NCAS-M II Faculty

Belay Demoz, PhD

  • Lead Investigator
  • (410) 455-2715
  • bdemoz@umbc.edu
  • University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
  • Physics Department, Professor
  • ESRL, NESDIS STAR, NWS/OOS

Biography

Dr. Demoz holds a doctoral degree in Atmospheric Physics from the University of Nevada and Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada. Prior to joining UMBC/JCET he was Professor of Physics at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Howard University, where he was Director of Graduate Studies for the Physics Department; and also one of the Principal PI’s at the Beltsville Research Campus. Before joining academia, Dr. Demoz has worked for the private industry as a NASA contractor, followed by some time as a Civil Servant at NASA/GSFC in the Mesoscale Dynamics Branch.. He is the current Director of the Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology.
http://physics.umbc.edu/people/faculty/demoz/

Research Interests

  • Atmospheric Dynamics
  • Climate
  • Instrumentation
  • Lidars