Dr. Rosa Fitzgerald is a Professor in Physics. She obtained an M.S in Physics from Adelphi University, N.Y. and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Riverside. She was selected to represent U.C Riverside, in the U.C System 1991 academic brochure and was a recipient of the prestigious University of California System Dissertation Fellowship. She has had post-doctoral experiences at the University of California, Irvine and at the Center for Environmental Research, CE-CERT. She was also a Faculty Fellow at JPL/NASA and a research affiliate at that laboratory for several years. She is currently the UTEP representative of a NOAA consortium of Universities throughout the U.S, a PNNL Research Affiliate, the UTEP/NCAR representative and an NCAR Member of the Higher Education Advisory Panel . She has had funding from NASA, NOAA, NSF, the Texas Higher Education, SCERP, TCEQ, etc. In addition, she is a contributing faculty member to the UTEP ESE PhD Program and to the UTEP Computational Sciences PhD Program. At UTEP she started an Atmospheric Physics research group approximately 17 years ago and an Atmospheric under-graduate Physics concentration, which have opened new career avenues for physics graduates in an expanding and marketable field.

• PNNL Research Affiliate (11/01/2023-11/30/2023)
• Board member of the Atmospheric Chemical Mechanisms Society - Air Quality Division, Howard University and UC Davis (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
• officially invited to become a JPL/NASA Research affiliate (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
• Recipient of. Pan American Center - Earth and Environmental Studies Summer Funding (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
• NASA’s Faculty Fellow Fellowship (01/01/1997-12/31/1997)
• Recipient of the prestigious NASA's Faculty Fellow Fellowship (01/01/1996-12/31/1996)
• U.C System 1991 academic brochure. - U.C Riverside (01/01/1991-12/31/1991)
• Recipient of the prestigious University of California System Dissertation Fellowship (01/01/1990-12/31/1990)
• UC Riverside scholarships (01/01/1990-12/31/1990)
• UC Riverside scholarships (01/01/1989-12/31/1989)
• UC Riverside scholarships (01/01/1988-12/31/1988)
• UC Riverside scholarships (01/01/1987-12/31/1987)
• UC Riverside scholarships (01/01/1986-12/31/1986)
• UC Riverside scholarships (01/01/1985-12/31/1985)
• • Officially invited to become Adjoint Professor at Jackson State, Mississipi - University

• Ph D in Physics, University of California, Riverside (1992)
• MS in Physics, Adelphi University (1982)
• BS in Physics, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (1981)

• Particulate Matter in the American Southwest: Detection and Analysis of Dust Storms Using Surface Measurements and Ground-Based LIDAR Atmosphere 15 (2024), Joscelyne Guzman-Gonzalez, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Nakul N. Karle, Ricardo K. Sakai, William R. Stockwell.
• Systematic Analysis of Virga and its Impact on Surface Particulate Matter Observations Atmos. Meas. Tech 16 (2023), Nakul N. Karle, Ricardo K. Sakai, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Charles Ichoku, Fernando Mercado, William R. Stockwell.
• Editorial for the Special Issue “Advances in Air Pollution Meteorology” Atmosphere 13 (2022), Rosa M. Fitzgerald, William R. Stockwell.
• Winter and Wildfire Season Optical Characterization of Black and Brown Carbon in the El Paso-Ciudad Juárez Airshed Atmosphere 13 (2022), Pamela Lara, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Nakul N. Karle, Jose Talamantes, Miranda Miranda, Darrel Baumgardner, William R. Stockwell.
• Multi-Scale Atmospheric Emissions, Circulation and Meteorological Drivers of Ozone Episodes in El Paso-Juárez Airshed Atmosphere 12 (2021), Nakul N. Karle, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Ricardo K. Sakai, David W. Sullivan, William R. Stockwell.
• Optical Measurements of Particulate Matter in the El Paso–Juárez Region: Natural Mineral Dust and Soot Environmental Managers, A&WMA October 2021 (2021), Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Nakul Karle, Pamela Lara, Javier Polanco, William R. Stockwell.
• Intercomparison of Sonde, WRF/CAMx and Satellite Sounder Profile Data for the Paso Del Norte Region Aerosol Science and Engineering 4 (2020), Suhail Mahmud, Nakul Karle, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Duanjun Lu, Nicholas R. Nalli, William R. Stockwell.
• An Improved Method for Optical Characterization of Mineral Dust and Soot Particles in the El Paso-Juárez Airshed Atmosphere 11 (2020), Javier Polanco, Manuel Ramos, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, William R. Stockwell.
• Investigation of the Successive Ozone Episodes in the El Paso–Juarez Region in the Summer of 2017 Atmosphere 11 (2020), Nakul N. Karle, Suhail Manhmud, Ricardo Sakai, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Vernon R. Morris, William R. Stockwell.
• A Perspective on the Development of Gas-phase Chemical Mechanisms for Eulerian Air Quality Models Journal of Air & Waste Management 70 1 (2019), William M. Stockwell, Emily Saunders, Wendy Goliff, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.
• Projected changes in particulate matter concentrations in the South Coast Air Basin due to basin-wide reductions in nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and ammonia emissions Journal of Air & Waste Management 69 2 (2019), Devoun Stewart, Emily Saunders, Roberto Perea, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, David Campbell, William M. Stockwell.

• Comprehensive Analysis of Elevated Sea Salt Aerosols in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Since 2017 (2024), Volume Baltimore, Nakul Karle, Ricardo Sakai, Sen Chiao, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, William R. Stockwell.
• Particulate Matter in the American Southwest: Detection and Analysis of Dust Storms Using Surface Measurements and Ground-Based LIDAR (2024), Volume Baltimore, Joscelyn Guzman, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Nakul Karle, Ricardo Sakai, William R. Stockwell.
• New Approaches for Air Quality Modeling (2023), William R. Stockwell, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.
• Developing Python Based Programs for Visualizing and Analyzing Complex Hydrodynamic Outputs from SCHISM Simulations of the Texas Coast (2023), Volume San Angelo, Cletus Ogbodo, Rosa Fitzgerald, Chris Fuller, Andrew Ernest, Jungwoo Lee, Javier Polanco, Roberto Perea.
• Using SCHISM Model and HF Radar Data to Study Ocean Surface Currents in Texas Bays (2023), Volume Beaumont, Texas, Cletus Ogbodo, Rosa Fitzgerald, Chris Fuller, Andrew Ernest, Liv Haselbach, Caimee Schoenbaechler, Jungwoo Lee, Javier Polanco.
• Wind-Terrain Effects on Local Circulation, and Meteorological Drivers of Ozone Episodes in El Paso-Juarez Airshed (2023), Volume Denver, Nakul Karle, Ricardo Sakai, Rosa Fitzgerald.
• Systematic analysis of virga precipitation events over the semi-arid region of El Paso, Texas (2022), Volume Chicago, Nakul Karle, Ricardo Sakai, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.
• Upper Air Studies in the El Paso-Juarez Region (2022), Volume Austin, Rosa Fitzgerald.
• Air Pollution in Desert and Nearby Metropolitan Areas (2022), Volume Chicago, Rosa Fitzgerald.
• Atmospheric Physics Studies in the El Paso Region (2022), Volume Albuquerque, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.
• Ceilometer Studies in El Paso- Juarez Region (2022), Volume El Paso , Rosa Fitzgerald.
• Improving the dust emission algorithm in HYSPLIT’ (2022), Volume Tallahassee, Joscelyn Guzman, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Christopher Loughner.
• The Use of HF Radar Data from Sabine Lake and Galveston Bay to Validate the SCHISM Model (2022), Volume Tallahasse, Cletus Ogbodo, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.
• Use of Optical Methods to Characterize Black and Brown Carbon (2022), Volume Tallahase, Florida, Pamela Lara, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.
• Planetary Boundary Layer Workshop for Underrepresented Students (2021), Volume virtual, David Whiteman, Rosa Fitzgerald.
• Analysis of Boundary Layer Heights Using Ceilometer and Models in the El Paso-Juarez Airshed (2021), Nakul Karle, Suhail Mahmud, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.
• Analysis of Ozonesonde and Surface Measurements in San Antonio and El Paso during 2017 and 2019. (2019), Volume San Francisco, Paul Walter, et.al., Rosa Fitzgerald.
• PBL Studies in the Paso del Norte Region (2019), Volume NM, Rosa Fitzgerald.
• The Application of Physics and Modeling to Improve Public Health (2019), Volume Ohio, William Stockwell, Devoun Stewart, Emily Saunders, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Dave Campbell.
• Analysis of Regional Meteorology During the Ozone Episodes in the El Paso-Juarez Airshed in the Summer of 2017 (2019), Volume Phoenix, Nakul Karle, Suhail Mahmud, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Ricardo Sakai, William Stockwell, Belay Demoz, Vernon Morris.
• Light Scattering from a Water-Coated Aerosol Particle (2019), Volume Phoenix, Miguel Cortez, Ashley Mcafee, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.
• Regional Weather Modelling for Paso del Norte Region: A sensitivity study for determining the PBL (2019), Volume Phoenix, Suhail Mahmud, Nakul Karle, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, William Stockwell.
• The Impact of Global Hawk Dropsonde Data Assimilated in both global and regional weather forecast model on 3 Tropical Cyclone during 2017 (2019), Volume Phoenix, Miguel Cortez, Andrew C. Kren, Lidia Cucurull, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.

• Particulate Matter Studies in the El Paso-Juarez Region
• NCAS-M (New)
• Toward a More Comprehensive Representation of Aerosol Optical Properties.
• HIGH FREQUENCY RADAR FOR TEXAS BAYS AND PORTS
• CEILOMETER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE IN THE PASO DEL NORTE
• CEILOMETER OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE IN THE PASO DEL NORTE
• BLACK AND BROWN CARBON (BC) MONITORING IN HOUSTON AND EL PASO IN 2020
• UPPER AIR STUDIES IN EL PASO DEL NORTE
• UPPER AIR STUDIES IN EL PASO DEL NORTE - STATE FUNDS
• OZONESONDE LAUNCHES IN SAN ANTONIO AND EL PASO
• OZONESONDE LAUNCHES IN EL PASO
• NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology at Howard University