Samar Minallah

Ph.D. Candidate

Location

Climate & Space Research Building 2455 Hayward Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143

Education

• 2018 – 2022: PhD Climate & Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
• 2014 – 2016: M.S.E. Civil Engineering (Hydrology and Hydraulics), University of Michigan Ann Arbor
• 2008 – 2012: B.E. Civil Engineering (Geotechnical Engineering elective), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan

Research Interests

• Atmosphere – Cryosphere – Hydrosphere interactions
• High-altitude climates and glaciology
• Mountain glaciers
• Regional hydroclimates
• Inland water bodies
• CMIP assessments
• Earth system modeling

Experience

Research:

• Visiting researcher, Climate and Global Dynamics Lab NCAR (2021)
• Graduate Student Research Assistant, CLaSP UMich (2018 – present)
• Research Associate, CEE UMich (2016 – 2018, telework)
• Research Affiliate, CEE Colorado State University (2015)

Teaching:

• Graduate Student Instructor, CLIMATE 105 Our Changing Atmosphere (Winter 2021)

Industry:

I have over 5-years of professional experience working in various sectors under the water-environment-climate nexus including: water resources management, design of small dams and irrigation master plans, GIS and topographic surveying, and development practices encompassing various aspects of science-based policy, programme development, and project design and implementation.

Services:

• Reviewer: Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Hydrology, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Hydrometeorology
• Session convener and chair: Lakes and Inland Water Bodies (AGU Fall Meeting 2020, 2021)
• Interview panel: Global Undergraduate Exchange Program (2017, 2018)
• Scholarship selection committee: Fulbright Program Pakistan (2017)
• Jury member: Commonwealth Youth Awards (2012, 2013)
• Country Ambassador and Asia Region Representative, Commonwealth Youth Programme (2010 – 2013)

Awards

Academic Awards:

• Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship in Physical Sciences and Engineering (2020 – 2021)
• UCAR Next Generation Fellowship in Earth System Sciences (2020 – 2022)
• Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Fall Meeting (2019)
• Rackham Graduate Student Research Grant (2019)
• Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) Fellowship (2018 – 2019)
• Fulbright Scholarship (2014 – 2016)
• NUST undergraduate merit awards (2010 – 2012)

Publications

Journal:

• Minallah, S., & Steiner, A. L. (2021). The Effects of Lake Representation on the Regional Hydroclimate in the ECMWF Reanalyses, Monthly Weather Review, 149(6), 1747-1766.
• Minallah, S., & Steiner, A. L. (2021). Analysis of the Atmospheric Water Cycle for the Laurentian Great Lakes Region Using CMIP6 Models, Journal of Climate, 34(12), 4693-4710.
• Minallah, S., & Steiner, A. L. (2021). Role of the Atmospheric Moisture Budget in Defining the Precipitation Seasonality of the Great Lakes Region, Journal of Climate, 34(2), 643-657.
• Minallah, S., & Ivanov, V. Y. (2019). Interannual Variability and Seasonality of Precipitation in the Indus River Basin, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20(3), 379-395.

Invited talks:

• Minallah, S., & Steiner, A. L. (2021). Atmospheric Moisture Budget of the Great Lakes Region. 2021 Great Lakes Climate Modeling Workshop
• Minallah, S., & Steiner, A. L. (2020). Understanding the Hydroclimatic Drivers of Harmful Algal Blooms in the Laurentian Great Lakes Region. AGU Fall Meeting 2020.

Google Scholar profile

ORCID: 0000-0001-8419-5850