Our Team

Arindam Gan Chowdhury
Co-Director, Extreme Events Institute and International Hurricane Research Center
  chowdhur@fiu.edu

Carolyn J. Robertson,
Co-Director, Extreme Events Institute
  crober@fiu.edu

Dejiang Chen
Research Specialist
  dechen@fiu.edu

Elizabeth Alvite
Sr. Administrative Assistant
  ealvite@fiu.edu

Erik Salna
Associate Director for Education and Outreach
  esalna@fiu.edu

Golam Kibria
Affiliate Professor, Department of Math and Statistical Sciences
  kibriag@fiu.edu

Houssam Al Sayegh
Research Specialist
  halsayeg@fiu.edu

Hugh Willoughby
Affiliate, Distinguished Research Professor
  Hugh.Willoughby@fiu.edu

Ioannis Zisis
Associate Professor & Co-Director of the Wall of Wind

James Erwin
Wall of Wind Research Specialist II
  jamerwin@fiu.edu

Jose Miguel Cruz
Director of Research, Latin American and Caribbean Center
  jomcruz@fiu.edu

Keqi Zhang
Former Director, Laboratory for Coastal Research Keqi Zhang Scholarship Endowment

Luz Maharaj
Grant Administrator
  maharajl@fiu.edu

Peter Irwin
Professor of Practice
  peairwi@fiu.edu

Qiang Chen
Coastal Research Specialist
  qchen@fiu.edu

Richard S. Olson
Director, Extreme Events Institute International Hurricane Research Center
  olsonr@fiu.edu

Seung Jae Lee
Associate Professor
  sjlee@fiu.edu

Shu-Ching Chen
Co-PI and Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor
  chens@cs.fiu.edu

Walter A. Conklin
Former Laboratory Manager Walter Conklin Scholarship Fund

Wendy Zepeda
Office Coordinator
  wyzepeda@fiu.edu

Yuepeng Li
Director, Laboratory for Coastal Research
  yuepli@fiu.edu

Zheng Cui
IT Manager & Research Scientist
  cuiz@fiu.edu