Cutting-Edge Research

Department of Atmospheric Sciences faculty are actively performing research for a variety of government agencies and private companies. Undergraduate students are hired to help with data analysis and other research tasks on these research grants. This will give you a chance to learn how research is conducted and whether a career path in research would be right for you.

Faculty Research Areas

• Mark Askelson: UAS, radar meteorology
• David Delene: aerosol-cloud interactions, weather modification, precipitation microphysics
• Andrew Detwiler (adjunct): atmospheric electricity, cloud and aerosol physics
• Cathy Finley: severe storms, tornadoes, wind energy
• Matthew Gilmore: precipitation physics, tornadoes, lightning, cloud modeling
• Aaron Kennedy: winter weather, extreme events
• Bruce Lee: supercell thunderstorms, tornadoes
• Gretchen Mullendore: convective dynamics, numerical models, gravity waves
• Mike Poellot: airborne in situ measurements, aviation weather
• Jianglong Zhang: aerosols and clouds, radiation and remote sensing, data assimilation, climate and agriculture