Rate My Professor Marwan Katurji

Marwan Katurji is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Canterbury, where he is affiliated with the Center for Atmospheric Research. He received his PhD from the University of Canterbury. Prior to his doctoral studies, his undergraduate and graduate academic background was in mechanical engineering at the American University of Beirut, with core training in thermal and fluid sciences. Katurji specialises in atmospheric boundary-layer science, a branch of meteorology focused on understanding interactions between the lower atmosphere and Earth’s surfaces. His research interests centre on measuring, modelling, simulating and analysing surface-atmospheric energy and moisture fluxes that influence microclimates. He has undertaken numerous research projects in New Zealand, the United States and Antarctica, contributing peer-reviewed publications to the fields of numerical weather and climate modelling, agricultural and forest meteorology, renewable wind energy and mountain meteorology.