Group

1. Dr. Akarsh Asoka Kumar (12/2020-11/2021)

• Current Affiliation: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI), India

• Research Topic: Tropical cylcones and thier impact on climatic extremes

• Honors and Awards: 2020 PIURI Fellowship Recipient

• Google Scholar: <link>

2. Dr. Yulizar (03/2022-11/2022)

• Research Topics: 

  • Extreme Event Analysis

  • Compound Risk Analysis

3. Dr. Chang-Kyun Park (11/2021-07/2023; 2021 Sejong Fellowship Recipient)

• Current Affiliation: LG Energy Solution

• Research Topics: 

  • Social Drought Impact Assessment

  • Sub-seasonal-to-Seasonal Forecasting Skill Assessment

• Publications:

  • Park, C.-K., J. Kam, H.-R. Byun, and D.-W. Kim, 2022, A Self-Calibrated Effective Drought Index (scEDI): Evaluation against Social Drought Impact Records over the Korean Peninsula (1777-2020). J. Hydrol. 613, 128357. 

  • Park, C.-K. and J. Kam, 2023: Sub-seasonal Experiement (SubX) model-based assessment of the prediction skill of recent multi-year South Korea droughts,  Asia Pac J Atmos Sci., 59, 69-82.

  • Park, C. K., S. Lee, H. Yoon, J. Kam, 2023, Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Outlook of the 2022-23 Southwestern Korea Meteorological Drought, Environ. Res. Lett., 18, 104039. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acfb27 

• Website: <click>

1. Kwanghun Lee (06/2021-02/2022)

1. • Research Topic: Nutrient Flux Budget

   • Education: 

     • 2020: M.S.E. in Environmental Engineering  at GIST

     • 2018: B.S.E. in Environmental Engineering  at GIST

   • Current Position:

     • Ph.D. Candidate at POSTECH

2. Junghwa Heo (Part-time; December 2021-June 2023)

1. • Research Topic: Climatic and Air Quality Extremes

   • Education: 

     • 2015: Ph.D. Course at Seoul National University (Completed)

     • 2013: M.S.E. in Atmospheric Sciences  at Seoul National University

     • 2011 : B.S.E. in Environmental Engineering  at Anyang University 

3. Shahid Ali (09/2022-02/2024)

• Current Affiliation: Ph.D. Candidate @ The University of Girona, Spain (since Fall 2024)

• Research Topic: Streamflow analysis over East Asia

• Education:

  • 2022: M.S.E. in Environmental Engineering at POSTECH

• Publications:

  • Ali, S., B.-H. Kim, T. Akhtar, and J. Kam, Past and future changes toward earlier timing of streamflow over Pakistan from bias-corrected regional climate projections (1962-2099), Journal of Hydrology, 617, 128959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128959

  • Lee, K.-H., S. Ali, Y. Kim, K. Lee, S. Y. Kwon, J. Kam*, 2023, High Resolution Mapping of Nitrate Loads of a Reservoir Using an Unmanned Surface Vehicle: Potential Opportunities and Challenges, 59, Water Resour. Res., e2023WR034665. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR034665

• Honors and Awards:

  • 2020: NRF Korean Global Scholarship Recipient

  • 2023: POSCO Asia Fellowship Recipient (withdrawal for study abroad for Ph.D.)

• Website: <click>

1. Junho (Jun) Song (Ph.D., 2021 @ University of Alabama): 

• Current Position: 

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate @ The Alabama Water Institute 

• Dissertation Title: 

  • MULTI-SCALE RISK AND IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL DAM FAILURE IN THE UNITED STATES

2. Sungyoon (Yoon) Kim (Ph.D., 2023 @ University of Alabama): 

• Current Position: 

  • Postdocotral Research Associate @ George Maison University

• Dissertation Title: 

  • A MULTI-SCALE STUDY OF THE NEXUS OF U.S. DROUGHTS

1. Jihun Park (MA: affiliated with AI Graduate School (Primary Advisor: Prof. Young-Joo Seo))

• Research Topic: Social Response to Natural Disasters

• Education:

  • 2015 - 2020: B. S. in Mathematics and B.S.E in Computer Science and Engineering (double major)  

• Publication:

  • Kam, J., Park, J., Shao, W. et al. Data-driven modeling reveals the Western dominance of global public interest in earthquakes. Humanit Soc Sci Commun 8, 242 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00914-7 

2. Shahid Ali (MSE; Fall 2020-Spring 2022)

• Research Topic: 

  • Changes in the Hydrologic Regime over Pakistan

• Publication:

  • Ali, S., B.-H. Kim, T. Akhtar, and J. Kam, Past and future changes toward earlier timing of streamflow over Pakistan from bias-corrected regional climate projections (1962-2099) . J. of Hydro. , 617, 128959.

2. Maria Butt (MSE; Spring 2022-Fall 2023)

• Thesis:  

  • Assessing the cascade of uncertainty in the prediction skill of Random Forest Modelling for PM10 

• Education:

  • 2020: B.TECH in  Civil Engineering at  Jamia Millia Islamia University