Eder Herrera Successfully Defends Thesis to Become First CESSRST-II Fellow to Complete PhD
Eder Herrera successfully defended his doctoral thesis June 30, 2023, to become the first NOAA CESSRST-II Fellow to earn his PhD . Dr. Herrera is a Cohort I NOAA EPP funded graduate fellow of the Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technology (CESSRST-II). He is based at The City College of New York, and he will receive his degree from the Graduate Center, CUNY, in...Read More
CESSRST Graduate Scholar receives Prestigious Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP)
The Center is proud to announce that Jahnelle Howe, a Ph.D. Student Fellow from CESSRST-II Cohort 1, was recently accepted to the NOAA EPP Graduate Fellowship Program (GFP). “The EPP GFP is designed to serve as a future workforce pipeline to NOAA for qualified students currently supported at EPP Cooperative Science Centers and pursuing a graduate degree in a discipline aligned with...Read More
CESSRST-II UTEP Scientist’s Remote Sensing Innovation
Dr. Laura Alvarez, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth, Environment and Resource Sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) was recently featured in an article for her innovation in Remote Sensing, which is a core technical area for CESSRST-II aligned with the NOAA mission. Specifically, leading her research team, which included an Electrical and Computer...Read More
Dr. Mitch Goldberg joins CESSRST as the Distinguished Research Scientist (DRS)
Dr. Mitch Goldberg joined the City College of New York (CCNY) as a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Earth System and Environmental Engineering. As of June 1, 2023. Dr. Mitch Goldberg is also assuming the role of the Distinguished Research Scientist (DRS) at the NOAA EPP Cooperative Science Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (CESSRST-II), led by...Read More
EPP CESSRST Graduate Scholar, Stephany Garcia is featured on CBS Local News
NOAA EPP CESSRST-II Fellow, Stephany Garcia was recently featured on CBS8 Local News in San Diego for her NOAA mission aligned work on observations of turbidity in the Tijuana River Estuary with a sensor deployed a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to test water clarity at the Tijuana River outlet in Imperial Beach. The full news report is available here. Stephany is currently pursuing...Read More
CESSRST Scholar Harold Gamarro presents at NOAA Seminar Series
NOAA EPP CESSRST Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing graduate scholar, Harold Gamarro successfully delivered a talk on February 23, 2023, as part of the NOAA Science Seminar Series. The presentation was titled, ‘Modeling Complex 3-D Coastal-Urban Impacts on Air Quality Distribution: Evaluation Based on High-Spatial-Resolution NO2 Retrievals.’ In 2021, Harold was selected to the...Read More
Dr. Tarendra Lakhankar Receives the Prestigious 2022 CCNY President’s S.T.A.R. Award
Dr. Tarendra Lakhankar received the 2022 CCNY President’s S.T.A.R. award on October 24, 2022, for his fourteen years of exemplary service to the City College of New York (CCNY) including extraordinary achievements in academia and research. The CCNY President’s S.T.A.R. award stands for Service, Teamwork, Action, and Results. Dr. Lakhankar has contributed to the CUNY Remote Sensing of Earth...Read More