• I am a Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Georgia State University. My research focuses primarily on climatology, and my main research areas are (1) rainfall variability in western Uganda; (2) precipitation variability in the southeastern United States; and (3) urban effects on the environment. 

• My past research has examined air pollution in Atlanta as well as both air pollution and the North American Monsoon in the southwestern United States.

• Email: jdiem@gsu.edu

Education

2000: Ph.D. (Geography), The University of Arizona

1997: M.A. (Geography), The University of Arizona 

1994: B.S. (Earth Sciences), The Pennsylvania State University