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 18 years ago and an Atmospheric under-graduate Physics concentration, which have opened new career avenues for physics graduates in an expanding and marketable field.

• Miguel Izquierdo Teaching Award - College of Science (01/01/2024-12/31/2024)
• Education Panel Member, NCAR - National Center for Atmospheric Research (01/01/2023-12/31/2023)
• 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)

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

• Long-term coastal observatory High-frequency radar: site selection study and considerations Discover Water/Research (2024), Christopher Fuller, Andrew Ernest, Mitch Scoggins, Liv Haselbach, Xing Wu, Cletus Ogbodo, Rosa Fitzgerald.
• Intercomparison of Surface Currents Obtained Using SCHISM and the HF Radar Data in Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake, Texas Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 12 (2024), Cletus Ogbodo, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Christopher Fuller, Jungwoo Lee, Roberto Perea, Javier Polanco.
• Reinterpreting Trends: The Impact of Methodological Changes on Reported Sea Salt Aerosol Levels Atmosphere 15 no. 7 (2024), Nakul N. Karle, Ricardo K. 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 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.

• Intercomparison of Surface Current Produced by SCHISM Model and HF Radar in Galveston Bay and Sabine Lake, Texas. (2024), Volume San Diego, Cletus C. Ogbodo, Rosa M. Fitzgerald, Javier Polanco.
• 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 virtual poster, Joscelyne Guzman, Rosa M. Fitzgerald.
• 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.

• 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