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Emeka Ugboma
 
dr Emeka Ugboma
PhD student
Institute of Geophysics
Atmospheric Physics Department
Emeka.Ugboma@fuw.edu.pl
e.ugboma@uw.edu.pl
  • Aerosol science and atmospheric composition
  • Air quality assessment and pollution dynamics
  • Urban Nitrogen Dioxide pollution analysis
  • Satellite-based assessment of trace gas impacts over large regions

Education

  • 2026: PhD Earth and Environmental Science, University of Warsaw

                        Supervisor: dr hab. Iwona S. Stachlewska, prof.ucz

  • 2017: Diploma Atmospheric and Climate Science, Université Grenoble Alpes 
  • 2015: MSc Atmospheric Physics, Imo State University 
  • 2009: BSc Industrial Physics, Imo State University 
  • 2004: Diploma Computer Science, The Federal Polytechnic Nekede 

Employment and professional experience

06/2021 - 09/2021.  Visiting Researcher, Remote Sensing Lab, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw

02/2020 - 06/2021.  Research Assistant, Aerosol Lab, University of Szeged

02/2018 - 01/2020.  Lecturer in Physics, Eastern Palm University

Scholarships

ICTP Sponsorship recipient -- European Research Course on Atmospheres, 2017

Award of Excellence -- BBC Media Action, 2016

Operation East Scholarship -- Shell Petroleum Development Company, 2006 -- 2009

Student’s Merit Award -- National Agip Oil Company, 2007 -- 2009

Outstanding Scholar of Physics -- Imo State University, 2006

 

Scholarships and scientific stays abroad

  • 2024: Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
  • 2022: NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research
  • 2017: Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble

Participation in conferences, conventions, schools, courses

• AGU24. Washington, D.C. December 9-13, 2024.

• AERONET Science and Application Exchange 2024. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA. Sep. 17-19, 2024.

• Applications of Carbon Dioxide Measurements for Climate-Related Studies. NASA, July 09, 10 & 16 2024

•  Solar Radiation-Based Established Techniques for Atmospheric Observations. ESA-ESRIN, Frascati & Sapienza Universita di Roma, Italy. Feb. 6-10, 2023.

• Selecting Climate Change Projection Sets for Mitigation, Adaptation, and Risk Management Applications. NASA, Sep. 19–20, 2022.

•  Evaluating Ecosystem Services with Remote SensingNASA, Aug. 23–30 , 2022.

•  Introduction and Access to Global Air Quality Forecasting Data and Tools. NASA, Sep. 23–30 , 2021. 

•  Introduction to NASA Resources for Climate Change Applications. NASA, Sep. 29–Oct. 6, 2021.  

Training School on Dust Aerosol Detection and Monitoring on state-of-art satellite-based and model-based

products for aerosol detection. EUMETSAT and the WMO SDS-WAS Regional Center, Nov. 9–12, 2021.

• Satellite Data Analysis and Machine Learning Classification with QGIS (1 & 2). UN Open GIS Initiative/Politecnico Milano.  Apr. 27 & May 11, 2021.

Filtration Basics: Physics, Instrumentation, and Applications. TSI Inc. 2020.11.19

E-cigarette Aerosol Characterization: Challenges and Methods. TSI Inc. 2020/07/08

The Article Publishing Process: An Elsevier Author Workshop. Elsevier Research Academy on Campus. 2020/06/01 

The Book Publishing Process: An Elsevier Author Workshop. Elsevier Research Academy on Campus. 2020/06/03

Introduction to the TSI Model 3095 Engine Exhaust Particle Measurement System (EEPMS). TSI Inc. 2020/04/08

Activities in scientific societies

  • Member, EGU Early Career Scientists, Atmospheric Science Division.
  • Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU).
  • Member, Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) community.
  • Karasewicz M., Hafiz A., Rykowska Z., Mishra P., Poczta P., Janicka Ł., Tomczak A., Ugboma E., Wang D., Fortuna R., Drzeniecka-Osiadacz A., Klejnowski K., Zimnoch M., Stachlewska I.S., 2024, Własności optyczne smogu w polskich miastach – pomiary technikami zdalnymi, XIII Konferencja Naukowa Ochrona Powietrza w Teorii i Praktyce, Zakopane, 15-18 października 2024 r. Książka poszerzonych abstraktów, 14-15

Research project

Research & Development Project

Research & Organizational Project

Field Experiment

Research & Development service