{"id":230,"date":"2020-12-08T18:47:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T18:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/oldroyd-new\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2026-03-22T20:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T03:28:09","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/oldroyd\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"230\" class=\"elementor elementor-230\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c07306f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c07306f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29f092c6\" data-id=\"29f092c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-434874c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"434874c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBiography  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b8b3c24 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7b8b3c24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13ff758a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13ff758a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h3>Education<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epfl.ch\/\">\u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL),<\/a>&nbsp;2015<\/li>\n<li>M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 2010<\/li>\n<li>B.S.&nbsp; Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 2006<\/li>\n<li>A.S. Colorado Northwestern, 1999<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Appointments &amp; Research Experience<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Associate Professor: Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis 2023-present<\/li>\n<li>Assistant Professor: Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering, University of California at Davis 2016-2023<\/li>\n<li>Postdoctoral Research Assistant: \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Environmental Fluid Dynamics &amp; Hydraulics 2015-2016<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Research Assistant: \u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL), Atmospheric Turbulent Transport in Alpine Environments, 2010-2015<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Research Assistant: University of Utah, Scalar Transport in Pipe Flow 2006-2010<\/li>\n<li>Undergraduate Research Assistant: University of Utah, GUI developer for QUIC-URB &amp; QUIC-Plume Urban Dispersion Models<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Professional Activities &amp; Affiliations<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tahoe.ucdavis.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tahoe Environmental Research Center<\/a>: Head of Atmospheric Sciences<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Watershed Sciences<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Associate Editor: Boundary-Layer Meteorology (2018 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>UC Davis Field Safety Committee member (2019 \u2013 present)<\/li>\n<li>American Meteorological Society (AMS)<\/li>\n<li>European Geosciences Union (EGU)<\/li>\n<li>American Geophysical Union (AGU)<\/li>\n<li>Reviewer for: Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society<\/li>\n<li>Conference Session Chair: American Meteorological Society\u201322nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence (BLT), 2016,&nbsp;9A Modeling and observations in complex terrain II.<\/li>\n<li>Student Presentation Judge: American Meteorological Society\u201322nd Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence (BLT), 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2016<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Outreach &amp; Service<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/avenuee.ucdavis.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Avenue<sup>E<\/sup>&nbsp;Mentoring Program<\/a>&nbsp;(Faculty Mentor 2017-2019)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sweucd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Society of Women Engineers<\/a>&nbsp;(UC Davis Faculty Advisor, 2018-Present)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/firstgen.ucdavis.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">First-Gen<\/a>&nbsp;(Faculty member)<\/li>\n<li>O-STEM (UC Davis)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Education Ph.D. Civil &amp; Environmental Engineering,&nbsp;\u00c9cole Polytechnique F\u00e9d\u00e9rale de Lausanne (EPFL),&nbsp;2015 M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 2010 B.S.&nbsp; Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 2006 A.S. 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