Researcher
ORCID: 0000-0002-0437-0565
Hossein Panahifar holds an M.Sc. in Optical physics and a PhD in atmospheric remote sensing from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, Iran. Currently, he is a Post-Doctoral researcher at the atmospheric cluster of the Department of Climate and Environment of the ERATOSTHENES Centre of Excellence (ECoE). Hossein has considerable experience in remote-sensing research using ground-based lidar and various satellite remote-sensing datasets. His research was mostly focused on monitoring the natural and anthropogenic atmospheric air pollution across the Middle Eastern region. During his PhD, Hossein was part of a lidar campaign to monitor the atmospheric air pollution in the highly polluted urban area of Tehran, the Capital of Iran. He took advantage of the lidar recording to evaluate the vertical distribution of the atmosphere and to retrieve the physical and microphysical properties of different aerosols. Using lidar recording to monitor long-range dust transport from Mesopotamia, the Arabian Desert, and the Saharan Desert to the Iranian Plateau are some parts of his experiences. Hossein is fascinated in investigating aerosol-cloud interaction and atmospheric dynamics, as new challenges for the atmospheric scientist community. The Cyprus Atmospheric Remote Sensing Observatory [CARO] is a multi-instrument platform infrastructure and being a member of this observatory gives Hossein an opportunity to pursue his scientific ambitions. CARO benefits from a comprehensive suite of lidar-radar instruments that is unique with the latest modern standard accessible in a few regions globally.
He is looking forward to a very adventurous scientific journey from the beautiful city of Limassol.
