Engineering University

Dezfuli, Amin

Amin K. Dezfuli

**** *. ******* ******, *** Olin Hall, Baltimore, MD, 21218.

Work phone: +1-410-***-****, Cell phone: +1-850-***-****

E-mail: ***@***.***

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Cormack Post-Doctoral Fellow on Global Change Aug. 2011-present

Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD.

Advisors: Drs. Benjamin Zaitchik & Anand Gnanadesikan

Ph.D., Meteorology Aug. 2011

Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University,

Tallahassee, FL.

Dissertation: The relationship of interannual variability in western

equatorial Africa to the tropical oceans and atmospheric circulation.

Major adviser: Dr. Sharon Nicholson

M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering-Water Engineering, with honors Oct. 2003

Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Thesis: Effects of climate signals on forecasting the variation of

precipitation patterns.

Major adviser: Dr. Mohammad Karamouz

B.S., Agricultural Engineering-Irrigation Engineering Aug. 2000

Urmia University, Urmia, Iran

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 2011-present.

Studying dynamics of the atmospheric circulation over Africa using observational data,

and addressing questions on future climate change using regional and global climate

models; promoting paleoclimate data availability.

Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, 2006-2011.

Examining how changes in the global tropical oceans and zonal atmospheric cells

modulate rainfall variability in equatorial Africa; studying the African Easterly Jet

variability and its link to Sahel rainfall; AMO-Sahel rainfall relationship; spatio-temporal

analysis of rainfall.

Iranian Water Resources Department, Tehran, Iran, 2003-2006.

Working on: the long-term strategies for Iran s water resources development (20-year

prospective); the 4th five-year economic, social and cultural development plan (water

sector); water master plan, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) projects for

the Ministry of Energy; developing a decision support system for ranking the projects of

the water sector; participating in transboundary water resources management and

interbasin water transfer projects; reviewing the World Bank s report on Country Water

Resources Assistance Strategy for I.R. Iran .

Iran Meteorological Organization, Tehran, Iran, 2004-2005.

CO-PI (in collaboration with Prof. Ghayoor) on a research project funded by the Iranian

Meteorological Organization on determining predictors for the long-term forecasting of

regional precipitation in Western Iran.

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Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2001-2003

Working on the research projects including comprehensive plan for the Karoon river

quality management; estimation of Pa-Alam dam sedimentation; and forecasting the

Karoon river stream flow using large scale-climate signals.

Anhar Jonoob Consulting Engineers, Ahwaz, Iran, 2001.

Designing irrigation and drainage network in Abadan and Dezful, Iran.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND SERVICE

Peer-review for: Geophysical Research Letters, International Journal of Climatology,

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Journal of

Applied Meteorology and Climatology.

Moderator of "Tropical Dynamics" session, African Climate Workshop, Johns Hopkins

University, Baltimore, MD, November 15-16, 2012.

Organizer, the 5th Annual Atmosphere-Ocean Science Days Seminar for early career

scientists of the universities in mid-Atlantic and northeastern area, Johns Hopkins

University, Baltimore, MD, June 2013.

Vice President, Postdoctoral Association of the Johns Hopkins University (Schools of

Arts & Sciences and Engineering), 2012-present.

President, Iranian Student Association at Florida State University, 2010-2011.

Representative of College of Arts and Sciences, Congress of Graduate Students of

Florida State University, 2008.

Member, American Meteorological Society

Member, American Geophysical Union

Member, American Society of Civil Engineers

Member, Chi Epsilon Pi Meteorology Honor Society, FSU Chapter

TEACHING AND ADVISING

Co-adviser of master's thesis (major adviser: Prof. J.M.V Samani):

Razavi Tousi, S. L., Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2006.

Ranking the interbasin water projects using fuzzy multi-attribute decision making .

Poustizade, N., Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran, 2006.

Using fuzzy inference system to forecast Bakhtiari river streamflow .

Teaching Assistant for "Atmospheric Dynamics" courses at the Florida State University,

Spring 2008.

WORKSHOPS AND INVITED TALKS

Atmospheric circulation in equatorial Africa.

The Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics, Johns Hopkins University,

Baltimore, MD, May 2013.

Invited speaker for fuzzy set theory session.

Workshop topic: Applications of intelligence systems in water engineering.

Water Research Institute, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 2005.

Invited speaker for a one-day workshop on Applications of fuzzy set theory in water

engineering, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran, Nov. 2005.

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Invited speaker for a one-day workshop on Applications of fuzzy set theory in water

engineering, Khuzestan Regional Water Organization, Ahwaz, Iran, Jun. 2005.

Invited talk on the relationship of regional meteorological drought with SOI and NAO

over southwestern Iran, Iranian Meteorological Organization, Tehran, Iran, Dec. 2003.

PROGRAMMING AND MODELING SKILLS

IDL, MATLAB, FORTRAN, completing a one-week workshop on Weather and Research

Forecasting (WRF) held by NCAR at Boulder, CO, 2012.

PUBLICATIONS

(Link to download my articles: https://jshare.johnshopkins.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-13741354_1-t_SqAMYAcD)

8- Nicholson S. E., and A. K. Dezfuli, 2012: The relationship of interannual variability in

western equatorial Africa to the tropical oceans and atmospheric circulation. Part I: The

boreal spring. Journal of Climate, in press.

7- Dezfuli, A. K., and S. E. Nicholson, 2012: The relationship of interannual variability in

western equatorial Africa to the tropical oceans and atmospheric circulation. Part II: The

boreal autumn. Journal of Climate, in press.

6- Nicholson, S. E., D. Klotter, and A. K. Dezfuli, 2012a: Spatial reconstruction of semi-

quantitative precipitation fields over Africa during the nineteenth century from documentary

evidence and gauge data. Quaternary Research, in press.

5- Nicholson, S. E., A. K. Dezfuli, and D. Klotter, 2012b: A two-century precipitation data set

for the continent of Africa. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 93, 1219-1231.

4- Dezfuli, A.K., and S.E. Nicholson, 2011: A note on long-term variation of the African

Easterly Jet. International of Journal of Climatology, 31: 2049 2054.

3- Dezfuli, A.K., 2011: Spatio-temporal analysis of rainfall variability over western equatorial

Africa. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 104, 1-2, 57-69.

2- Dezfuli A.K., M. Karamouz, and S. Araghinejad, 2010: On the relationship of regional

meteorological drought with SOI and NAO over southwest Iran. Theoretical and Applied

Climatology, 100:57 66.

1- Razavi-Toosi, S.L., J.M.V. Samani, and A.K. Dezfuli, 2010: Ranking water transfer projects

using fuzzy methods, Proc. ICE- Water Management, 163-4:189 197.

BOOK

A.K. Dezfuli, 2005: Principles of Fuzzy Set Theory and its Applications in the Modeling of

Water Engineering Problems. First Edition, Jahad-Daneshgahi of Amirkabir University of

Technology Publisher, Tehran, Iran (In Persian).

A.K. Dezfuli, 2007: Principles of Fuzzy Set Theory and its Applications in the Modeling of

Water Engineering Problems. Second Edition, Jahad-Daneshgahi of Amirkabir University of

Technology Publisher, Tehran, Iran (In Persian).

SELECT PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS

A.K. Dezfuli, S.E. Nicholson, 2012: Interannual variability of rainfall in the southern equatorial

region of Africa and global teleconnections. The 10th International Conference on Southern

Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Noum a, New Caledonia.

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A.K. Dezfuli, S.E. Nicholson, 2012: Driving factors of rainfall variability in western equatorial

Africa during boreal spring and autumn, 30th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical

Meteorology.

A.K. Dezfuli, S.E. Nicholson, 2012: Mechanisms of Climate Variability in Western Equatorial

Africa, 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change in the 92nd AMS annual meeting,

New Orleans, LA, USA.

A.K. Dezfuli, S.E. Nicholson, 2010: Atlantic temperatures as a predictor of drought in the West

African Sahel, Program for the 35th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop,

Raleigh, NC, USA.

A.K. Dezfuli, 2010: Controls on the interannual variability of rainfall over western equatorial

Africa, 29th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Tucson, AZ, USA.

A.K. Dezfuli, S.E. Nicholson, 2010: Zonal asymmetries in the African Easterly Jet, 29th

Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Tucson, AZ, USA.

A.K. Dezfuli, S.E. Nicholson, 2010: Spatial patterns of rainfall variability over western

equatorial Africa, 22nd Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the 90th annual AMS

meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA.

A.K. Dezfuli, S.E. Nicholson, 2009: A note on structure and instability of the African Easterly

Jet, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

H.A. Ghayoor, A.K. Dezfuli, 2009: On determining predictors for long-term forecasting of

regional precipitation, using fuzzy approach, American Canadian Conference for Academic

Desciplines, Toronto, Canada.

A.K. Dezfuli, S.E. Nicholson, 2009: Long-term variations in intensity and location of the

African Easterly Jet, The 21st Conference on Climate Variability and Change, the 89th AMS

annual meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

A.K. Dezfuli, 2009: The AMO and Sahel rainfall-strong potential for seasonal forecasting of

droughts, The Eighth Annual AMS Student Conference in the 89th AMS annual meeting,

Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Karamouz, M., S. Araghinejad and A.K. Dezfuli, 2004: Climate regionalizing for the

assessment of ENSO, NAO and SST effect on regional meteorological drought: Application

of Fuzzy clustering, Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources

Congress, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

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REFERENCES

Sharon E. Nicholson

Dept. of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL 32306

Phone: 850-***-****

Email: **********@***.***

Benjamin Zaitchik

Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD 21218

Phone: 410-***-****

Email: ********@***.***

Anand Gnanadesikan

Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD 21218

Phone: 410-***-****

Email: ********@***.***

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