NCAS-M Alumni

Richard Medina Calderon, PhD

  • Post Doctoral Fellow, Alumni
  • (202) 865-8678
  • richard.medinacalde@howard.edu
  • Howard University
  • Atmospheric Sciences, Post Doctoral Fellow
  • National Weather Service, Sterling, VA

Biography

Dr. Richard Medina Calderon earned his bachelor degree in Physics from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru. He gained experience in numerical programming and Physics lecturing at the Nuclear Reactor Laboratory and at Universidad Tecnologica del Peru, both in Lima, Peru. He obtained two Master of Science degrees in both Physics and Computational Sciences in 2009 and 2013 respectively at the University of Texas at El Paso. He received his Doctoral degree in 2014.

Research Interests

  • Lidars and Satellites
  • Atmospheric Optics
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Air Quality