Banerjee Selected for Early Career Award from American Meteorological Society
Nov. 25, 2024 - Tirtha Banerjee, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, will receive the 2025 Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (STAC) Outstanding Early Career Award from the American Meteorological Society (AMS). Nominated by the AMS Committee on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Banerjee is being recognized for his “outstanding research that starts by advancing fundamental knowledge of atmospheric turbulence and persists to apply it to critical challenges.”
Banerjee’s work focuses on the exchange of scalar (such as carbon dioxide, heat or trace gases), momentum and energy between the atmosphere and the elements of the ecosystem such as land, vegetation and water. He leads UCI’s Boundary Layers and Turbulence Lab, heading a variety of projects including modeling wildfire behavior and analyzing the role of turbulence in transport across aquatic and terrestrial interfaces such as wetlands and forests.
“I am deeply honored to receive this recognition from my core research community and thankful for my incredible students and postdocs, as well as the support of wonderful mentors and collaborators,” said Banerjee. “We are excited and inspired to continue our work in both fundamental turbulence research and its critical applications in areas like land-atmosphere interactions, wildfire dynamics and the physics and mitigation of disasters.”
The STAC Outstanding Early Career Award is presented to up to one researcher in each AMS-recognized discipline per year who earned their highest degree less than 10 years prior. The committee chooses awardees based on their significant contributions to the field and their advancement toward becoming a science community leader.
Banerjee will attend AMS’s 25th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence in Torino, Italy, next June to formally receive this recognition.
– Lilith Christopher
