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Adler, Robert
Adler, Robert
Email: radler@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 3206
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Senior Research Scientist

Bob Adler is a Senior Research Scientist Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) at the University of Maryland, College Park. He received his B.S. and M.S. from The Pennsylvania State University in 1965 and 1967 and his Ph.D. from Colorado State University in 1974. He has received the NASA Goddard William Nordberg Award for Earth Science in 2007, the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 2002 and the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal way back in 1989. He is also a Fel...
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Arkin, Phillip A.
Arkin, Phillip A.
Email: parkin@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 2147
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: ESSIC Deputy Director / CICS Executive Director

Dr. Arkin is Director of the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) of the University of Maryland, where he also serves as Deputy Director and Senior Research Scientist. He conducts research into the observation and analysis of precipitation and other aspects of the hydrological cycle of the global climate system in addition to his administrative duties. Until January 2002, he served as Program Manager for Climate D...
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Bali, Manik
Bali, Manik
Email: manik.bali@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 763 8053 x196
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Barrie, Daniel B.
Barrie, Daniel B.
Email: daniel.barrie@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 734 1256
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Beauchamp, James
Beauchamp, James
Email: vajim@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 314 2633
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

James Beauchamp has worked as faculty research assistant in ESSIC since 2000. He primarily works with Dr. Raghu Murtugudde, analyzing tropical, ocean modeled and observed data. Before coming to ESSIC, he was a contractor at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, supporting Dr. Antonio Busalacchi's research in tropical ocean modeling. He has a BA from the University of Virginia and an MS degree in meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University....
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Beaudoing, Hiroko Kato
Beaudoing, Hiroko Kato
Email: Hiroko.Kato-1@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 286 3951
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

Ms. Hiroko Beaudoing (Kato) received a BS in Meteorology from Texas A&M University in 2001 and a MS in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2003. Her graduate study focused on derivation of high resolution surface radiation budget over Amazon using a geostationary satellite data and studying impact of biomass burning on shortwave fluxes. She joined ESSIC as a faculty research assistant in June 2004 and has been working for the Global Land Data Assim...
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Berbery, E. Hugo
Berbery, E. Hugo
Email: berbery@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 0323
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Professor / CICS-MD Director

 
 
Biddle, Mathew
Biddle, Mathew
Email: mathew.biddle@noaa.gov  
Phone: (301) 713-3272 X163
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Birkett, Charon M.
Birkett, Charon M.
Email: cmb@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 9296
Website: http://www.pecad.fas.usda.gov/cropexplorer/global_reservoir/index.cfm
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

  Dr. Charon Birkett is an Associate Research Scientist with the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center at the University of Maryland-College Park (ESSIC/UMD). Her original interests were in planetary astronomy with post-doc studies at Queen Mary College London/Royal Observatory Edinburgh and the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomie, in Germany. Transitioning to Earth Sciences at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, she explored various appl...
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Blonski, Slawomir
Blonski, Slawomir
Email: sblonski@umd.edu  
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Associate Research Engineer

 
 
Borak, Jordan S.
Borak, Jordan S.
Email: Jordan.Borak@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 286 1597
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Brown, Christopher Wendell
Brown, Christopher Wendell
Email: chrisb@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 8031
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Associate Research Scientist

Christopher Brown received a B.S. (1982) in Biological Sciences from Cornell University and a M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1993) in Oceanography from the Graduate School of Oceanography of the University of Rhode Island. After his doctorate, he held a two year postdoctoral fellowship at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center as a National Research Council Resident Research Associate. Chris joined NESDIS in November 1995. He is currently a member of the Satellite Climate Studies Br...
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Busalacchi, Antonio J.
Busalacchi, Antonio J.
Email: tonyb@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 5599
Website: http://essic.umd.edu
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
Title: Professor & Director

Antonio Busalacchi is the Director of ESSIC, a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, and the Chair of the University of Maryland  Council on the Environment.  Tony came to ESSIC in 2000, after serving as Chief of the NASA/Goddard Laboratory for Hydrospheric Processes. Tony received his Ph.D. degree in oceanography from Florida State University in 1982. He has studied tropical ocean circulation and its role in the coupled climate system. His interests i...
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Casey, Sean Patrick
Casey, Sean Patrick
Email: sean.casey@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 763 8172 ext. 118
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Sean is current representing ESSIC/UMD as a visiting scientist with the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA).  His work currently focuses on assimilation of hyperspectral infrared satellite data into the NCEP/GFS forecast model, as well as investigating forecast impacts of potential future missions.  Previous research topics include tropical oceanic cumulus congestus clouds, tropical midtropopsheric dry air layers, and precipitation frequency. ...
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Chen, Junye
Chen, Junye
Email: junye.chen-1@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6173
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Junye Chen is an assistant research scientist of ESSIC and Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) at GSFC/NASA. He is PI or Co-I of projects granted by NASA and NOAA. He is a member of the team that developing the MERRA reanalysis dataset at GMAO. The research work done by Chen has been published on the Journal of Science. He owns one GISS Best Publication Award and one First Award for excellence in Poser presentation in the 1st International CLIVAR Science Conference. His research...
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Chen, Li-Chuan
Chen, Li-Chuan
Email: lchen128@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 683-3443
Website: http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/Drought/Monitoring/spi.shtml
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Engineer

Li-Chuan Chen is an Assistant Research Engineer at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center in the University of Maryland, College Park.  She is currently working on drought prediction and monitoring to support the missions of NOAA Climate Prediction Center. Dr. Chen received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan, R.O.C. and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Iowa. Her research interests include the role of hydrometeorolog...
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Chen, Ligang
Chen, Ligang
Email: lchen2@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 7979
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Chen, Yong
Chen, Yong
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

 
 
Chong, William
Chong, William
Email: w.chong25@gmail.com  
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Cribb, Maureen C.
Cribb, Maureen C.
Email: mcribb@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 9344
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

Maureen Cribb is a faculty research assistant working in Dr. Zhanqing Li's research group. Her work involves studying various aspects of aerosol-cloud-radiation interactions in the Earth system, and in particular, the effects of Asian pollution on regional and global climate. Her research experience includes analyses of satellite- and ground-based in situ measurements of aerosols, clouds, and atmospheric radiation. She also participated in field measurement activities during t...
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Cullather, Richard
Cullather, Richard
Email: richard.cullather@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 5668
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Richard Cullather is a research associate in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and specializes in topics related to the recent climate of the polar regions, including precipitation trends over Greenland and Antarctica and variability in the distribution of sea ice....
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Del Vecchio, Rossana
Del Vecchio, Rossana
Email: rossana@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 4971
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Rosanna Del Vecchio has been an Assistant Research Scientist in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) of the University of Maryland since 2004. Her research and interest focuses on studying dynamics and distributions of optical properties and carbon content of aquatic systems, particularly coastal environments influenced by terrestrial input. Her work originates from the combination of both experimental (field and laboratory) and modeling studies. Recently her work allowed th...
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Dong, Jun
Dong, Jun
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Research Associate

 
 
Duan, Shuiwang
Duan, Shuiwang
Email: sduan@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 0334
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Evans, Michael N.
Evans, Michael N.
Email: mnevans@geol.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 8763
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Geology
Title: Associate Professor

 
 
Fang, Li
Fang, Li
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Farquhar, James
Farquhar, James
Email: jfarquha@geol.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 5043
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Geology
Title: Professor

 
 
Farrell, Sinead L.
Farrell, Sinead L.
Email: sineadf@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 683 3332
Phone2: +1 301 614 5342
Website: http://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/Farrell_S.php
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Sinéad Farrell is an Assistant Research Scientist at ESSIC collaborating with the NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry http://ibis.grdl.noaa.gov/SAT/SAT.html and the NASA Cryospheric Sciences Branch http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/csb/. Her main interests lie in remote sensing of the Earth's polar regions using satellite and airborne altimetry for mari...
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Ferraro, Ralph R.
Ferraro, Ralph R.
Email: Ralph.R.Ferraro@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 405 0893
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Associate Research Scientist

Ralph Ferraro is the Chief of the NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Climate Studies Branch (collocated with CICS in College Park, MD) and an ESSIC Visiting Associate Research Scientist. His research focuses on the use of environmental satellite remote sensing for both weather and climate studies with an emphasis on precipitation and other hydrological cycle products. He is a member of NASA's Precipitation Measurement Mission and AMSR-E science teams, outgoing chair of the International Precipitation Work...
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Folmer, Michael J.
Folmer, Michael J.
Email: michael.folmer@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 763 8000 x7307
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Foti, Gregg S.
Foti, Gregg S.
Email: gregg.foti@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 713 3272 x181
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Galin, Natalia
Galin, Natalia
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Gu, Guojun
Gu, Guojun
Email: ggu@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301-405-6618
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

Guojun Gu received a Ph.D. in meteorology and physical oceanography from University of Miami in 2001. After a short stay at Columbia University as a postdoctoral research scientist, he came to NASA/GSFC in March 2002 through the employment of UMBC/GEST. Since June 2009, Dr. Gu has been with UMD/ESSIC as an associate research scientist. ...
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Guimond, Stephen Richard
Guimond, Stephen Richard
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Steve Guimond received his B.S. in atmospheric science from Iowa State University and his M.S. and Ph.D in atmospheric science from Florida State University.  After graduation, he was a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow at NASA/GSFC in the Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory between 2010 - 2012 working on airborne radar and hurricane dynamics.  In the fall of 2012, he joined ESSIC to continue working at GSFC.  Steve's research interests are broad and include radar algorith...
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Guo, Jianping
Guo, Jianping
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Associate Research Scientist

 
 
Hackert, Eric C.
Hackert, Eric C.
Email: ehackert@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 314 2630
Website: essic.umd.edu/~ehackert
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

Eric Hackert is a Faculty Research Assistant for ESSIC (http://essic.umd.edu/~ehackert). He got his Masters Degree in Meteorology from University of Wisconsin and his Bachelor's Degree in Physical Sciences from University of Maryland. Before joining ESSIC in 2000, Eric worked as a contractor assigned to the Oceans and Ice Branch at Goddard Space Flight Center. Eric's research interests include tropical ocean modeling and cl...
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Hain, Christopher R.
Hain, Christopher R.
Email: chris.hain@noaa.gov  
Phone: 301-683-3577
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Halperin, Stephen
Halperin, Stephen
Email: shalper@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 8175
Website: http://www2.math.umd.edu/~shalper/
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Mathematics
Title: Professor & CIRUN Director

 
 
Han, Wei
Han, Wei
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Hansell, Richard A.
Hansell, Richard A.
Email: richard.a.hansell@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6132
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Dr. Hansell came to ESSIC in January 2008 and is working with Dr. Si-Chee Tsay in the Climate and Radiation branch at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Richard's primary interest is in the long wave (LW) optical properties of airborne mineral dust, where he utilizes various light scattering and radiative transfer models to help interpret AERI LW hyperspectral data from the NASA Goddard SMARTLabs (http://smartlabs.gsfc.nasa.gov/) ground-based platforms. He also investigates...
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Harris, Andrew R.
Harris, Andrew R.
Email: aharris@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 763 8102 x169
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Dr. Harris is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center of the University of Maryland since November 2002. His research is focused in three fields - the generation of sea surface temperature products from satellite data, fundamental instrument calibration and characterization in the thermal IR, and development of high-resolution global SST analyses. His BSc is in Physics & Astronomy and his PhD is in Earth Observation. Dr Harris' PhD and post-doctor...
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Harrison, Kenneth W.
Harrison, Kenneth W.
Email: kenneth.harrison@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 286 7095
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Ken Harrison is a Visiting Assistant Research Scientist stationed at Goddard. Ken conducts research on uncertainty modeling, decision-making under uncertainty, and software development, with application to the management of environmental and water resources. Prior to his appointment at ESSIC, Ken researched these topics at several institutions, including North Carolina State University, the University of South Carolina, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and at Resources for the Future, ...
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He, Hao
He, Hao
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
He, Yuxiang
He, Yuxiang
Email: heyx@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 5087(office)
Phone2: +1 217 220 9824(cell)
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Yuxiang He is a Research Associate with ESSIC/UMD. His original interests were in radar meteorology at the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, in China. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Nanjing Institute of Meteorology in 2000 and 2003, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. After got his M.S., Yuxiang He was granted a special adm...
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Hoek, Joost
Hoek, Joost
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Huang, Ho-Chun
Huang, Ho-Chun
Email: hchuang@umd.edu  
Phone: 301-683-2577
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Assistant Research Scientist

Dr. Ho-Chun Huang recently joined the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) at the University of Maryland as a Visiting Assistant Research Scientist.  Dr. Huang studied at the National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan and received his B.S. degree in Atmospheric Science in 1984.  He obtained his M. Sci. degree in Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1989 and a Ph.D. degree in Atmospheric Sciences at the State Un...
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Huang, Jingfeng
Huang, Jingfeng
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

 
 
Iguchi, Takamichi
Iguchi, Takamichi
Email: takamichi.iguchi@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6225
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Dr. Takamichi Iguchi is a Research Associate at ESSIC, UMCP. His interest area in research is cloud microphysics through a numerical modeling approach. The actual research activities are development of a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model using a detailed scheme for cloud microphysics and validation of the model with observations. A latest topic is the development of WRF coupling with a spectral bin microphysics, which is collaborated with the development of a NASA syntheti...
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Jiang, Liqing
Jiang, Liqing
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Engineer

 
 
Jin, Daeho
Jin, Daeho
Email: daehojin@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 4202
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Dr. Daeho Jin is a research associate in ESSIC. He came to ESSIC in Aug 2009 after one year as a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Miami. He received his B.Sc. in the Department of Atmospheric Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea in Feb 2003, and received his Ph.D. in the Department of Climate Dynamics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA in May 2008. His work has focused on studying the impact of ENSO through atmospheric bridge. At ESSIC, he worked intensi...
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Kaushal, Sujay
Kaushal, Sujay
Email: skaushal@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 7048
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Professor

Dr. Sujay Kaushal is an Assistant Professor in ESSIC and Department of Geology at the University of Maryland, College Park.   His area of expertise is Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry.  He completed a B.A. in Biology (concentration in Ecology and Systematics) at Cornell University (1997), and he completed his PhD in Biology (concentration in Biogeochemistry) at the University of Colorado, Boulder (2003).  He completed his postdoctoral research at the Cary Institute...
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Kenney, Melissa
Kenney, Melissa
Email: melissa.kenney@noaa.gov  
Phone: 301-734-1218
Phone2: 202-419-3477
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Melissa A. Kenney is Research Faculty in Environmental Decision Analysis at the University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and Lead Principal Investigator of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) National Climate Assessment Indicator System. Her research in environmental decision analysis broadly addresses how to integrate both scientific knowledge and societal values into policy decision-making under uncertainty.  This research is inh...
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Kidd, Christopher
Kidd, Christopher
Email: chris.kidd@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6091
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

Chris's research interests in lie the field of Earth Observation, particularly satellite meteorology and climatology. He has used remotely sensed data for a range of studies, from local vegetation classification from Landsat data, elevation retrieval and analysis from lidar, through to global precipitation from meteorological satellites. It is the latter that has been his main focus of research. He is currently working on multi-source precipitation retrievals using both satel...
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Koner, Prabhat K.
Koner, Prabhat K.
Email: prabhat.koner@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 763 8102 x107
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Prabhat Koner joined CICS-MD in September of 2010. He is currently involved in physical Sea Surface Temperature (SST) retrieval and cloud detection algorithm development projects for the Geo-stationary radiometric measurement (namely GOES, MSG & MTSAT imagers) as well as optimal interpolated global SST distribution from the retrieved SST of the Geo-stationary and polar satellites.  Dr. Koner received his PhD degree in Energy Engineering from IIT, Delhi....
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Kongoli, Cezar
Kongoli, Cezar
Email: cezar.kongoli@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 763 8212 x341
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

 
 
Kumar, Anil
Kumar, Anil
Email: anil.kumar@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 286 8272
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Anil Kumar is Research Associate and working in Hydrological Science Branch at NASA-GSFC. He is specialized in Land-Atmosphere interaction , convection. He is leading LIS-WRF project sponsored by Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA) and Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) model, a cloud resolving model (CRM) coupled with LIS, this project is in collaboration with Mesoscale Dynamic and Modeling Group at NASA-GSFC. His objective is to understand four-dimensional (4-D) distribution of water vapor and ...
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Kuo, Kwo-Sen
Kuo, Kwo-Sen
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Associate Research Scientist

 
 
Kurian, Nisha
Kurian, Nisha
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Lee, Hai-Tien
Lee, Hai-Tien
Email: lee@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 0494
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Engineer

Hai-Tien Lee <http://cics.umd.edu/~lee> is an Assistant Research Engineer in the Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS) specialized in the satellite algorithms and climate data production and analysis for the earth radiation budget products. He joined the CICS in 1986 as a Graduate Research Assistant under Prof. Robert G. Ellingson and received the doctorate in meteorology from the University of Maryland. After five y...
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Lee, Jaehwa
Lee, Jaehwa
Email: jaehwa.lee@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6407
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Dr. Jaehwa Lee joined ESSIC in 2012 as a research associate and is working with Christina Hsu at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Prior to joining ESSIC, he started his postdoc career at Yonsei University, Korea after having received doctorate from the same institute in 2011. His research interest is focused on improving aerosol optical properties from passive satellite sensors...
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Li, Bailing
Li, Bailing
Email: Bailing.li@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 286 6020
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Bailing Li is a research associate at ESSIC University of Maryland, working at the Hydrological Science Laboratory of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.  She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees from Nanjing University and Nanjing Hydraulic Research Institute in China, respectively, and PhD degree in Hydrology from the University of Arizona.  Her research interests include understanding the role of soil moisture and groundwater on the hydrological cycle and developing new approaches...
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Li, Can
Li, Can
Email: can.li@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6210
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Can Li is a Research Associate with ESSIC. He studies air pollution and its impact on weather and climate. Can Li joined ESSIC after obtaining his PhD in Atmospheric and Oceanic Science from the University of Maryland in 2008....
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Li, Zhanqing
Li, Zhanqing
Email: zli@atmos.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 6699
Website: http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~zli/
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
Title: Professor

Z. LI has been a professor at the Dept of Atmos. & Oceanic Sci, and ESSIC at University of Maryland since 2001. He received his PhD from McGill University in 1991. He has engaged in wide range of studies concerning climate change, atmospheric physics, terrestrial and atmospheric environment. He developed a suite of remote sensing algorithms products and systems (albedo, BRDF, fire hotspot and burned area, SRB, PAR, UV, cloud and aerosol parameters, precipitation, etc.). He drastically ...
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Li, Zhengpeng
Li, Zhengpeng
Email: zhengpeng.li@nasa.gov  
Phone: 301 614 6243
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

2012 – present, Faculty Research Assistant, ESSIC, University of Maryland, MD Exploring the relationship between human consumption and the carbon cycle using GCAM model, FAO data and remote sensing approach at global scale. 2008 – 2012.  Scientist, ARTS, USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD 2005 – 2008.  Environmental Scientist 3, SAIC, USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD 2001- 2004. Research Assistant and Research Scientist.  Insti...
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Liang, Xin-Zhong
Liang, Xin-Zhong
Email: xliang@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 6300
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
Title: Professor

 
 
Lin, Xin
Lin, Xin
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

 
 
Liu, Jianjun
Liu, Jianjun
Email: jliu520@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 9872
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Liu, Quanhua
Liu, Quanhua
Email: quanhualiu@yahoo.com  
Phone: +1 301 713 0000
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Senior Research Scientist

 
 
Liu, Shuyan
Liu, Shuyan
Email: liusy@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 1522
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Liu, Yuling
Liu, Yuling
Email: yuling.liu@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 405 9985
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Liu, Yuqiong
Liu, Yuqiong
Email: yuqiong.liu@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6907
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Dr. Yuqiong Liu is an Assistant Research Scientist at ESSIC at the University of Maryland College Park, working on-site in the Hydrological Sciences Laboratory at NASA GSFC since January 2011. Her major research interests are in hydrology, water resources, climate change, data assimilation, uncertainty analysis, and environmental decision support. After receiving her PhD degree from the University of Arizona in December 2003, Yuqiong joined the NSF Science and Technology Center for Sustain...
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Loughner, Christopher P.
Loughner, Christopher P.
Email: christopher.p.loughner@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6460
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Ma, Zaizhong
Ma, Zaizhong
Email: zaizhong.ma@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 763 8000
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Maggioni, Viviana
Maggioni, Viviana
Email: viviana@umd.edu  
Phone: 301 405 8579
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

  Viviana Maggioni is a Research Associate at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) of the University of Maryland, College Park. Viviana received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan, Italy, in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and her Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, in 2012. Viviana is working with Dr. Robert Adler ...
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Manguttahil, Manoj
Manguttahil, Manoj
Email: mgmanoj@umd.edu  
Phone: 301-272-5661
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Mao, Jianping
Mao, Jianping
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

 
 
Matsui, Toshihisa
Matsui, Toshihisa
Email: toshihisa.matsui-1@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 5658
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

 
 
McAdoo, David C.
McAdoo, David C.
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Senior Research Scientist

 
 
Meng, Huan
Meng, Huan
Email: huan.meng@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 405 8799
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Associate Research Scientist

Huan Meng is a physical scientist with NOAA/NESDIS Satellite Climate Studies Branch, and a visiting associate scientist at ESSIC.  She received a MS in Physical Oceanography from Florida State University in 1993, and a PhD in Hydrology from Colorado State University in 2004. She has been working in the field of satellite remote sensing since 1999. Her current research topics include the use of satellite passive microwave measurements for both the retrieval of snowfall rates, and the d...
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Meyers, Patrick C.
Meyers, Patrick C.
Email: pmeyers@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 2045
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

Patrick Meyers came to CICS/ESSIC in the fall of 2011 to work with Ralph Ferraro (STAR/NESDIS/NOAA) on improving satellite rainfall retrievals for GPM in advance of the deployment of the AMSR2 sensor. Patrick received his B.S. in Atmospheric Science from Cornell University in 2008 and his M.S. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the University of Miami in 2011 improvin...
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Mirales-Whilhelm, Fernando
Mirales-Whilhelm, Fernando
Email: fwilhelm@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 305 348 0074
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Professor & Director

 
 
Mittaz, Jonathan Patrick Duncan
Mittaz, Jonathan Patrick Duncan
Email: Jon.Mittaz@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 763 8102
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Jonathan Mittaz is a Research Associate with CICS. Jonathan works on maintaining and developing NOAA's operational Geostationary Sea Surface emperature products as well as projects involving the improvement to he calibration of NOAA's broad band infrared sensors including the dvanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR). Prior to his appointment at ESSIC/CICS, Jonathan was an observational astronomer working mainly in high energy astrophysics and cosmology....
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Molod, Andrea
Molod, Andrea
Email: andrea.m.molod@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6845
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

 
 
Moradi, Isaac
Moradi, Isaac
Email: imoradi@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 314 2636
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Isaac started his career in meteorology by doing a Master of Science in Meteorology at the Department of Water Resources, University of Tehran. His M.Sc. thesis largely focused on estimating solar radiation from routine meteorological data and also calculating solar radiation on tilted surfaces with arbitrary orientations from data measured on horizontal surfaces at the meteorological st...
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Munchak, Joseph
Munchak, Joseph
Email: s.j.munchak@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 405 5000
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Murphy, Marilyn Yuen
Murphy, Marilyn Yuen
Email: marilyn.yuen.murphy@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 405 0815
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

Marilyn Murphy is an Oceanographer with NOAA / NESDIS / STAR / SOCD. She graduated from California State University at San Jose / Moss Landing Marine Laboratories with an M.S. in Marine Science (emphasis in Physical Oceanography). Prior to working for NOAA, she worked at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. She currently works on coastal water quality research utilizing remote sensing techniques in collaboration with Dr. Christopher Brown....
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Murtugudde, Raghu
Murtugudde, Raghu
Email: ragu@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 314 2622
Website: http://essic.umd.edu/~ragu
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
Title: Professor & CBFS Executive Director

As an Earth System Scientist, I study the interactions between the physical world and life and train Earth System doctors for taking the pulse of the planet, diagnose what ails the planet and prescribe cures and preventive measures. Observations of nature and life are combined with computer models to understand the functioning of the Earth System and to predict trajectories of its future evolution. These predictions include global and regional climate and its impacts in the coming days to dec...
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Newman, Thomas
Newman, Thomas
Email: Thomas.Newman@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 713 2857
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Nigam, Sumant
Nigam, Sumant
Email: nigam@atmos.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 5381
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
Title: Professor

Sumant Nigam is a Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland, with a joint appointment in the university's Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center. His research interests include atmospheric general circulation, climate variability mechanisms, tropical ocean-atmosphere interaction, characterization of secular change in regional hydroclimates, aerosols and monsoons, climate model assessment, and recently, Great Plains hydroclimate and droughts. The ...
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Pan, Chunhui
Pan, Chunhui
Email: chpan@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 2149
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Associate Research Engineer

 
 
Park, Jun
Park, Jun
Email: jun.park@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 405 3692
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

Mr. Jun Park is one of the experts on microwave scatterometers and their remote sensing applications. End of 2005, he was elected Senior Member of IEEE for contributions to the development and application of microwave remote sensing technology for satellite oceanography. He has over ten years experiences in NASA, DoD and commercial spa...
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Peng, Jie
Peng, Jie
Email: jpeng@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 8029
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Petrenko, Maksym
Petrenko, Maksym
Email: maksym.petrenko@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 5830
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Engineer

Maksym Petrenko is a Research Associate at Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, on site at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). His research looks into analysis and synergetic use of diverse and disjoint aerosol properties datasets from multiple earth-bound and satellite sensors, including MODIS, MISR, OMI, POLDER, CALIOP, SeaWiFS and others. The results of this research should make the aerosol data more accessible to the environmental researchers and ...
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Ramanathan, Anand Krishnan
Ramanathan, Anand Krishnan
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Reagan, James
Reagan, James
Email: james.reagan@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 713 3290 x193
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

James Reagan began as a Research Assistant for ESSIC/CICS/NOAA NODC in September 2011 working under the supervision of Sydney Levitus (NODC) and Andrew Negri (CICS). James Reagan received his BS degree in Atmospheric Science from Cornell University in 2008 and his MS degree in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Maryland in 2010. His current work focuses on data archiving and processing for the World Ocean Database (WOD) and quality control of WOD-derived global scale s...
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Ren, Li
Ren, Li
Email: lren@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 6318
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Ricko, Martina
Ricko, Martina
Email: mricko@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 9205
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Martina Ricko is a Research Associate at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) of the University of Maryland, College Park. Martina is working with Dr. Robert Adler on variations of precipitation extremes using multiple satellite based precipitation data and relation to variations in floods and rain-induced landslides on a global scale, including economic/social impacts. Martina received the B.Sc./M.Sc degree in Physics/Geop...
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Riishojgaard, Lars Peter
Riishojgaard, Lars Peter
Email: Lars.P.Riishojgaard@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 763 8175
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Senior Research Scientist

 
 
Rubio, Jeremy
Rubio, Jeremy
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Rudlosky, Scott
Rudlosky, Scott
Email: scott.rudlosky@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 405 4204
Website: http://fuelberg.met.fsu.edu/~srudlosk/
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Assistant Research Scientist

 
 
Salawitch, Ross J.
Salawitch, Ross J.
Email: rjs@atmos.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 5396
Website: http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~rjs
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
Title: Professor

Ross Salawitch is a Professor in the Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He came to UMd and ESSIC in 2007, after having worked at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Ca. His research focuses on quantification of the effects of human activity on atmospheric composition. Major topics of current interest are stratospheric ozone depletion and recovery, air quality, and the global carbon cycle. For more information, please v...
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Sapiano, Mathew
Sapiano, Mathew
Email: msapiano@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 6537
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Mathew Sapiano is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites at the University of Maryland.  Mathew received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in statistics at the University of Reading, UK, in 2000 and 2001 and the Ph.D. degree in meteorology from the University of Reading in 2005.  Prior to joining ESSIC, Mathew worked at Colorado State University on intercalibration and other issues associated...
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Schroeder, Wilfrid
Schroeder, Wilfrid
Email: wilfrid.schroeder@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 683-3582
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Wilfrid Schroeder is an Assistant Research Scientist with ESSIC and a Visiting Scientist at NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). He received his undergraduate and Masters degrees from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in Meteorology and Environmental Engineering, respectively. In 2008 he received his PhD in Geography at the University of Maryland ...
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Shen, Bo-Wen
Shen, Bo-Wen
Email: Bo-Wen.Shen-1@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6251
Website: http://tiny.cc/bws6u
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

Dr. Shen has been a PI (principal investigator) of NASA funded projects since 2009. His projects involve collaborations with interdisciplinary colleagues from NASA/GSFC, NASA/ARC, JPL and FSU (Florida State University). During the past three years, he published several lead-author journal articles and gave more than 50 oral and poster presentations with a central focus on the predictability of tropical cyclone (TC) formation and its scale interactions with tropical waves using advanced glo...
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Smith, Thomas M.
Smith, Thomas M.
Email: tom.smith@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 405 9635
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Visiting Associate Research Scientist

Thomas Smith is part of the NOAA/Satellite Climate Studies Branch co-located with CICS/ESSIC at the University of Maryland (http://essic.umd.edu/cics/people.html). He is a physical scientist working in analyses that include both satellite and in situ data, and has been with NOAA for nearly 20 years. He has contributed to climate analyses of surface temperature and precipitation used for evaluate historical climate variations. He has a doctorate ...
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Su, Shenjian
Su, Shenjian
Email: shenjian@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 6220
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Sun, Ninghai
Sun, Ninghai
Email: Ninghai.Sun@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 763 8348 x335
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Tang, Ling
Tang, Ling
Email: ltang21@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 614 6723
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Dr. Ling Tang began as Research Associate at ESSIC/NASA-GSFC in August,2011, working with Dr. Yudong Tian and Dr. Christa D. Peters-Lidard at GSFC Hydrological Sciences Laboratory. Her research work is focusing on estimating uncertainties of satellite-based precipitation sensors, and identifying error propagation of their systematic errors into merged multi-sensor high resolution precipitation measurements. This work is critical in quantifying the uncertainties in NASA’s pr...
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Tian, Miao
Tian, Miao
Email: ziguiren@gmail.com  
Phone: (720) 224-2198
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Tian, Yudong
Tian, Yudong
Email: yudong.tian@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 286 2275
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

Dr. Yudong Tian joined ESSIC in 2010. He received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences in 1999 from UCLA, where he conducted research in climate dynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics. He was also one of the developers of UCLA’s advanced spectral analysis SSA-MTM Toolkit. Between 1999 and 2002, he worked for start-up companies in the Internet industry in California, holding such positions as systems manager and chief technology officer, specializing in networking, system architecture, ...
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Tzortziou, Maria A.
Tzortziou, Maria A.
Email: maria.a.tzortziou@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6048
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Dr. Maria Tzortziou is an Assistant Research Scientist with ESSIC/University of Maryland, at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She holds a B.Sc. degree on Physics (AUTH), a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Physics (AUTH), a M.Sc. degree in Meteorology (UMCP), and a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Department. Her research interests are in the areas of bio-optical oceanography, coastal ocean color, carbon cycling in wetlands and coastal ecosystems, u...
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Uz, Stephanie Schollaert
Uz, Stephanie Schollaert
Email: ses@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 7038
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

Stephanie Schollaert Uz has been a Faculty Research Assistant with CICS-MD/ESSIC/UMD since 2004. Her research involves monitoring the response of ocean biology to physical forcing through the use of satellite-remote sensing data, in situ observations, statistical reconstructions using proxies, and modelled data. In 2012 she began assisting the EarthNow project to provide current weather and climate topics for museum spherical displays. She has been working with the Maryland Science Center ...
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Vintzileos, Augustin
Vintzileos, Augustin
Email: augustin.vintzileos@noaa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 405 5599
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

 
 
Walker, Ryan
Walker, Ryan
Email: ryan.t.walker@nasa.gov  
Phone: 301-284-6486
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

 
 
Wang, Chenxi
Wang, Chenxi
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Wang, Jian-Jian
Wang, Jian-Jian
Email: jian-jian.wang-1@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6355
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

 
 
Wang, Kung-Hwa
Wang, Kung-Hwa
Email: kh.wang.peter@gmail.com  
Phone: +1 301 763 8212
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Wang, Likun
Wang, Likun
Email: likun.wang@noaa.gov  
Phone: 301 405 2819
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Likun Wang received the B.S. degree in atmospheric sciences and the M.S. degree in meteorology from Peking University, Beijing, China, in 1996 and 1999, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in atmospheric sciences from University of Alaska Fairbanks, in 2004. He currently is  a assistant research scientist with ESSIC/CICS in support of satellite sensor calibration and validation program for NOAA/NESDIS. Before that, he worked on lidar/radar remote sensing of clouds as a postdoctoral res...
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Wang, Nai Yu
Wang, Nai Yu
Email: nywang@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 9180
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Engineer

Nai-Yu Wang is a research associate in the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites at the University of Maryland. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a PhD in Atmospheric Remote Sensing.. Prior to joining ESSIC, she was a UCAR visiting scientist at NOAA/NESDIS working with microwave polarimetry to derive ocean wind vectors. Her current research focus is on the microwave remote sensing of precipitation over land....
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Wang, Xiang
Wang, Xiang
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Wang, Xiujun
Wang, Xiujun
Email: wwang@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 1532
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

Wendy Wang joined ESSIC/UMD in 2002 (http://www.essic.umd.edu/~wwang/). She is a process-oriented biogeochemist with a Ph. D. in soil biochemistry (University of Melbourne, 1994) and a Ph. D. in oceanic biogeochemistry (University of Tasmania, 2002). She has skills and experiences in laboratory, field measurement, data analyses, and numerical simulation. Her research addresses interdisciplinary issues in the global carbon cycle, such as the cl...
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Weaver, Clark
Weaver, Clark
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

 
 
Wolf, Julie
Wolf, Julie
Phone: 301 405 4971
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

In 2012, Julie completed PhD work in Soil Science at the University of Maryland (College Park), co-advised by Brian Needelman (U. MD Environmental Sciences and Technology) and Lewis Ziska (USDA Crop Systems and Global Change Laboratory).  Her dissertation research, consisted of a large observational study of soil carbon, and two smaller studies of fungi. Her main research interests have been to im...
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Wu, Huan
Wu, Huan
Email: huanwu@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 3395
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Dr. Huan Wu received his PhD degree in remote sensing in hydrology from Peking University in 2007.His research interests are in drawing quantitative descriptions of the land phase of the hydrological cycle using geospatial information technologies (Remote Sensing, GIS etc.), to improve the understanding of hydrological processes and associated model predictions at different spatial and temporal scales. Huan began as a Research Associate for ESSIC/NASA GSFC in June, 2010 and promoted to be ...
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Wu, You
Wu, You
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Xu, Min
Xu, Min
Email: minxu@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 2268
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Yan, Hongru
Yan, Hongru
Email: yanhrong04@126.com  
Phone: +1 301 405 0396
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Yang, Hu
Yang, Hu
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Yang, Wenze
Yang, Wenze
Email: ywze98@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 6568
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Scientist

Wenze Yang received the B.S. and M.S degrees in Automation Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 1998 and 2001 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Geography from Boston University, Boston, MA in 2006. After staying in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences in University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, and Geography Department of Hunter College, City University of New York, he is currently an assistant research scientist with Cooperative Institute for ...
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Yatheendradas, Soni
Yatheendradas, Soni
Email: soni.yatheendradas-1@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 286 9135
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Engineer

Soni Yatheendradas is a Research Associate affiliated with the Hydrological Sciences Branch at NASA/GSFC. He received his MS and PhD from the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at University of Arizona in Hydrology, with a minor in Systems Engineering. His MS and PhD work involved optimization and detailed sensitivity analyses of land surface models and rainfall-runoff models respectively in the semi-arid Southwest. During one year of post-doctoral experience at New Mexico Tech researc...
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Yegorova, Elena A.
Yegorova, Elena A.
Email: Elena.A.Yegorova@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 5316
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

Elena Yegorova joined ESSIC in 2011 as a Research Associate and is working with Dr. Bryan Duncan on-site at the NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory.   Dr. Yegorova is studying the impact of varying oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere on future climate.  She is implementing and testing the NASA Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS-5) chemistry climate model with simplified hydroxyl radical-carbon mono...
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Yin, Jifu
Yin, Jifu
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Yoo, Hye Lim
Yoo, Hye Lim
Email: hyoo82@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 9925
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Yu, Hongbin
Yu, Hongbin
Email: Hongbin.Yu@nasa.gov  
Phone: +1 301 614 6209
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

Dr. Hongbin Yu is associate research scientist at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland. Prior to joining ESSIC in June 2010, he had worked at the Goddard Earth Science and Technology (GEST) Center, University of Maryland at Baltimore County, and at School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech. Throughout his career, Dr. Yu has been studying the diffusion and transport of air pollutants and their environmental and climate impacts from l...
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Yu, Peng
Yu, Peng
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Zhang, Bin
Zhang, Bin
Email: bzhangys@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 9049
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Zhang, Feng
Zhang, Feng
Email: zfsu@umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 8003
Website: http://car.umd.edu/
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Research Associate

 
 
Zhang, Rong-Hua
Zhang, Rong-Hua
Email: rzhang@essic.umd.edu  
Phone: +1 301 405 5769
Website: essic.umd.edu/~rzhang
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Senior Research Scientist

 
 
Zhang, Xiaoyan
Zhang, Xiaoyan
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Faculty Research Assistant

 
 
Zhang, Xiaoyang
Zhang, Xiaoyang
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Associate Research Scientist

 
 
Zhang, Yongsheng
Zhang, Yongsheng
Primary College/Department: CMNS-Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Title: Assistant Research Engineer