Biography
As a hydroclimatologist, my work is focused on the interactions between the land and the atmosphere, and more specifically, on changes in hydrology and climate due to human modification of the land surface and greenhouse gas emissions. The two primary lines of research in my group look at land-atmosphere interaction from two perspectives: 1) the effect of climate variability and change, primarily extreme events, on surface hydrology and 2) the effect of changes in surface hydrology on climate.
Education
- Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006
- M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
- B.S. Civil Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Head, Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Professor, Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Professor, Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
External Links
Recent Publications
Chen, C. C., Dominguez, F., & Matus, S. A. (2026). The Impact of Large-Scale Land Surface Conditions on the South American Low-Level Jet. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(1), Article e2025GL116905. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116905
Bieri, C. A., Dominguez, F., Miguez-Macho, G., & Fan, Y. (2025). Implementing deep soil and dynamic root uptake in Noah-MP (v4.5): Impact on Amazon dry-season transpiration. Geoscientific Model Development, 18(12), 3755-3779. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-3755-2025
Claros, E., Dominguez, F., & Liu, C. (2025). Moisture Sources of Precipitation Using Convection-Permitting Simulations: A Study Over South America. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(23), Article e2025GL118806. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL118806
Droegemeier, K. K., Dominguez, F., Helland, B., Leung, L. R., Molina, M. J., Prein, A., Reed, D., Shalf, J., Stevens, B., & Towns, J. W. (2025). A Global Community Approach for Transforming Earth System Science Through Fine-Scale Computational Models. In T. L. Killeen, D. J. Wuebbles, & J. E. Lane (Eds.), Pathways to Sustainability: Collaborative Solutions for a Resilient Future University of Illinois Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/book/136245
Li, H., Insua-Costa, D., Koppa, A., Geirinhas, J. L., Keune, J., Holgate, C. M., Dominguez, F., Deman, V. M. H., Teuling, A. J., & Miralles, D. G. (2025). Observational evidence of compensatory influences of deforestation on downwind precipitation in Brazilian breadbaskets. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8(1), Article 279. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01152-3