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Fotini Katopodes Chow

Fred & Claire Sauer Chancellor's Chair in Environmental Engineering
Professor
Research Interests
Large-Eddy Simulation, Wind Energy, Urban Dispersion, Air Quality, Wildfire Smoke, Turbulence Modeling, Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Contact
tinakc@berkeley.edu

(510) 643-4405

Office

657 Davis Hall

Office Hours

Wed., Fri. 1pm-2pm, or by appointment

 

 

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Tina Katopodes Chow is the Fred and Claire Sauer Chancellor's Chair professor in Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Chow’s research focus is numerical modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer, which is used to improve predictions for wildfire smoke transport, urban dispersion, greenhouse gas emissions, and wind energy, among other applications. She also received the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the PECASE award.

 

Education

Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2004

M.S.,  Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 1999

B.S.,  Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, 1998

Chow’s research focuses on developing analytical and computational methods that help quantify climate change mitigation strategies, air quality effects, and cloud representation and feedback in regional climate models. Her current research projects include studies of wind turbine interactions with boundary layer dynamics over steep terrain, urban dispersion modeling, improved numerical turbulence techniques, topography representation, and grid nesting.