Soroosh Sorooshian

Soroosh Sorooshian Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles M.S. University of California, Los Angeles B.S. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

Soroosh Sorooshian is the Director of the Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing (CHRS) and Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth System Science Departments at UC Irvine. Prior to 2003 he was a faculty at the University of Arizona for 20 years. His area of expertise is Hydrometeorology, water resources systems, climate studies and application of remote sensing to earth science problems with special focus on the hydrologic cycle and water resources issues of arid and semi-arid zones. He also consults on problems related to surface hydrology and urban flooding.