Sue van den Heever - Assistant Professor
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Education
- B.S. in Mathematics - 1990 - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- M.S. in Climatology - 1994 - University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science - 2001 - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Career Overview
Sue van den Heever received her B.S. in mathematics and her M.S. in Climatology from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. She conducted research in the Climatology Research Group of the University of the Witwatersrand before coming to Colorado State University to obtain her Ph.D. After her Ph.D. she spent two years as a postdoctoral student and several years as a research scientist at Colorado State University before joining the faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2008.
Teaching Interests
- Mesoscale Meteorology
- Mesoscale Modeling
- Cloud Dynamics and Convection
- Cloud Physics
- Synoptic Meteorology
Research Interests
- Cloud physics, cloud dynamics and convection
- Mesoscale Meteorology
- Mesoscale and Cloud Resolving Models
- Cloud-Aerosol-Precipitation Interactions
Research Sponsors
- National Science Foundation
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Awards, Honors, and Positions
- Quarterly Journal Review Award for 2008, Royal Meteorological Society, Reading, U.K., 2009.
- Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, 2009.
- GEWEX Radiation Panel Member since 2008.
- Flight scientist for the NASA CRYSTAL-FACE field campaign, 2002.
- NASA's Group Achievement Award, NASA, 2002.
- The South African Association of the Advancement of Science Award for Scientific Achievement, 1995.
- The South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences Award for best paper presented by a young scientist, 1993.
