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Derek Mallia is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Utah, affiliated with the Land-Atmosphere Interactions Research (LAIR) group. His research focuses on atmospheric modeling to understand boundary layer processes linked to climate change, including wildfire behavior, dust transport, and urban greenhouse gas emissions. He develops and refines tools like WRF-SFIRE and HYSPLIT-STILT to model smoke dispersion, dust dynamics, and urban emissions quantification. His work addresses critical challenges such as improving air quality forecasts and informing policy through emission mitigation strategies.
Research Interests: Mallia investigates wildfire smoke dynamics using coupled fire-atmosphere models, quantifies dust impacts on air quality and snowmelt, and applies Bayesian inversion techniques to constrain urban GHG emissions. His projects emphasize interdisciplinary approaches, integrating field observations with high-resolution modeling.
Teaching: He instructs courses including ATMOS 1010 (Severe Weather), ATMOS 5340 (Environmental Programming/Statistics), and ATMOS 5210/6210 (Synoptic Meteorology). These courses bridge theoretical concepts with practical applications in environmental science and atmospheric analysis.
Labs/Teams: As part of the LAIR group, he collaborates on projects addressing land-atmosphere interactions, wildfire smoke, and dust processes. His research contributes to understanding climate change impacts and developing predictive tools for environmental challenges.
