_{About Me}

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher – Atmospheric Science – in the Atmospheric, Earth, and Energy Division with a focus on the numerical simulations, observations, and theoretical developments of turbulence in the Atmospheric boundary layer (ABL), its implications for the energy transition, and its representation in weather and climate models.  

_{Research Interests}

• ABL flow dynamics and turbulence over complex terrains
• Wind energy resource assessment
• Transport and dispersion of hazardous atmospheric releases

Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2022

MA Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2019

MEng Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, 2014

BE Mechanical Engineering, American University of Beirut, 2012

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QznE9-IAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4440-9564

Allouche M., Bou-Zeid E., and Iipponen J. “Unsteady Land-Sea Breeze Circulations in the Presence of a Synoptic Pressure Forcing”, arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.00863, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2401.00863.

Allouche M., Sevostianov V.I., Zahn E., Zondlo M.A., Dias N.L., Katul G.G., Fuentes J.D., and Bou-Zeid E., (2023) “Estimating scalar turbulent fluxes with slow-response sensors in the stable atmospheric boundary layer”, EGUsphere [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-2620, 2023.

Allouche M., Bou-Zeid E., and Iipponen J. “The Influence of Synoptic Wind on Land-Sea Breezes”, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4552

Allouche M., Bou-Zeid E., Ansorge C., Katul G.G., Chamecki M., Acevedo O., Thanekar S., Fuentes J.D. (2022), “The Detection, Genesis, and Modeling of Turbulence Intermittency in the Stable Atmospheric Surface Layer”, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 79, 1171–1190, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0053.1

Allouche M., Katul G.G., Fuentes J.D., and Bou-Zeid E. (2021) “Probability law of turbulent kinetic energy in the atmospheric surface layer”, Physical Review Fluids, 6, 074601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.6.074601

School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) Award for Excellence, Princeton University (2020 and 2021).