Reginald A. Blake

Assistant Professor

New York City College of Technology, CUNY

Physics Department

Contact Information:
300 Jay Street, N 811
Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 260 - 8582
rblake@citytech.cuny.edu

Education
City College of New York	B.SC.	1987	Meteorology
City College of New York	M.A.	1990	Meteorology and Physical Oceanography
City University of New York	Ph.D.	1998	Hydro-Climatology and Water Resources

Positions & Employment
2004 -	Visiting Research Scientist – Brookhaven National Laboratory
2003 -	Assistant Professor of Physics – New York City College of Technology
2001 -	Research Scientist – NOAA Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center
2001 - 2004	City Research Scientist - NYC Department of Environmental Protection
1999 - 2001	Research Assistant Professor - CCNY
1998 - 2001	Columbia University: NASA/GISS Post - Doctoral Fellow

Research Interests

Meteorology, Climatology, Hydrology, Climate Change Impacts, Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing of the Environment - hurricanes, soil moisture, vegetation, air pollution

Publications

Blake, Reginald A., Reza M. Khanbilvardi, and Cynthia Rosenzweig, 2000. Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on New York City’s Water Supply System. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 36(2), pp. 279 - 292.

Rosenzweig, C., W. Solecki, V. Gornitz, K. Jacob, D. Major, P.Kinney, R. Miller, R. Zimmerman, E. Hartig, R. Goldberg and R. Blake, 2000. Climate Change and a Global City: An Assessment of the Metropolitan East Coast Region. Technical Report prepared for the U.S. National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Columbia University and NASA/GISS. New York, NY.

Sullivan, Terry M., Jay Adams, Reginald Blake, 2006. Urban Impacts of Mercury Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants. Journal of Urban Technology, volume 13, Number 2, pp 53 – 70.

Edwards, M.A., Winslow, M., Blake, R, 2007, Assessing Pine Barrens Soil Moisture Regimes Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Techniques, Journal of IEEE, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium.

S. R. Gaffin, C. Rosenzweig, R. Khanbilvardi, L. Parshall, S. Mahani, H. Glickman, R. Goldberg, R. Blake, R. B. Slosberg, and D. Hillel, Variations in New York City's Urban Heat Island Strength Over Time and Space, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Volume 94, Numbers 1 - 2, September 2008.

Lakhankar T., Ghedira H, Khanbilvardi R., and R. Blake “Relevance of land-cover variability in soil moisture retrieval from active microwave data”, (submitted to Journal of Spatial Hydrology – July 2008).

Book: Mongroo, A. Blake, R., Principles of Science, Laboratory Manual Volume One,
The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2005, ISBN 0-07-340783-6.

Book Chapter: Gaffin, S. R., Rosenzweig C., Parshall, L.,Beattie, D., R. Berghage, O'Keeffe, R. Blake and G., D. Braman , Energy Balance Modeling Applied to a Comparison of Green and White Roof Cooling Efficiency, Green Roofs in the NY Metropolitan Region - Research Report, Columbia University, June 2006.

Book Cahpter: Blake, R., The Science, Evidence, Impacts, and Politics of Global Climate Change
New York City College of Technology’s Perspectives Journal, March 2007.

Grants Awarded (past 7 yrs.)

Research Experience for Undergraduates in Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing at NOAA-CREST - NSF

NSF Grant - ADVANCE

Cyberinfrastructure Training, Education, Advancement, and Mentoring for Our 21st Century Workforce - NSF

Environmental Satellite Remote Sensing - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Environmental Satellite Remote Sensing - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Increasing the Enrollment and Success of African American Male Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), 2008-2009 - City University of New York

Increasing the Enrollment and Success of African American Male Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), 2007-2008 - City University of New York

Increasing the Enrollment and Success of African American Male Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), January 2007–December 2007 - City University of New York

Increasing the Enrollment and Success of African American Male Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), January – December 2006 - City University of New York

Green Brooklyn: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Urban Environmental Studies) - City University of New York

New York City Research Institute, October 2006 – September 2007 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

New York City Research Institute, October 2005 – September 2006 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NOAA’s Environmental Entrepreneurship Program - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Institute for Higher Education Policy (July 2008)- NASA/NSF

Institute for Higher Education Policy (July 2007)- NASA/NSF

Faculty Development Grant - City University of New York

Urban Design Lab for Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice - Ford Foundation

An Improved Remote Sensing Technique to Assess the Aerosol Uncertainty in Climate Change - City University of New York

Research Mentoring

Served as an advisor for 33 undergraduate students. Served as an advisor for 5 graduate students and as a committee member for 2. Two of these are now pursuing their Ph. D. degrees. Served as an advisor for 2 doctoral students currently pursuing their Ph. D. degrees, and as an advisor for one post-doctoral student, who is currently working as a post-doc fellow at NOAA-CREST.

Institution/Departmental Committee Memberships

Committees: College Council, Budget, Grants, Pluralism and Diversity, Retention, Recruitment, Dean's Search, Sustainability, Curriculum, Course Coordinator, Laboratory

Professional Memberships

American Physical Society
American Meteorological Society
American Water Resources Association
American Geophysical Union

Honors and Awards

-Selected to New York City Panel of Experts on Climate Change by Mayor Bloomberg (2008)
-Featured in Who's Who in America (2009)

Collaborators

Drs. William Russel
Cynthia Rosenzweig
Reza Khanbilvardi
Charles Vorosmarty
Fred Moshary
Johnny Lou

Synergistic Activities or Collaborations

Climate Change Impacts Study on NYC with Dr. Rosenzweig and NASA/GISS Climate Change Impacts Study on Global Cities with Dr. Rosenzweig and the Urban Climate Change Research Network Satellite Remote Sensing Applications to Hydrology, Hurricanes, and Climatology being conducted at NOAA-CREST.

Existing Institution Research Laboratory or Research Center

NOAA-CREST; NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Urban Climate Change Research Network
Funding Agency - NOAA; NASA;
Role of Professor Blake - Research Scientist

BNL Experiences

Year 1 - Dates: 6/1/04 through 8/05

Mentor - Dr. Terry Sullivan

Project Name - Local Mercury Deposition from Coal-Fired Power Plants, Case Study: Kincaid, Illinois

Number of participants - 2

Year 2 - Dates: 6/1/05 through 8/1/05

Mentor - Dr. Michael Reynolds

Project Name - An Inter-Comparison Study to Evaluate the Discrepancy in the Measurement of Air Temperature

Number of participants - 3

Year 3 - Dates: 6/1/05 through 8/1/05

Mentor - Dr. Michael Reynolds

Project Name - Urban Dispersion Modeling Program

Number of participants - 20

Personal Comments

The BNL FaST experience has given me new insights to teaching, research, and mentoring. Teaching: The BNL FaST experience has broadened my scope and helped me to become a more interdisciplinary, holistic, and integrated/systems approach instructor. I am now better able to reveal the intricacies of the Earth System approach of Environmental Study. Research: My BNL FaST experiences have helped to polish and fine-tune my research skills. I have learned much from Drs. Sullivan and Reynolds. I have blended their distinct, unique styles of problem solving to create a paradigm that suits me well. I am indeed a better researcher because of my BNL FaST interactions with these two scientists. Mentoring: The BNL FaST experience has taught me much about how to mentor undergraduates. It turns out that the research environment creates an excellent atmosphere for mentoring/teaching/sharing/guiding/inspiring/caring for students. The may well be one of the best ways to reach students who otherwise may never become productive scientists or model citizens. I am grateful to the BNL FaST experiences for shaping my academic and scientific development. I am definitely better off because of the BNL FaST experiences.

For more information about the Faculty and Student Team program, contact:

Noel Blackburn
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Building 438, PO Box 5000
Upton, New York 11973-5000
(631) 344-2890
(631) 344-5832 fax