| Aug 19, 2026 | Our paper introducing S2G-DI, a deep learning framework for generating high-resolution wind-gust fields from sparse Mesonet observations, was published in Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems. |
| Aug 04, 2026 | Elected a Full Member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society. |
| Jul 07, 2026 | Awarded a NASA grant ($302K of a $500K collaborative award) for “Coupling NASA Earth Observation and Weather-Climate Foundation Models for Power Outage Management.” |
| Mar 15, 2026 | Our Applied Optics paper on leveraging deep-learning foundation models for optical turbulence ($C_n^2$) estimation under data scarcity was selected as an Editor’s Pick. |
| Mar 06, 2026 | Invited seminar at Johns Hopkins University on AI/ML-driven modeling of atmospheric turbulence. |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Invited seminar at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on AI/ML-driven modeling of atmospheric turbulence. |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Received the Outstanding Research Award from the University at Albany during Research & Entrepreneurship Week. |
| Sep 01, 2025 | With D. Roy Sarkar, L. Manuel, and S. Goswami (JHU / UT-Austin), our team ranked 5th of 40 in the NASA & DNV UQ Challenge on optimization under uncertainty. |
| Jun 01, 2025 | Max Pierzyna won the Best Student Poster Award at the AMS Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence. |
| May 01, 2025 | Bowen Li successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, Dunkelflaute events — characterization, prediction and future projection (TU Delft). |
| Apr 08, 2025 | Released JAX-ALFA (Atmospheric LES For All) — a JAX-based large-eddy simulation framework for atmospheric boundary-layer flows, with documentation. |
| Oct 01, 2024 | Max Pierzyna won the Best Student Paper Award at the Optica Imaging Congress. |
| Sep 01, 2024 | New award: Assessing climate exposure and financial impacts at the census-tract level in New York State — NYS Department of Financial Services ($1.6M, PI). |
| Aug 01, 2023 | Max Pierzyna won the Best Student Paper Award at SPIE Remote Sensing. |
| Apr 01, 2023 | Joined the University at Albany (SUNY) as Professor of Empire Innovation in the Atmospheric Sciences Research Center and the Department of Environmental & Sustainable Engineering. |