Professor Belay B. Demoz
Principal Special (Full Prof) · Tenured
College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
JCET
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About
Dr. Demoz has several years of research and management experience in private industry, government, and Academia. He has Chaired national and international Committees and editorial boards including the Atmospheric LIDAR Application Studies (CLAS) for the American Meteorological Society; the observing sites subgroup of the the Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate (AOPC) Working Group on GRUAN (WG-GRUAN); Advisory Boards at UCAR/NCAR and Charity and Community Organizations. He has organized national and international conferences, experiments, and workshops. He is a Professor in Physics, Foundational PI and Director of the NASA-UMBC Cooperative Centers (Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) and GESTAR II), where he still serves as Advisor.Research interests
Dr. Demoz's research interest covers the broad area of atmospheric observations with a particular emphasis in lidar, radar and Microwave radiometer and their applications in mesoscale observations, climate observation and network design. His is mainly interested in integrating the multiple instruments and their physics in understanding atmospheric dynamics to improve now casting and climate.Teaching interests
Dr. Demoz's teaching interests are in the areas of atmospheric instrumentation - including lidars, microwave radiometery, and radars, classical mechanics and aerosol and cloud micro-physics. He has lectured in general mechanics and analytical mechanics for several years. He is trained in cloud microphysics and aerosol physics and enjoys teaching these courses.Education
- Postdoc — University of Illinois-Urbana (UIUC) (1994)
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Ph D, Atmospheric Physics
— University of Nevada-Reno;, Desert Research Institute (DRI) (1992) Sierra Nevada Winter Storms: A Study Using Microwave Radiometry, Ice crystal and Isotopic Technique
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MS, Atmospheric Physics
— University of Nevada-Reno (1989) A Study of the Ratio of 18O/16O in Relation to Physical Cloud Characteristics in Precipitation from Ice-Phase Winter Storms over the Sierra Nevada
- BS, Physics — Asmara University (1984)