Faculty
- Professor, Physics
- Director, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences Institute (EPSSI)
- Associate
Dean, Graduate School
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Graduate Activities
- Graduate Program Assessment
- Professional Development of Graduate Students
- Graduate Program Review
Research Interests
- Atmospheric Science
- Cloud and aerosol physics and chemistry
- Nucleation
- Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Research Interests
- Using satellite measurements to constrain global volcanic SO2 production and emissions
from individual volcanoes
- Validation of OMI SO2 retrievals using correlative data from ground-based, airborne
and space-borne instruments
- Tracking volcanic SO2 and ash clouds operationally for aviation hazard mitigation
- Remote sensing of tropospheric volcanic plumes using DOAS and FTIR
- Quantifying anthropogenic emissions of SO2 from sources such as copper smelters and
oil and gas fields
- Mitigation of the environmental and health impacts of volcanic degassing using satellite
data
- Comparisons between satellite observations and chemical transport model simulations
of volcanic clouds and plumes
Research Interests
- Environmental Biogeochemistry
- Biogeochemistry of Surface-Atmosphere Exchange
- Atmospheric Organic Chemistry
- Environmental Analytical Chemistry
- Research Assistant Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Areas of Interest
- Snowfall remote sensing using spaceborne and ground-based instruments
- Global snowfall characterization and future snowfall trends
- Measuring snow microphysical properties
- Lake effect snow (satellite and radar observations, modeling, forecasting)
Research Interests
- Understanding future global snowfall trends using combined modeling, reanalysis,
and observational datasets
- Using spaceborne radar and microwave radiometer observations to quantify global snowfall
- Evaluating spaceborne precipitation estimates using ground-based radar and in situ
snow microphysics observations
- Studying systematic snow microphysical property differences associated with distinct
snowfall modes (lake effect vs. synoptic snow)
- Characterizing uncertainties in spaceborne snowfall estimates due to snow and ice
particle microphysics
- Improving snow/ice microphysical properties and processes in numerical models
- Developing improved lake effect snow forecasting tools using satellite data
Specialties
- Atmospheric Science
- Aerosol properties (optical, physical and morphological) and effects on clouds and
climate
- Instrument development and environmental optics
- Associate Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests
- Understanding the identities, occurrence, and transformation of aerosol organic compounds
- Identifying organic aerosol constituents from a variety of atmospheric environments
- Exploration of new LC column chemistries with ultrahigh pressure pumps for fast and
thorough separations
- Aqueous reaction pathways
- Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Environmental Engineering
- Transport & Transformation of Organic Chemicals
- Boundary Layer Meteorology
- Sustainability
Research Interests
- Air and Water Quality
- Atmosphere-biosphere Exchange of Chemicals
- Micrometeorology
- Environmental Analytical Chemistry
- Sustainability
- Research Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
Research Interests
- Volcanology
- Remote Sensing
- Volcanic Clouds
- Geoheritage
- Professor, Physics
- Director, Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. Program
Research Interests
- Atmospheric Physics
- Cloud Physics
- Nucleation
- Turbulence
- Digital Holography
- Associate Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences
- Associate Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Research Interests
- Interactions among climate, atmospheric chemistry, air quality, and land use/land
cover
- Impacts of global change on atmospheric chemistry and long-range transport of air
pollution
- Anthropogenic perturbations to the atmosphere and implications for environmental sustainability
- Atmosphere-biosphere interactions, especially in the context of global change
- Impacts of aerosols on the global hydrological cycle
Xin Xi
- Research Assistant Professor, Physics
Research Interests
- The sources, sinks, transformations, and transport of atmospheric aerosols and gases
- Human-induced changes in land-cover/land-use and atmospheric composition
- Impacts of atmospheric particulates and gases on Earth’s energy balance, ecosystems,
air quality, public health, and food production
- Remote sensing science and applications
- Synergistic application of ground, airborne, and satellite observations, chemical
transport models, Earth system models, and inverse modeling
- Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Director, Numerical Geophysical
Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Great Lakes Research Center
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Teaching Interests
- Introductory Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
- Hydrodynamic Modeling
- Water Resources Engineering
- Ecosystem Dynamics Modeling
Research Interests
- Hydrodynamic modeling
- Coupled physical-biological modeling
- Dynamics of coupled ocean-atmosphere models
- Ocean data assimilation
- Estuary and coastal ocean circulation
- Bio-physical processes in the Great Lakes
