cv

A summary of my background is below. The linked PDF is the complete, formatted CV.

Contact Information

Name Sukanta Basu
Professional Title Professor of Empire Innovation, University at Albany (SUNY)
Email sbasu@albany.edu
Phone +1 518-437-8633
Location Albany, New York

Professional Summary

Atmospheric turbulence across scales — boundary-layer meteorology, atmospheric optics, large-eddy and mesoscale simulation, numerical weather prediction, wind energy, and machine learning for the Earth sciences.

Experience

  • 2023 - present

    Albany, NY, USA

    Professor of Empire Innovation
    University at Albany (SUNY)
    Atmospheric Sciences Research Center; Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering (tenured Full Professor).
  • 2016 - 2023

    Delft, The Netherlands

    Associate Professor (tenured)
    Delft University of Technology
    Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.
  • 2019 - 2019

    Cagliari, Italy

    Visiting Professor
    Università degli Studi di Cagliari
  • 2016 - 2018

    Raleigh, NC, USA

    Adjunct Associate Professor
    North Carolina State University
  • 2010 - 2016

    Raleigh, NC, USA

    Associate Professor (tenured 2014)
    North Carolina State University
    Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences.
  • 2005 - 2010

    Lubbock, TX, USA

    Assistant Professor
    Texas Tech University
    Atmospheric Science Group, Department of Geosciences; Wind Science and Engineering Research Center.
  • 2008 - 2008

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Visiting Scientist
    Wageningen University
  • 2005 - 2005

    Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Post-doctoral Research Associate
    University of Minnesota
    St. Anthony Falls Laboratory.

Education

  • 2000 - 2004

    Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Ph.D.
    University of Minnesota
    Civil Engineering
    • Dissertation: Large-eddy simulation of stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer turbulence — a scale-dependent dynamic modeling approach.
    • Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Civil Engineering (2005).
  • 1999 - 2000

    Windsor, ON, Canada

    M.A.Sc.
    University of Windsor
    Environmental Engineering
  • 1994 - 1998

    Kharagpur, India

    B.Tech. (Honors)
    Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
    Civil Engineering

Honors and Awards

  • 2026
    Editor's Pick
    Applied Optics
  • 2023
    Editor's Pick
    Optics Letters
  • 2022
    Third place, NASA Airathon (trace-gas track)
    NASA / DrivenData
  • 2021
    First place, Shell.ai Hackathon for sustainable and affordable energy
    Shell
  • 2019
    Best Teacher Award (rank
    TU Delft
  • 2019
    Winner, Offshore Wind Accelerator wake-modelling challenge
    Carbon Trust
  • 2008
    CAREER Award
    U.S. National Science Foundation
  • 2005
    Best Ph.D. Dissertation in Civil Engineering
    University of Minnesota
  • 2005
    Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship (declined)
    NOAA

Selected Grants

  • Assessing climate exposure and financial impacts at the census-tract level in New York State — NYS Department of Financial Services. PI. $1,611,585 (2025–2028).
  • Deep learning-based nowcasting of damaging winds (Phases I & II) — NSF IUCRC (WISER). PI. $100,000 (2024–2026).
  • Atmospheric propagation basic research — Optonica LLC / DARPA JDETO. PI. $89,418 (2024–2025).
  • EU-SCORES — Scalable and Complementary Offshore Renewable Energy Sources — Horizon 2020, European Green Deal. Co-PI (TU Delft). €448,000 of €34M (2021–2025).
  • Optical wireless super highways — Dutch Research Council (NWO). Co-PI. €250,000 of €5.1M (2021–2026).
  • WINS50 — Winds of the North Sea in 2050 — TKI Wind op Zee. Co-PI. €462,869 (TU Delft part, 2020–2022).
  • Better representation of nocturnal low-level jets in large-eddy and mesoscale models — NSF CAREER Award. PI. $505,060 (2008–2014).
  • Strongly stratified atmospheric boundary-layer processes over the Antarctic Plateau — NSF Polar Science Program. PI. $173,000 (2006–2010).

Professional Service

  • Associate Editor — Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres (2023–present); Wind Energy Science (2022–2026).
  • Editorial boards — Boundary-Layer Meteorology; Wind Energy; Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Frontiers in Built Environment.
  • Committees & panels — NATO SET-ET-140 and SET-304 (atmospheric effects on electro-optical systems); IEA Wind Task 51; review panels for NSF, the Academy of Finland (chair, 2021), NSERC, and NWO.
  • Conference organization — Organizing Committee, NCAR ASP Summer Colloquium on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer (2023); Theme Lead (Wind & Wind Farms), TORQUE 2020 & 2022; Program Chair, OSA pcAOP (2019–2021); Chair, 3rd GABLS LES Intercomparison (2008–2010).

Teaching

  • University at Albany — ESE 332: Air Quality Modeling.
  • TU Delft — CIE 4605: Atmospheric Turbulence; CIE 4707: Air Quality; AESB 2121: Signals and Systems with Python.
  • North Carolina State University — Micrometeorology; Fluid Physics; Air Pollution Meteorology; Wind Power Meteorology; Planetary Boundary Layer.
  • Texas Tech University — Introduction to Atmospheric Science; Wind Power Meteorology; Atmospheric Dispersion Modeling; Boundary-layer Meteorology; Regional-scale Numerical Weather Prediction.

Machine Learning Competitions

  • Shell.ai Hackathon — fuel-blend properties: Level-2 finalist (one of ~25 of ~7000), 2025.
  • IEEE Hybrid Energy Forecasting & Trading Competition — 6th overall, 2024.
  • Solafune — aerosol optical depth — 25th of 307 (bronze), 2024.
  • HEROx American-Made Net Load Forecasting Prize — 9th overall; 1st for Amity, OR, 2023.
  • NASA Airathon — 3rd (trace gas), 6th (particulates), 2022.
  • DrivenData — tropical storm intensity — 32nd of 733, 2020.