Dr. Ismaila Diallo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University (SJSU) and is affiliated with the Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC). He received his Ph.D. from the University of Dakar, Senegal. Previously, he held influential research positions at The Pennsylvania State University (PSU), The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). His research focuses on understanding interactions between the atmosphere and Earth's surface, large-scale atmospheric dynamics, and the factors driving long-term climate variability and change. Dr. Diallo also studies how climate change affects wildfires and water resources, employs climate modeling techniques, analyzes extreme weather events, and works to improve subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) climate predictions.