Hydroclimate Research Group

People

TEAM

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Dr. Di Tian (Principal Investigator)

Associate Professor (CV)

Department of Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences
Earth System Science Program
226 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: (334) 844-3819; tiandi@auburn.edu
Departmental Webpage: http://cses.auburn.edu/di-tian/

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Dr. Fang Wang

Assistant Research Professor

Office: 240 Funchess Hall
Email: fzw0024@auburn.edu

Fang received her PhD in Environmental Engineering Sciences from the University of Florida. Her research focuses on computational hydrology and deep learning for the earth systems.  


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Sudhanshu Kumar

Ph.D. student, 8/2022-

Office: 253 Upchurch Hall
Email: szk0237@auburn.edu

Sudhanshu received his M.Tech. in Earth System Science and Technology from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur and B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from IIT BHU Varanasi in India. His research focuses on investigating flash drought causations and predictions using data science and machine learning approaches.  


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Armano Cibaric

Ph.D. student, 8/2025-

Office: 251 Upchurch Hall
Email: lzg0048@auburn.edu

Armano received his M.S. degree in Water and Sustainable Development from IHE Delft, and B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Zagreb in Croatia. His research focuses on AI-informed Earth system models diagnosis, downscaling, and bias corrections for fine-scale hydroclimate assessment. 


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Ananya Sharma

Ph.D. student, 8/2025-

Office: 251 Upchurch Hall
Email: azs0394@auburn.edu

Ananya Sharma received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geology both from the University of Delhi in India. Her research focuses on remote sensing-based evapotranspiration observations and modeling for drought and water management.  

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS



Aubie

Undergraduate researcher

Undergraduate student

Office: 251 Upchurch Hall
Email: smh0089@auburn.edu

Currently accepting undergraduate summer interns to participate in the NSF CAREER project (link) or through AU's undergraduate research fellowship program (link).   

FORMER MEMBERS