One of the most joyful things for a faculty, in my view, is to see the students' progresses, achievements, and successes. My students have won various awards from different organizations at local, state, and national levels, and have gained valuable working experiences in national labs. They also traveled many places to present their exciting research results. See below to check out!
News: Graduate student David Peterson won the prestigious NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, see details here.
News: see undergraduate Cathy May's view of our research program, click here or here
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David Peterson M.S./Ph.D. student
Research Assistant (RA) since Aug. 2007
Selected by the NASA GSFC Graduate Student Summer Program (GSSP), Dave worked in summer 2008 with NASA GSFC scientists to examine the interannual variability of biomass burning in North America using MODIS fire counts and the contributing meteorological variables. He now continues this work as part of his Ph.D. work. He has presented the results at AGU and AMS annual meetings, and is the (1st place) winner in the competition of students' oral presentation in Omaha-Offutt AMS chapter in Feb 2009. Recently, Dave also won the he prestigious NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship, see details here. Picture on the left: Dave smiled on the Golden Gate Bridge after his presentation at AGU. |
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Richard (Xiaoguang) Xu M.S./Ph.D. student
Research Assistant (RA) since Aug 2008
Richard received MS degree in Meteorology from
China before he joined the group. He is now developing techniques to integrate
satellite and chemistry transport models to study the distribution, transport,
and climatic impact of east Asian aerosols. His GPA now is 4.0/4.0. In April
2009, he received a travel grant from Harvard University for supporting him to present
his research at the 3rd GEOS-chem meeting held in Harvard
University. In June 2009, he also received a travel grant from from the Gordon
Research Conference (GRC) to attend GRC's "climate and radiation" workshop held
in New London, NH. This summer, he is staying in Boulder, CO, and working
in NCAR with scientists on climate models. Picture on the left: Richard likes biking to contribute his effort toward reducing CO2 emission.. |
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Eric Holt MS student Jan. 2009 - present Eric received BS degree in Meteorology from Univ. of Missouri - Columbia in 2008. He received the NASA GSFC undergraduate summer internship in 2008, and the AMS travel grant in 2009. His research topic is on the wind energy in the US mid-west region. Picture on the left: Eric was enjoying a St. Louis Cardinals game during some much needed time off.
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Cathy May Undergraduate Part-time Research Assistant (RA) since Sep 2008 Cathy is working hard to complete her BS degrees in both Math and Meteorology. In Jan 2009, she won the NASA Nebraska Space Grant research assistant fellowship for her ongoing project of using satellite remote sensing to view air pollution from space, particularly over the eastern Asia region. She was selected by NASA GSFC as a summer undergraduate intern In May 2009, and worked there from June to August 2009. The left picture was Cathy taken off the coast of Cairns, northern Australia, on her way to the great barrier reef. Even though it was Australian winter the temperature was still around 70 degrees F.
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