Geeta Persad
Mailcode: C1160
Welcome to the Persad Aero-Climate Group!
Our research centers on innovative application of numerical global climate modeling to understand the behavior and societal impacts of the physical climate system. The core of our work focuses on the role of particle aerosol emissions, the primary radiative forcing offset to greenhouse gases over the industrial era, in driving inter-regional differences in the magnitude and rate of climate change and in the emergence of heat and hydroclimate extremes. A growing branch of our research applies this understanding of climate physics and modeling to questions at the interface of climate and hydrology, with a goal of understanding the climate shifts most likely to stress water management in the Central and Western U.S. An overarching goal of the lab's work is to understand how climatic change is most likely to stress human systems and how better understanding of these climate stresses in decision-making contexts can improve societal outcomes.
Areas of Expertise
Atmospheric Aerosols, Climate Change, Climate Modeling, Air Pollution, Global Hydrologic Cycle, Monsoon Systems, Western U.S. Climate Impacts, Climate Policy and Decision-Making
Graduate Students
Kayla White
, Ph.D., expected 2026
(Supervisor)
My name is Kayla and I am a fourth year PhD Candidate here at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the [link:https://www.ggpersad.com/] Persad Aero-Climate Lab[/link]. We use [bold]global climate models[/bold] to simulate the current changing climate in order to better understand and plan for the future climate state. My research focuses...
Cameron Cummins
, M.S., expected 2025
(Supervisor)
Hello! My name is Cameron, I am a first year Master's student and a UT Austin alumni after earning my Bachelor's Degree in Computational Engineering in May of 2023. As a member of the [link:https://www.ggpersad.com/]Persad Aero-Climate Lab[/link], I specialize in using big data from global climate models to answer questions about climate change and the role of anthropogenic aerosols in...
Veronika J Redensek (Supervisor)
Sebastian Utama (Supervisor)
| Year | Semester | Course | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Spring | GEO 416W | Climate/Water/The Environment |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 371T | Climate System Physics |
| 2023 | Fall | GEO 391 | Climate System Physics |
| 2023 | Spring | GEO 303 | Introduction To Geology |
| 2022 | Fall | GEO 371T | Climate Data |
| 2022 | Fall | GEO 391 | Climate Data |
| 2021 | Fall | GEO 347P | Climate System Physics-Wb |
| 2021 | Fall | GEO 387P | Climate System Physics-Wb |
| 2021 | Spring | GEO 303 | Introduction To Geology-Wb |
| 2021 | Spring | GEO 303 | Introduction To Geology |