HONORS
• NASA Group Achievement Award for CAMP2
Ex Mission (2020)
• AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award (2019)
• AGU Research Spotlight: Mardi et al., Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres (2018)
• Academic Champion (University of Arizona Provost’s Office, 2018)
• da Vinci Circle Fellowship (University of Arizona, College of Engineering, 2018)
• Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Journal of Geophysical ResearchAtmospheres (2017)
• Spirit of Inquiry Alumnus Award and Honor’s College Commencement Keynote Speaker
(University of Arizona, Honor’s College, 2017)
• Spirit of ASEMS Award (University of Arizona, Arizona’s Science, Engineering, and Math
Scholars (ASEMS) program, 2017)
• Faculty Fellows Program (University of Arizona, 2016-present)
• Distinguished Scholar Award (University of Arizona, 2016)
• Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Journal of Geophysical ResearchAtmospheres (2016)
• Invitee and speaker: National Academy of Science’s Symposium on Climate Change (Nice,
France; 2015)2
• Five Star Faculty Award Finalist (1 of 5) awarded by the University of Arizona Honors
College (2014-2015)
• Award for Excellence at the Student Interface (2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2014-2015, 2015-
2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018; Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering)
• Co-Organizer and Speaker: 2015 US-Iran Symposium on Climate Change: Impacts and
Mitigation, National Academy of Sciences, Beckman Center, Irvine California (March 2015)
• NASA Group Achievement Award for SEAC4
RS Mission (2015)
• 2014 NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (Student: Taylor Shingler)
• Invitee: National Academy of Science’s Symposium on Sustainable, Resilient Cities (Irvine,
CA; 2014)
• Invitee: 2013 National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Education
Symposium (Irvine, CA; 2013)
• Invitee: National Academy of Science’s US-Iran Symposium on Air Pollution in Megacities
(Irvine, CA; 2013)
• Recognition for Reviewing Excellence for Atmospheric Environment (2012-2013)
• Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Journal of Geophysical ResearchAtmospheres (2012)
• College of Engineering Education Faculty Fellow (2012-2014)
• Invitee and Co-Chair: National Academy of Engineering’s 2012 U.S. Frontiers of
Engineering Symposium (Warren, Michigan; 2012)
• Invitee: National Academy of Engineering’s 2011 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
(Mountain View, California; 2011)
• Admitted to and attended the 2011 ASEE National Effective Teaching Institute (Vancouver,
Canada)
• AGU Research Spotlight: Sorooshian et al., J. Geophys. Res. (2010)
• Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award (2010)
• Invitee to 8th Annual NCAR Early Career Scientist Assembly (ECSA) Junior Faculty Forum
(2010)
• ACCESS invitee (Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists; 2009)
• Outstanding Poster Presentation (Boulder Laboratories Postdoctoral Poster Symposium,
2009)
• Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) Postdoctoral Fellowship
(2008-2009, Colorado State University)
• American Meteorological Society Public Policy Colloquium Fellow (2008)
• Outstanding Achievement in Doctoral Education Award and the Golestani Family Award –
(Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage, 2008)
• Cornelius J. Pings Graduate Fellowship (Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation, 2003-2007,
California Institute of Technology)
• Outstanding Senior - Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering (U. of Arizona,
2003)
• Outstanding Senior - College of Engineering and Mines (U. of Arizona, 2003)
• Second place – American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) National Conference
Student Poster Contest (Indianapolis, Indiana), 2002
• Air & Waste Management Association Best Student Paper Award (Phoenix, Arizona), 20013
• Second place – American Institute for Chemical Engineers (AIChE) National Conference
Student Poster Contest (Reno, Nevada), 2001
FIELD EXPERIMENT PARTICIPATION
• (Mission PI) ACTIVATE: Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western
ATlantic Experiment (2019-2023; $30M NASA Earth Venture Suborbital mission)
• (Mission PI) MONARC: MONterey Aerosol Research Campaign, Monterey, CA (2019)
• (Instrument PI) CAMP2
EX: Cloud and Aerosol Monsoonal Processes-Philippines
Experiment, Philippines (2019)
• (Mission PI) MACAWS: Marine Aerosol Cloud and Wildfire Study, Monterey, CA (2018)
• (Mission PI) FASE: Fog and Stratocumulus Evolution Experiment, Monterey, CA (2016)
• (Mission PI) BOAS: Biological Ocean Atmospheric Study, Monterey, CA (2015)
• (Instrument PI) SEAC4
RS: Studies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and
Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys (2013)
• (Mission PI) NICE: Nucleation in California Experiment (2013)
• (Instrument PI) DC-3: Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry Experiment, United States
(2012)
• (Mission PI) E-PEACE: Eastern Pacific Emitted Aerosol Cloud Experiment, Monterey, CA
(2011)
• (Instrument PI) CalNex: California Nexus, Los Angeles, CA (2010)
• MASE II: Marine Stratus/Stratocumulus Experiment, Monterey, CA (Flight scientist) (2007)
• GoMACCS/TexAQS: Gulf of Mexico Atmospheric Composition and Climate Study/Texas
Air Quality Study, Houston, TX (Flight scientist) (2006)
• MASE I: Marine Stratus/Stratocumulus Experiment, Monterey, CA (2005)
• ICARTT: International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and
Transformation, Cleveland, OH (2004)