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Postdoctoral Scholar

Sarfaraz Alam

Postdoctoral Scholar, Geophysics
Sarfaraz Alam is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University, where he is modeling nitrate transport in groundwater and surface water to improve approaches to enforcement. His research integrates hydrologic modeling, contaminant transport, remote sensing, and data science to understand how climate and human-induced changes affect water resources and the environment. Sarfaraz earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from UCLA in 2021.

Sarfaraz received an Outstanding Ph.D. student award, Dissertation Year Fellowship, and Graduate Division Fellowship at UCLA. He authored nine peer-reviewed journal articles and presented his research in over ten international conferences.

Education

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, Civil Engineering
M.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Water Resources Engineering
B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Water Resources Engineering