Sepideh Khajehei
Data Scientist, NASA Earth eXchange (NEX)
Affiliation: Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Earth eXchange (NEX)
Branch: Biospheric Science Branch (SGE)
Email: sepideh.khajehei@nasa.gov
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0iPAk5ogDDoC&hl=en
Professional Biography
Dr. Sepideh Khajehei is a Data Scientist at NASA Earth eXchange (NEX), specialized in hydrology and climate science. She excels in data science and earth observation, using diverse data sources to model the impact of climate pattern shifts on the Earth’s land-surface system in a changing climate. With a strong background in statistical modeling and data visualizations, her research contributes significantly to our understanding of climate change effects and offers valuable insights for the scientific community.
Education
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, September 2015-December 2018, Portland StateUniversity
M.Sc., Civil and Environmental Engineering, September 2013-June 2015, Portland State University
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, 2008-2012, Shiraz University, Iran
Experience
2023- Present: Data Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
2022-2023: Lead Data Scientist, Climate Engine
2019-2022: Applied Scientist, Descartes Labs
2017-2019: Water Resources Engineer, Wood
2013-2017: Research Assistant, Portland State University
Current Project
2023: Climate Resilience Information System (CRIS)
Publications
- Duan, Y., Akula, S., Kumar, S., Lee, W., and Khajehei, S. (2023). “A Hybrid Physics–AI Model to Improve Hydrological Forecasts.” Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 2(1), e220023.https://doi.org/10.1175/AIES-D-22-0023.1
- Khajehei, S., Ahmadalipour, A., Shao, W., and Moradkhani, H. (2020). “A Place-based Assessment of Flash Flood Hazard and Vulnerability in the Contiguous United States.” Sci Rep 10, 448 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-57349-z
- Khajehei, S., Ahmadalipour, A., and Moradkhani, H. (2018) “An Effective Post-Processing of the North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME) Precipitation Forecasts over the Continental US,” Climate Dynamics.
- Khajehei, S., and Moradkhani, H. (2017). “Towards an improved ensemble precipitation forecast: A probabilistic post-processing approach.” Journal of Hydrology, 546, 476-489. https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.01.026.