Elizabeth A. Barnes - Assistant Professor

Arriving August 2013

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 2012 - University of Washington - Seattle, WA
• Understanding the mechanisms driving the variability of the atmosphere to better interpret and predict its behavior over a range of climates.

Thomas Birner - Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 2003 - Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
• Atmospheric & climate dynamics, general circulation, dynamics of the coupled troposphere / stratosphere system

Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr. - Professor and Department Head

• Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering - 1989 - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
• Environmental chemistry, aqueous phase chemistry and cloud microphysics measurements, gas and aerosol scavenging, precipitation and deposition processes, and air quality

A. Scott Denning - Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 1994 - Colorado State University, Fort Collins
• Global biogeochemical cycles (especially the carbon cycle), global-scale transport of atmospheric trace gases, land-surface climate and climate modeling, atmospheric boundary, numerical modeling and simulation

Emily Fischer - Assistant Professor

Arriving August 2013

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 2010 - University of Washington - Seattle, WA
• Field-based and applied modeling approaches to investigate the sources of atmospheric trace gases to remote environments

Richard H. Johnson - Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 1975 - University of Washington, Seattle
• Atmospheric convection, boundary-layer meteorology, and synoptic and mesoscale meteorology

Sonia M. Kreidenweis - Professor

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering - 1989 - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
• Atmospheric chemistry, aerosol chemistry and physics, experimental and modeling studies of aerosol/cloud/climate interactions, and visibility

Christian D. Kummerow - Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics - 1987 - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• Atmospheric radiative transfer and remote sensing of hydrological parameters

Eric D. Maloney - Associate Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 2000 - University of Washington, Seattle
• Tropical Meteorology, climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interaction

Chris O'Dell - Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. 2001, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Atmospheric radiation and remote sensing, with interests in satellite measurements of greenhouse gases and the use of remote sensing to diagnose climate feedbacks.

Jeffrey Pierce - Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. In Chemical Engineering - 2008 - Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
• Aersols, Cloud microphysics, New-particle formation and growth

David A. Randall - Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 1976 - University of California, Los Angeles
• General circulation modeling, planetary boundary layer, convective cloud dynamics, and cloud/climate studies

Steven A. Rutledge - Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 1983 - University of Washington, Seattle
• Radar and mesoscale meteorology, precipitation physics, and atmospheric electricity

Wayne H. Schubert - Professor

• Ph.D. in Meteorology - 1973 - University of California, Los Angeles
• Dynamic and theoretical meteorology, parameterization of cumulus convection, clouds/climate studies, and marine meteorology

Russ S. Schumacher - Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 2008 - Colorado State University, Fort Collins
• Mesoscale meteorology, mesoscale convective systems, weather analysis and forecasting, the climatology of precipitation, precipitation extremes, flash floods, and societal impacts of weather.

David W. J. Thompson - Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 2000 - University of Washington, Seattle
• Global climate variability, climate change, large-scale atmospheric dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interaction, and climate impacts

Sue van den Heever - Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 2001 - Colorado State University, Fort Collins
• Convective storms, mesoscale meteorology, numerical modeling, cloud physics and dynamics, aerosol indirect effects

Thomas H. Vonder Haar - Professor

• Ph.D. in Meteorology - 1968 - University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Satellite meteorology, radiation physics, and global climate

• Ph.D. - 1946 - University of Chicago
• Professor - Atmospheric chemistry

• Ph.D. in Meteorology - 1970 - Pennsylvania State University
• Numerical modeling, cloud physics and dynamics, and mesoscale meteorology

• Ph.D. - 1967 - University of Wisconsin
• Professor and Department Head - Atmospheric radiation and remote sensing

• M.S. - 1948 - California Institute of Technology
• Professor - Precipitation physics, weather modification, mountain weather, and hydrometeorology

• Ph.D. - 1964 - University of Chicago
• Professor - Tropical meteorology, atmospheric vortices, cumulus convection, and marine meteorology
• Currently a Senior Research Scientist

• Ph.D. - 1927 - University of Leipzig
• Professor - Atmospheric dynamics

• Ph.D. - 1972 - Colorado State University
• Professor - Atmospheric physics and climatology
• Colorado State Climatologist

• Ph.D. - 1973 - Pennsylvania State University
• Professor - Mesoscale modeling, weather forecasting, and air quality monitoring
• Colorado State Climatologist

• Ph.D. - 1953 - University of Innsbruck
• Professor - Tropical meteorology

• Ph.D. - 1947 - University of Chicago
• Professor - Tropical meteorology

• Ph.D. - 1966 - University of Arizona
• Associate Professor - Severe storms, cumulus dynamics, thunderstorm modification, and meteorological instrumentation

• Ph.D. in Meteorology - 1977 - University of Melbourne, Australia
• Radiation theory, radiative parameterization, cloud/climate studies, and remote sensing