Mustafa Zahid

🚨I’m recruiting 1-2 PhD students for my Air Quality Data Science 🌐 group @utah.edu (start Fall ’26), working on multimodal machine learning applications for atmospheric chemistry (wildfires, ozone, dust). How to apply below. Please repost & ping me with recommendations!

We at @stanforddoerr.bsky.social are excited to announce a new PhD program in Global Environmental Policy, accepting applications this fall for Sept 2026 start. We're looking for folks with interest in social sciences, data science, and enviro science and who have strong quant training 1/

One of Caltrain’s retired diesel fleet was spotted earlier this week in Lima, Peru, where it now has a second chance to provide commuter rail service. The diesel trains were officially retired in Sept... TikTok video by SFGATE

So great to see new fleet is already paying dividends in better air! The old Caltrain story continues this time in Peru hopefully taking some cars off the streets! www.tiktok.com/@sfgate.com/...

Thanks Jesse!

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Finally, clubs' most recent regular season temperature exposure seems to slightly influence winning chances.

Weak evidence of non linear effect of temperature on goals with a peak at 25°C (77°F)

Games were played in several cities around the US. The game-time temperature ranged from 15°C (59°F) to 37°C (98.6°F).

Did heat play a role in 2025 Club World Cup performance & results? | Mustafa Zahid | مصطفى زاهد The new edition of the club world cup ended about a month ago. This new edition saw the team pool expand to 32 teams spanning all football federations, which made for once-in-a-lifetime match-ups, the...

The evidence isn’t strong or conclusive, but it does hint at a potential effect of temperature on performance and results. mustafahzahid.netlify.app/post/club_wo...

The competition also coincided with high summer temps hitting parts of the US. I dug into the data to see if temp played a role in results. Specifically, whether temp during games influenced performance, or if clubs’ baseline climate exposure in their hometowns affected their chances of winning.

About a month ago the new edition of the club World Cup concluded. With a whopping billion dollar prize pot, the competition made for once-in-a-lifetime matchups pitting clubs from cities around the world that fans would otherwise only see face off in stake-less preseason friendlies...

And please browse the list of the other excellent PhD mentors who you could work with and their exciting and impactful research topics! (here is the list: www.olab.berkeley.edu/sloan-grad-p...)

If you are a @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social undergraduate student interested in a career in research, or just lookin to use data to answer interesting questions (or know someone), please share this link and encourage them to apply by 8/11! (no research experience is required) (shorturl.at/sKPCl)

The projects are related to estimating the contribution of desert dust to air pollution globally, its impacts, and the effectiveness of mitigation policies in reducing exposure. Students will also have the chance to work on projects on air pollution causes/efx and nature-based solutions co-benefits.

Excited to have been selected among 6 other PhD students at UC Berkeley to receive the @berkeleyolab.bsky.social/‪@ucenergyinstitute.bsky.social‬ Energy & Env. Economics Mentorship award for the 25/26 academic year, and for the opportunity to work with undergraduate students on several projects.