling hurricanes, and extreme heat.
Dr. Niyogi has coauthored over 300 peer-reviewed papers for international journals, and coedited two books (one recent one on Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation). According to Google Scholar, his research has been cited over 28,000 times (h-index 84; i-10 index >290), and his work has been read over 200,000 times per Research Gate statistics. His work has been highlighted in various national and international popular press such as NPR, Wired, Fox News, CNN, National Geographic, Tedx Talk.
Before joining University of Texas at Austin in Summer 2020, he was at Purdue, and continues to be a Emeritus Professor, and was the State Climatologist for Indiana.
At University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Niyogi is also part of the Theme Organizing (Executive) Committee of the Planet Texas 2050, and part of the Ethical AI-Good Systems- Smart City initiative.