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Ismaila is an Earth System scientist whose research centers on predicting and understanding the physical relationship between natural climate variability, extreme weather events, and climate change within the coupled Earth system. He is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Climate Science in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San José State University (SJSU). He serves as Associate Editor for "Earth Systems and Environment" and is member of the Editorial board for "Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics". He holds a BSc degree in Physics and Chemistry and Ph.D degree in Climate and Climatic Impacts from Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal. He has held Long-term visiting scientist, Postdoctoral fellow, Staff Research Associate, and Research faculty (Assistant Research Professor) positions at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), University of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), and The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State, PSU), prior to joining SJSU in 2024. The primary goal of his research is to improve our understanding of monsoon systems and precipitation variability in a changing climate to improve predictability of hydro-climatological changes in response to anthropogenic warming, but also to environmental changes. He also conducts research on land surface – atmosphere coupling processes and hydrometeorological prediction, focusing on the impact of land-surface processes on the predictability of regional climate and global climate variability and anomalies, with a particular emphasis on monsoon systems, and the physical mechanism involved. His areas of active research include West Africa, Continental U. S., Central Africa, Pan-Africa, East Asia, and home in Senegal. To address his research questions, his work relies on theory, analysis of large-scale observational data as well as design and perform a suite of high-resolution numerical climate model simulations, from Regional Climate Models (e.g., WRF-ARW, WRF-NMM and RegCM) to Earth System Models (e.g., CFSv2, E3SM, and CESM2).

Feel free to reach out regarding collaboration or opportunities at ismaila.diallo@sjsu.edu and/or idiallo.work@gmail.com.

Activities

Employment (6)

San Jose State University: San Jose, CA, US

2024-01 to present | Assistant Professor (Department of Meteorology and Climate Science)
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The Pennsylvania State University: University Park, PA, US

2021-07 to 2023-12 | Assistant Research Professor (Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science)
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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Los Angeles, CA, US

2018-06 to 2021-07 | Staff Research Associate (Department of Geography)
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University of California Los Angeles (UCLA): Los Angeles, CA, US

2015-06 to 2018-06 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Department of Geography)
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Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP): Trieste, IT

2011-03 to 2014-12 | Visiting Scientist (Earth System Physics)
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Met Office: Exeter, Devon, GB

2011-10 to 2011-12 | visiting fellow
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Education and qualifications (3)

Cheikh Anta Diop University: Dakar, SN

2011-05 to 2015-04 | Ph. D. (Climate and Climatic Impacts)
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Cheikh Anta Diop University: Dakar, SN

2008-11 to 2009-12 | MSc (Atmospheric Sciences)
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Cheikh Anta Diop University: Dakar, SN

2004-11 to 2007-07 | BS (Physics and Chemistry)
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Professional activities (3)

American Meteorological Society: Boston, MA, US

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American Geophysical Union: DC, DC, US

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Met Office: Exeter, Devon, GB

2011-10 to 2011-12 | Visiting Scientist
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Peer review (53 reviews for 19 publications/grants)

Review activity for Atmosphere. (3)
Review activity for Atmospheric science letters : (2)
Review activity for Climate dynamics. (11)
Review activity for Climate dynamics. (11)
Review activity for Climate. (1)
Review activity for Climatic change. (4)
Review activity for Czech Science Foundation (1)
Review activity for Earth systems and environment. (1)
Review activity for Earth systems and environment. (1)
Review activity for Geophysical research letters. (3)
Review activity for International journal of climatology. (2)
Review activity for Journal of advances in modeling earth systems. (2)
Review activity for Journal of climate. (2)
Review activity for Journal of climate. (1)
Review activity for Journal of geophysical research. (4)
Review activity for Meteorology and atmospheric physics. (1)
Review activity for Sustainability. (1)
Review activity for Theoretical and applied climatology. (1)
Review activity for Theoretical and applied climatology. (1)