Dev Niyogi receives the 2023 Lansberg Award from the American Meteorological Society
The American Meteorological Society recognizes Dev Niyogi as the 2023 Lansberg Award winner.
Dev Niyogi, professor in the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Per the AMS website, the award “recognizes an individual or team for exemplary contributions to the fields of urban meteorology, climatology, or hydrology.” Niyogi, who is also a professor within the Jackson School of Geosciences, is a renowned climatologist, and known for his research in surface models, and the effects of land cover changes on the climate.
Dev Niyogi is the PI for the Texas Extreme Weather and Urban Sustainability “TExUS” Lab and co-lead for the UT-City CoLab. His research focuses on understanding and enabling improved prediction and mitigation of weather hazards, such as heavy rains, urban thunderstorms, landfalling hurricanes and extreme heat.
Niyogi has coauthored over 300 peer-reviewed papers for international journals, and coedited two books (one recent one on Global Urban Heat Island Mitigation). According to Google Scholar, his research has been cited over 28,000 times, and his work has been viewed over 200,000 times, as per ResearchGate statistics. His work has been highlighted in various national and international popular press outlets, including NPR, Wired, Fox News, CNN and National Geographic, as well as TEDx Talks.
Before joining The University of Texas at Austin in 2020, he was at Purdue University, where he continues to serve as an emeritus professor and was the state climatologist for Indiana. At The University of Texas at Austin, Niyogi is also part of the Theme Organizing (Executive) Committee of Planet Texas 2050, and part of the Ethical AI-Good Systems- Smart City initiative.