Katelyn O’Dell, Casey Patrizio and Naufal Razin awarded NASA fellowships

Graduate students Katelyn O’Dell, Casey Patrizio and Naufal Razin have been selected to receive NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships. The NESSF ensures continued training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines required to achieve NASA’s scientific goals. Awards resulting from the competitive selection are made in the form of training grants to the respective educational institutions, with the faculty advisor serving as the principal investigator.

NASA received 424 applications in Earth Science Research and selected 54 for award. Selection was based on scientific merit of the proposed research, relevance of the proposed research to NASA’s objectives, and the applicant’s academic excellence. Three from the Department of Atmospheric Science were chosen for the following proposals:

• Katelyn O’Dell, advised by Jeff Pierce
  “A Tale of Two Regions: Assessing and Contrasting Smoke-Exposure Estimates in the Southeastern and Western U.S.”
• Casey Patrizio, advised by Dave Thompson
  “The Role of Clouds in Northern Hemisphere Extratropical-Tropical Interactions”
• Naufal Razin, advised by Michael Bell
  “The Influence of Tropical Cyclone Rainband Convection on Intensity”