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Samer Naif

GaTech Instructor

snaif@eas.gatech.edu

Compensation history

YearTitleCategoryOrganizationSalaryTravel
FY2025ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$137,500$16,622
FY2024ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$139,236$5,878
FY2023ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$137,848$21,090
FY2022ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$129,167$5,657
FY2021ASSISTANT PROFESSORTeaching FacultyGEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY$113,813

Federal grants acquired

Public NIH + NSF awards where this person is the lead/contact PI, FY20222024. A defensible lower bound — co-PI, non-federal, and unmatched awards are not counted.

Total federal
$2M
NIH
$0
NSF
$2M
Awards
4
$171.4K$434.8K$698.2K$961.7K$1.2M$1.5MFY2022FY2023FY2024

Research output

Scholarly record from OpenAlex, publishing since 2009. Author matched by name; metrics are indicative. ORCID 0000-0003-3579-5379.

h-index
12
Citations
757
Works
57
Works FY15–25
42
Publications and citations by year
02959881181472015201620172018201920202021202220232025
WorksCitations received

Career history

Prior positions and education from ORCID (self-reported). Academic history is well covered; corporate and founder roles are often omitted, so their absence isn’t evidence they don’t exist.

2020Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology · School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciencesacademic
–2015PhD Earth Sciences, University of California San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanographyeducation
–2009BS Environmental Engineering, University of California San Diegoeducation

Georgia Tech teaching

39 classes taught16 distinct coursesSpring 2021Spring 2026
2026Lecture 2.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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2025Lecture 2.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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2024Lecture 7.5hLaboratory 0hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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2023Lecture 5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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2022Lecture 7.5hGraduate Research 0hIndependent Study 0h
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Compiled from public records and matched by name — grant, research, and teaching figures are indicative and may be incomplete or, rarely, misattributed, and do not reflect a person’s worth. See methodology. Report a correction.