Graduate Researchers

Md. Rafsan Jani

    I am working as a Graduate Research Assistant in the GESTAR division under the supervision of Dr. Xiaowen Li in collaboration with Dr. Md Mahmudur Rahaman’s      Computer Vision Lab since Fall 2022. My research involves 3D Convective Cloud Updraft Cell Dataset Preparation and Developing a deep learning model to segment the         instances of 3D convective cloud updraft cells.

Temidayo Michael FAPOHUNDA

Temidayo Fapohunda had his background in Education,Geography and Planning with special in interest in environmental studies, pollution and human health. He is a Graduate Research Assistant in the GESTAR division and at present, in the final stage of his PhD in Bio-environmental Science under the supervision of Dr Richard Damoah, where he is developing a model to determine, analyse and map the relationship between pollution and respiratory disease in developing country. His publications include solving environmental deterioration issues, application of Cartography/GIS to analyze and map environmental /climate issues and human health.

Daniel Okon

Daniel Okon is currently a PhD student in the Department of Electrical and computer Engineering. He works as a graduate research assistant with Dr Xiaowen Li, Director of Climate Science Division, School of Computer, Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Morgan State University.  His work involves using artificial Intelligence and machine learning to retrieve surface particulate pollutants in and around Baltimore using satellite observations for the NASA DEAP.

Abubakar Isa

Abubakar Isa is a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) student with a background in nursing, health education, and Public Health. He is deeply passionate about researching climate change and its impact on the environment and public health. He is committed to making meaningful contributions to the field. Currently, he serves as a Graduate Research Assistant, working with Dr. Richard Damoah on the Africa Rain and Rift Valley Fever (RVF) project. In this role, he focuses on collecting African rainfall data from various locations in South Africa to inform data-driven
decisions regarding RVF.

Oluwapemiisin Akingbola

Oluwapemiisin Akingbola is a Master's student in the Eletrical Engineering program at Morgan State. She is currently working with Dr. Damoah on Air Quality Data 

Faisal Mahmud Sakib

Faisal Mahmud Sakib is a PHd student in the Climate Science Division under the Bioenvironmental Science program at Morgan State University. He is currently working with Dr. Xiaowen Li on Meteorology.Faisal did his Bachelor of Sciene in Environmental Science and Disaster Managemant from Patuakhali Science and Technology Universty. Afterward he completed his Master's of Science in Water Resources Development from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. He worked with several renowned organization in Bangladesh and International arena. He worked as Research Consultant at the Center For Environmental and Geographic Information Serveces Under Ministry of Water Resources of Bangladesh. After That he joined Forewarn, Start Network Bangladesh as Assistant Risk Monitoring Officer. Lastly he worked as Research Associate at Institute of Water and Flood Management funded by USAID with Colaboaration with Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and Tufts University, USA.

His Research Interests are Hydrometeorology, Climate Science, GIS and Remote Sensing and Disaster Mangement.  

Alumni

Abiola Ajala

Chaz Padilla

Senior Electrical Engineering Major from Baltimore, Maryland. He assembled 12 weather stations across Baltimore City that collected data about wind, temperature, humidity, rain, and solar radiation. Analyzed and collected data from the algorithm with the purpose of expanding our dataset for utilization in machine learning application.

Bocar Jallow Jr.

 Senior Computer Science Major from Madison, Wisconsin. He worked on the 3D Cloud Visualization using Virtual Reality with Unity VR and Unreal Engine 5 VR. He is also the Event Coordinator for SMOOTH Inc. and Mister ActiveMinds while at Morgan State.  

Mykell Jones