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Natalia G Andronova
natand@umich.edu

Climate, climate change, climate dynamics, climate sensitivity, methane emissions, wetlands, atmospheric chemistry, radiation, system and feedback analysis

Sushil Atreya
atreya@umich.edu

Planetary and Space Science
http://esse.engin.umich.edu/psl

John R Barker
jrbarker@umich.edu

Computational chemical kinetics and dynamics

Stephen W Bougher
bougher@umich.edu

Comparative Planetary Upper Atmospheres

John P Boyd
jpboyd@umich.edu
Analytical and numerical studies of waves and wave-related phenomena
Mary Anne Carroll
mcarroll@umich.edu

Atmospheric chemistry and atmosphere-biosphere interactions

Michael R Combi
mcombi@umich.edu
Planetary Science and Cometary Physics
Jason Daida
daida@umich.edu
Scientific data analysis with emphasis on computer-vision methods; remote sensing; design of unmanned aircraft vehicles for boundary-layer flux measurements; sea-ice geophysics
Roger D. De Roo
deroo@umich.edu
Microwave Remote Sensing
Darren De Zeeuw
darrens@umich.edu
Multiscale MHD on solution adaptive grids
R. Paul Drake
rpdrake@umich.edu

Experimental, theoretical and computer simulation of laboratory, space and astrophysical plasmas

Anthony (Tony) W. England
england@umich.edu
Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Transport / Radiobrightness models for prairie and arctic terrains; and the microwave brightness measure of water stored in soil, vegetation and snow.
Lennard A Fisk
lafisk@umich.edu
Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Richard A. Frazin
rfrazin@umich.edu
I have always been fascinated by how scientists learn about the Universe we all share.  After all, no one  can measure the  temperature in the center of a star or see subatomic particles.  This curiosity about the scientific learning process naturally led me to questions about the information content of various types of data.  In particular, I have been researching issues that involve retrieving 3D (and more D) information from many types of 2D images of the Sun.
Bruce Fryxell
fryxell@umich.edu
Natalia Ganjushkina
ganuna@umich.edu
Brian E Gilchrist
gilchris@umich.edu
Plasma electrodynamics for space propulsion technology; plasma diagnostics
George M. Gloeckler
gglo@umich.edu
Properties of the local interstellar medium, such as its magnetic field, density and composition of its gas, and its interaction with the solar system utilizing a new sensing technique that led to his discovery of interstellar gas deep inside the solar system.
Tamas I Gombosi
tamas@umich.edu
Planetary science, space weather, heliospheric and magnetospheric physics, high-performance scientific computing
Kenneth C Hansen
kenhan@umich.edu
Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of comets and the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn
Xianglei Huang
xianglei@umich.edu

Infrared radiative transfer and remote sensing; diagnostic analysis of satellite observations and climate simulations; hydrological cycle and its interaction with atmospheric radiation and dynamics; planetary atmospheres

Christiane Jablonowski
cjablono@umich.edu
  • Adaptive mesh refinement techniques for weather and climate models
  • Dynamical cores of General Circulation Models: Numerical methods, test cases, intercomparisons
  • Tropical cyclones
  • Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO)
  • Parallel and high-performance computing
Gerald J Keeler
jkeeler@umich.edu

Measurement and modeling of the transport and fate of pollutants in the environment.  Atmospheric modeling of the sources of atmospheric emissions. Understanding the atmospheric chemistry of atmospheric aerosols and their human health effects.

Janet U. Kozyra
jukozyra@umich.edu
Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere - Ionosphere - Atmosphere Coupling Processes, Earth and Planetary Aeronomy
Carolyn C. Kuranz
ckuranz@umich.edu
Susan T. Lepri
slepri@umich.edu
Solar wind composition; MHD modeling; solar and heliospheric physics
Michael W. Liemohn
liemohn@umich.edu

Plasma transport in the ionosphere and magnetosphere of the Earth and other solar system bodies

Bani Mallick
bmallick@umich.edu
Ward (Chip) Manchester
chipm@umich.edu

Solar physics, space weather modeling and coronal mass ejections

Frank J Marsik
marsik@umich.edu

Air Pollution Meteorology and Atmosphere-Biosphere Interactions

Darren McKague
dmckague@umich.edu

Research interests include geophysical remote sensing - particularly passive microwave and inversion techniques - microwave radiometer design, and microwave radiometer calibration.

Guy A Meadows
gmeadows@umich.edu
Physical oceanography,ocean engineering, ocean remote sensing, autonomous marine vehicles
Anna M. Michalak
amichala@umich.edu

Modeling and optimization methods for environmental systems, geostatistical interpolation and inverse modeling methods, atmospheric inverse modeling for greenhouse gas flux estimation.

Mark Moldwin
mmoldwin@umich.edu
  • Space Plasma Physics
  • Magnetospheric and Heliospheric Physics
  • Upper Atmospheric Electricity
  • Pre-College Space Science Education 
  • Education Activities http://measure.igpp.ucla.edu/moldwin/
Eric S. Myra
emyra@umich.edu

Computational astrophysics;  radiation hydrodynamics;  shock waves;  numerical analysis;  parallel iterative solvers;  high-performance computing;  nuclear astrophysics;  neutrino astrophysics;  core-collapse supernovae;   proto-neutron-star evolution

Andrew Nagy
anagy@umich.edu
Studies of the upper atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere of the Earth and other solar system bodies
Richard J Niciejewski
niciejew@umich.edu

Laboratory and remote field site investigations of the thermodynamics of the terrestrial upper atmosphere, including the mesosphere and thermosphere. Application of ultraviolet, visible, and infrared optical techniques to ionosphere modifications resulting from auroral particle precipitation

Christopher Parkinson
theshire@umich.edu
Hydrodynamic escape from planetary atmospheres; photochemistry in extrasolar gas giant planetary atmospheres
Joyce E Penner
penner@umich.edu
Cloud and aerosol interactions and cloud microphysics, climate and climate change, global tropospheric chemistry and budgets, model development and interpretation
Derek J Posselt
dposselt@umich.edu

Climate change effects on clouds and precipitation; clouds and precipitation associated with tropical convective cloud clusters and midlatitude cyclones; assimilation of cloud and precipitation data into mesoscale and cloud scale numerical models; nonlinear inverse problem theory; model error analysis

Christopher J Poulsen
poulsen@umich.edu
Earth System Hisotry; paleoclimatology and paleoceanography
Nilton O. Renno
nrenno@umich.edu

Atmospheric convection, climate, planetary sciences, and instrument developmenet

Aaron Ridley
ridley@umich.edu
Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Coupling
Thermospheric and Ionosphere Dynamics
Modeling of the near-Earth space environment
Data assimilation
Geospace data analysis
Richard B Rood
rbrood@umich.edu

My current research is focused on bridging the study of weather and climate.  I am funded by NASA to study dynamical features as objects and to develop new methods for analyzing climate models.  I am funded by the Department of Energy to study sub-scale mixing processes in climate models.

I teach a class on climate change and the interface of climate change with all aspects of society.  This has evolved into a class on problem solving in climate change.  This is a graduate class, taught in concert with the School of Natural Resources and Environment.  The class includes business students, policy students, as well as students from several science departments.  It's cool, and it's the future.  Web link below.

Martin Rubin
rubinmar@umich.edu
Christopher Ruf
cruf@umich.edu

Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing

Perry Samson
samson@umich.edu

Chemical meteorology; computer simulation of atmospheric transport and chemistry of contaminants, applications of meteorological and air pollution instrumentation; educational technology

Sanford Sillman
sillman@umich.edu
Tropospheric chemistry, models for global transport of chemically active species, urban and regional air quality, mathematical modeling for environmental processes
Wilbert Skinner
wskinner@umich.edu
Remote sensing of the atmospheres of the Earth and planets, particularly with optical techniques
Igor Sokolov
igorsok@umich.edu
  • Modeling of solar engetic particles and space environment
  • Data assimilation
  • Geospace data analysis
Allison L Steiner
alsteine@umich.edu

Biosphere-atmosphere interactions

Regional climate modeling

Chemistry-climate interactions

Quentin F. Stout
qstout@umich.edu
Parallel computing, algorithms, software, scientific and statistical computing, adaptive designs, mathematics
Valeriy Tenishev
vtenishe@umich.edu
Gabor Toth
gtoth@umich.edu
Parallel Computational Magneto-Fluid Dynamics
Bart van der Holst
bartvand@umich.edu
Thomas Zurbuchen
thomasz@umich.edu

Solar and Heliospheric Physics, Experimental Space Research

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Kenneth Arnett

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Bruce Block

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Curt Cooper Electronics Design Engineer 1108 SRB 763-6206
Marie Cooper

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Engineer in Research Lead

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Stephen Musko

Engineer in Research Lead

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Jim Raines

Lead Mission Operations Engineer

Doctoral student, Atmospheric and Space Science

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Ron Rizor

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Lam Nguyen

Research Fellow

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Chris Owen 1215 734-936-0895
Jinzheng Peng 1212 SRB
Dhilip Kumar Thogluva Janardhana 1218 SRB
Erdal Yigit

Research Fellow

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STUDENTS Faculty Advisor

S Taniguchi
Nilton Renno

Doctoral Student
Space & Planetary Physics 


David Applbaum
Tamas Gombosi
MEng Student
Jacob Beningo
Doctoral Student
Amanda Brecht
Stephen Bougher
Doctoral Student
Xi Chen
Joyce Penner
Doctoral Student
Daniel Gershman
Thomas Zurbuchen
SGUS/MEng Student
Vitaliy Grigoryyev
MEng Student
Drew Heckathorn
Thomas Zurbuchen
MS Student
Max Himmel
SGUS/MEng Student
Jeremy Hollaner

Doctoral Student
Space & Planetary Physics 


Yanshi Huang
Kenneth Hansen

SGUS/MEng Student


Eugene Hwang
Doctoral Student
Christine Krauland
R. Paul Drake
SGUS/MEng Student
Danielle Layher
Doctoral Student
Boon Lim
Christopher Ruf
SGUS/MEng Student
Emily Manor
Doctoral Student
Manish Mehta
Nilton Renno
SGUS/MEng Student
Nathan Meredith

Doctoral Student


Kristen Mihalka
Sushil Atreya
Doctoral Student
Sidharth Misra
Christopher Ruf
SGUS/MS Student
Jessica Parker
Doctoral Student
John Puckett
Christopher Ruf

Doctoral Student


R Ramos
Brian Gilchrist
SGUS/MEng Student
Richard Redick

Doctoral Student


Kevin Reed
Christiane Jablonowski

Doctoral Student

Space & Planetary Physics 


Ahmed Tawfik
Allison Steiner
Doctoral Student
Paul Ullrich
Christiane Jablonowski
SGUS/MEng
Paul Wloszek
SGUS/MEng
Jung-Sik Yu
Doctoral Student
Lynn Gratz
Gerald Keeler
Doctoral Student
Jacob Gruesbeck
Thomas Zurbuchen

Doctoral Student

Space & Planetary Physics 


Raluca Ilie
Michael Liemohn
Doctoral Student
Hui-Wen Chuang
Xianglei Huang

Doctoral Student - Atmospheric and Space Sciences

 

 


Tamara McDunn
Stephen Bougher
Doctoral Student
Pran Mukherjee
Thomas Zurbuchen
Doctoral Student
Dalal Najib
Andrew Nagy
Doctoral Student
Emily Christianson
Gerald Keeler

Doctoral Student

Space & Planetary Physics 


Dave Pawlowski
Aaron Ridley

Doctoral Student

 


Erika Roesler
Richard Rood
Doctoral Student
Matthew Trantham
Michael Liemohn
Doctoral Student
Arnaud Valeille
Michael Combi
Doctoral Student
Minghuai Wang
Joyce Penner
Doctoral Student
Li Xu
Joyce Penner
GSRA
Judy Yu
Mary Anne Carroll

Yiqun Yu
Aaron Ridley
Doctoral Student
Yuxing Yun
Joyce Penner
Doctoral Student
Liang Zhao
Thomas Zurbuchen
Doctoral Student
Cheng Zhou
John Boyd
Doctoral Student
Gregory Bee
Michael Combi
SGUS/MEng
Shaneen Braswell

Doctoral Student


Shannon Curry
Christopher Ruf

Jasper Kok
Nilton Renno


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