Curriculum vitae:
Education
| 1982 | Ph.D. | The University of Chicago, Geophysical Sciences |
| 1974 | B.S. cum laude | Northern Illinois University, Geography |
Professional Experience
| 2002- | Chair, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1992-2002 | Professor, University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Environmental Studies Program |
| 1989-1992 | Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology, Penn State |
| 1986-1989 | Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University |
| 1982-1986 | Assistant Scientist, Department of Meteorology, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Awards/Honors
| 2006 | Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Award, Best Faculty Paper Award |
| 2004 | Fellow, American Geophysical Union |
| 2002 | NASA Group Achievement Award for CAMEX-4 |
| 1997 | Elected Councilor, American Meteorological Society |
| 1995 | Fellow, American Meteorological Society" |
| 1992 | Henry G. Houghton Award, the American Meteorological Society |
| 1988 | Presidential Young Investigator Award, the National Science Foundation Councillor |
Professional Activities (last five years)
World Meteorological Organization / International Council of Scientific Unions / International Ocean Commission /
World Climate Research Programme
American Meteorological Society
National Science Foundation
Department of Energy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NAS/NRC
NOAA
Other
RESEARCH GRANTS
Current Research Grants
Towards the Understanding and Parameterization of High Latitude Cloud and Radiation Processes. DOE ARM, 12/01/02-11/30/08, $720,000 (PI)
Applications of Aerosondes to long-term measurements of the atmosphere and sea ice surface in the Beaufort/Chukchi sector of the Arctic Ocean, NSF, 9/1/99-8/31/06, $3,997,402. (PI)
Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project: Evaluation and Interpretation of Cloud and Radiation Fields Using Data Products from FIRE.ACE. NASA, 12/03-12/07, $525,000. (PI)
UAV Systems Analysis for Earth Observations: Education and Outreach. NASA, 3/05-3/08, $350,000 (PI)
Global analysis of ocean surface fluxes of heat and freshwater: satellite products, NWP analyses, and CMIP simulations. NASA, 10/1/05-9/30/10, $1.4M. (PI)
Parameterization of cloud particle activation and diffusional growth. NASA, $450,000, 11/1/05-10/31/08 (PI)
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Hurricanes (Georgia Tech, grad/undergrad)
Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (Georgia Tech, graduate)
Thermodynamics of the Earth System (Georgia Tech, undergraduate)
Preparing Future Faculty (University of Colorado; graduate)
Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans (University of Colorado; graduate)
Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Ocean (University of Colorado; graduate)
Aircraft Probing of the Lower Atmosphere (University of Colorado; graduate)
Future Faculty Training (University of Colorado; graduate)
Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer (University of Colorado; undergraduate)
Engineering Senior Design Lab (University of Colorado; undergraduate)
Survey of Meteorology (Purdue University; undergraduate)
Atmospheric Thermodynamics (Purdue University, Penn State University; undergraduate)
Atmospheric Physics (Purdue University, Penn State University; graduate) Cloud and Precipitation Physics (Purdue University; graduate)
Supervision of Students
M.S. Graduates
- Lin Tian (Purdue), 1988
- Rong-Shyang Sheu (Purdue), 1990
- Frederick Meyer (Purdue), 1990
- Yuen-Chen Tan (Penn State), 1991
- Lyle Wilson (Penn State), 1992
- Michael LeSeney (Penn State), 1992
- James Pinto (Penn State), 1993
- Mark Weadon (Penn State), 1993
- Marika Holland (CU), 1994
- Aaron Brasket (CU), 1994
- Todd Arbetter (CU), 1994
- Tim Benner (CU), 1996
- Mark Tschudi (CU), 1996
- Janet Intrieri (CU), 1996
- Jeff Mirocha (CU), 2000
- Hugh Morison (CU), 2000
- Anne Hickey (CU), 2002
- Jason Vogel (CU), 2002
- Yannick Meillier (CU), 2002
- James McCreight (CU), 2003
- Kelly Smolinski (GIT), 2004
- Paula Agudelo (GIT), 2004
Ph.D. Graduates
- Rong-Shyang Sheu, 1995: Impact of tropical clouds on atmosphere and ocean as determined from satellite
- Carol Ann Clayson, 1995. Impact of a westerly wind burst on the equatorial Pacific Ocean
- Geoffrey Considine 1996. Statistical/dynamical model of stratus cloud droplet spectra.
- Branko Kosovic, 1996. Subgrid-scale modelling for LES of atmospheric boundary layers.
- James Pinto, 1997. Observations and modelling of Arctic stratus clouds
- Marika Holland, 1997: Ice-ocean interactions in the arctic
- Todd Arbetter, 1998: A new thermnodynamic/dynamic sea ice model
- Afshan Alam, 2000: Surface turbulent fluxes from arctic leads
- Timothy Benner, 2000: Impacts of cloud inhomogeneity on radiative transfer
- Mark Tschudi, 2000: Airborne remote sensing of sea ice surface features
- Julie Haggerty, 2001: Airborne microwave remote sensing of clouds over sea ice
- Janet Intrieri, 2002: Lidar observations of arctic clouds
- Hugh Morison, 2003: Microphysics of arctic clouds
- Beau Bierhaus, 2003: Ice on Europa
- Amanda Cox, 2004: Calibration of microwave radiometers
- Jon Braun, 2004: 3D retrieval of water vapor using GPS.
- Yannick Meilleir, 2004: Balloon observations of tropospheric waves
- Jeffrey Mirocha, 2005: Arctic stable boundary layer
Current Graduate Students
- Paula Agudela, Ph.D. student
- Erica Alston, Ph.D. student
- Todd Barron, M.S. student
- Jennifer Duncan, M.S. student
- Angela Fritz, M.S. student
- Alisa Holley, Ph.D. student
- Mark Jelinek, Ph.D. student
- Wayne Morrisette, M.S. student
- Shen Ning, Ph.D. student
Supervision of Postdoctoral Scholars and Research Associates (since 1995)
- Guosheng Liu (1990-1999)
- Jeffrey Tilley (1992-1995)
- Junhong Wang (1996-1998)
- Branko Kosovic (1997-1998, 2000- )
- James Pinto (1997-)
- Randolph Reeder (1997-)
- Eric Girard (1998- 2000)
- Todd Arbetter (1999-2000)
- Afshan Alam (2000-2001)
- Cinda Gillilan (2001- )
- Jun Inoue (2002-)
- Jiping Liu (2003-)