cv

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

Research Interests

Atmospheric turbulence, boundary-layer meteorology, atmospheric optics, large-eddy simulation, numerical weather prediction, renewable 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.
  • 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.

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
    • Best final year project in Civil Engineering.

Selected Honors and Awards

Selected Grants

  • Coupling NASA Earth Observation and Weather-Climate Foundation Models for Power Outage Management — NASA. PI. $302K of $500K (2026–2028).
  • Assessing climate exposure and financial impacts at the census-tract level in New York State — NYS Department of Financial Services. PI. $1.6M (2025–2028).
  • Deep learning-based nowcasting of damaging winds (Phases I & II) — NSF IUCRC (WISER). PI. $100K (2024–2026).
  • Atmospheric propagation basic research — Optonica LLC / DARPA JDETO. PI. $89K (2024–2025).
  • EU-SCORES — Scalable and Complementary Offshore Renewable Energy Sources — Horizon 2020, European Green Deal. Co-PI (TU Delft). €448K of €34M (2021–2025).
  • Optical wireless super highways — Dutch Research Council (NWO). Co-PI. €250K of €5.1M (2021–2026).
  • Better representation of nocturnal low-level jets in large-eddy and mesoscale models — NSF CAREER Award. PI. $505K (2008–2014).

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).

Teaching

  • University at Albany — Air Quality Modeling.
  • TU Delft — Atmospheric Turbulence; Air Quality; 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.

Selected ML Competitions

  • HEROx American-Made Net Load Forecasting Prize — 9th overall; 1st for Amity, OR, 2023.