Alejandro M. Valencia Email & Phone Number

Asheville, Nc, Us

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Combining traditional high performance computational atmospheric chemistry and dispersion models with geospatial statistical tools to obtain faster, more accurate predictions of local and regional air quality.

• Conduct research for complex, deadline-driven, multi-year, multi-million dollar contracts with private and federal government agencies (EPA, NASA, TRB, FAA, etc.).• Operate, develop, and evaluate air quality dispersion, chemical transport, and “statiscally based“ air quality models.• Develop and implement technical approaches to evaluate atmospheric models.• Devise and utilize post-processing applications/tools for dynamical and statistical evaluation of air quality models. This includes development of Python and R applications for data mining, data management, QA/QC, and visualization.• Prepare technical reports and presentations that convey the atmospheric modeling results to upper management and scientific experts.• Provided instruction on the basics of air quality modeling focusing on photochemical modeling and on the various components of the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) modeling system to a broad audience (e.g., Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, etc.). This included hands-on laboratories on how to run the model and evaluate its results.

•Operated and evaluated atmospheric photochemical models. •Analyzed ozone attainment standards for Houston, TX.•Created air quality model post-processing applications for evaluation of CAMx and CMAQ outputs.•Aided in writing technical reports for Houston Advanced Research Center.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Environmental Science And Engineering

Master'S Degree, Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineers Without Borders At the Gillings School of Global Public Health, I gained tremendous insights.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Engineers Without Borders Working as an undergraduate.