Soroosh Sorooshian
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Soroosh Sorooshian | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 (age 77–78) |
| Alma mater | California Polytechnic State University University of California, Los Angeles |
| Awards | Robert E. Horton Medal (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Civil Engineering Hydrology Remote Sensing |
| Institutions | University of California Irvine University of Arizona Case Western Reserve University |
| Website | Faculty page at UC Irvine |
Soroosh Sorooshian (born 1948) is an Iranian-born American civil engineer, and educator. He is a distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Irvine[1] and currently serving as the Director of the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing.
Sorooshian was born in a Zoroastrian family in Kerman, Iran.[citation needed] He did his primary education in Kerman before moving to United States in 1966.[citation needed]
He got his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and MSc and PhD from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in systems engineering.[citation needed]
Sorooshian is a member of such prestigious organizations as the National Academy of Engineering and the International Academy of Astronautics. He is also a fellow of the AAAS, AGU, and the IWRA, among others. Besides being a member and fellow of certain places, he was also a chairman for the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment of the World Climate Research Programme.[2] In 2009 he was appointed as the California Council on Science and Technology member.[3]