Elizabeth A. Barnes – Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science – 2012 – University of Washington, Seattle
• Understanding the variability of the atmosphere to better interpret and predict its behavior over a range of timescales and climates
• Email: eabarnes@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8206

Michael M. Bell – Professor

• Ph.D. – 2010 – Naval Postgraduate School – Monterey, CA
• Tropical cyclones, radar, mesoscale, and tropical meteorology
• Email: mmbell@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8345

Melissa A. Burt – Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean for Diversity and Inclusion in the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering

• Ph.D. – 2016 – Colorado State University, Fort Collins
• Atmospheric science education research, science identity, belonging, and mentoring in STEM, science communication education
• Email: Melissa.Burt@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8706

Christine Chiu – Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences – 2003 – Purdue University – West Lafayette, Indiana
• Remote sensing, radiative transfer, and cloud-aerosol-precipitation-radiation interactions
• Email: Christine.Chiu@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8410

Jeffrey L. Collett, Jr. – Professor

• 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
• Email: collett@atmos.colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8697

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
• Email: scott.denning@colostate.edu

Emily Fischer – Associate Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science – 2010 – University of Washington, Seattle
• Field-based and applied modeling approaches to investigate the sources of atmospheric trace gases to remote environments
• Email: evf@atmos.colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8587

James Hurrell – Professor and Scott Presidential Chair in Environmental Science and Engineering

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science – 1990 – Purdue University – West Lafayette, Indiana
• Global climate change, natural climate variability, seasonal-to-decadal climate predictability, and geoengineering
• Email: James.Hurrell@colostate.edu
• Phone: 303-910-3514

Patrick W. Keys – Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. in Sustainability Science – 2016 – Stockholm University – Stockholm, Sweden
• Climate and societal change, anthropocene futures, sustainable development, and human dimensions of atmospheric water recycling
• Email: patrick.keys@colostate.edu

Sonia M. Kreidenweis – University Distinguished Professor and Executive Associate Dean in the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering

• 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
• Email: sonia@atmos.colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8350

Christian D. Kummerow – Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics – 1987 – University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
• Atmospheric radiative transfer and remote sensing of hydrological parameters
• Email: kummerow@atmos.colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-7473

Eric D. Maloney – Professor and Department Head

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science – 2000 – University of Washington, Seattle
• Tropical meteorology, climate dynamics, ocean-atmosphere interaction
• Email: emaloney@atmos.colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-3368

Steven Miller – Professor and director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science – 2000 – Colorado State University, Fort Collins
• Meteorological satellite remote sensing of the earth/atmosphere system, multispectral imaging, algorithm development and forecaster applications
• Email: steven.miller@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8037

Jeffrey Pierce – Professor

• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering – 2008 – Carnegie Mellon University – Pittsburgh, PA
• Aerosols, air pollution, health, aerosol-cloud interactions, climate
• Email: jeffrey.pierce@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8572

David A. Randall – University Distinguished 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
• Email: David.Randall@colostate.edu

Kristen L. Rasmussen – Associate Professor

• Ph.D. – 2014 – University of Washington, Seattle
• Satellite and mesoscale meteorology, global convective systems, cloud dynamics, hydrometeorology, cloud climate interactions, high-impact weather
• Email: kristenr@rams.colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8983

A. R. Ravishankara – University Distinguished Professor

• Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry – 1975 – University of Florida, Gainesville
• Ozone layer depletion, climate change, and air quality
• Joint appointment with CSU Department of Chemistry
• Email: A.R.Ravishankara@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-2876

Maria Rugenstein – Assistant Professor

• Ph.D. – 2017 – ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Zürich, Switzerland
• Climate dynamics, large scale ocean-atmosphere interaction, ocean heat uptake, climate sensitivity
• Email: Maria.Rugenstein@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8364

Steven A. Rutledge – Professor

• Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science – 1983 – University of Washington, Seattle
• Radar and mesoscale meteorology, precipitation physics, and atmospheric electricity
• Email: steven.rutledge@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8283

Russ S. Schumacher – Professor and Colorado State Climatologist

• 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
• Email: russ.schumacher@colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8084

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
• Email: davet@atmos.colostate.edu

Sue van den Heever – University Distinguished 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
• Email: sue@atmos.colostate.edu
• Phone: 970-491-8501

Peter Jan van Leeuwen – Professor

• Ph.D. – 1992 – Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
• Nonlinear data assimilation in high-dimensional geophysical systems, causality inference in complex geophysical systems, geophysical fluid dynamics and ocean circulation
• Email: Peter.vanLeeuwen@colostate.edu