People
We have assembled a multidisciplinary team of engineers and scientists to collaboratively tackle the wildfire challenge
Lab Directors
Director
Hamed Ebrahimian is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Nevada, Reno. His research lies at the intersection of computational and data methods, focusing on physics-based simulation, data assimilation, model inversion, uncertainty quantification, and machine learning.
Co-Director
Sudeep Chandra is Foundation Professor of Limnology at University of Nevada, Reno. His research advances conservation of freshwater ecosystems by quantifying human-driven disturbances, restoring aquatic biodiversity, and shaping science-informed environmental policies.
Research Staff
Research Assistant Professor
Facundo Scordo, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Biology
Expertise: Aquatic Ecosystems, Wildfire Emissions, Smoke Monitoring
Postdoctoral Scholars
Chenzhi Ma, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Building Fire Risk Analysis, WUI Building Damage Assessment, Machine Learning
Fangjiao Ma, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Wildfire Risk Assessment, Emergency Evacuation Modeling, Wildfire Smoke Forecast
Yutong Cui, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Multiphase Flow, Wildfire Modeling, Wildfire Soil Impacts
Yavar Pourmohamad, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Wildfire Ignition Modeling, Human-Caused Fire Analytics, Geospatial Fire Risk Assessment, Spatiotemporal Environmental Modeling
Graduate Students
Majid Bavandpour, M.S.
Ph.D. Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Risk Assessment, Wildfire Modeling, Wildfire Data Analysis
Ryota Yagi, M.Eng.
Ph.D. Student, Computer Science & Engineering
Expertise: Computer Vision, Remote Sensing, Deep Learning
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Research Associate
Raymond Harding, M.S.
Research Associate, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Expertise: Data Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Optimization
William Chuter-Davies, B.S.
Research Associate, Computer Science and Engineering
Expertise: Data Engineering, Database Administration
Undergraduate Students
Campbelle Redding
Undergraduate Student, School of Public Health
Expertise: Public Health, Wildfires Impacts on Human Health
Zoie Alstad
Undergraduate Student, College of Science
Expertise: Copywriting, Science Communication, Chemistry, Outreach
Alumni
Mukul Badhan, M.S.
Alumni, Computer Science & Engineering
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Expertise: Deep Learning, Remote Sensing, Wildfire Monitoring
Kasra Shamsaei, Ph.D.
Alumni, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Expertise: Physics-Based Wildfire Simulation, Computational Modeling, Artificial Intelligence