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Joseph Marino received the Whittell Forest Graduate Research Grant

Joseph Marino received the Whittell Forest Graduate Research Grant.

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Rajan Bhandari presented his research on mesoscale analysis

ATMS Ph.D. student Rajan Bhandari gave a presentation on mesoscale analysis.

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Allison Krantz presented her research on fire weather

ATMS M.S. student Allison Krantz gave a presentation on fire weather.

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Bianca Martinez wins first place in the Annual DRI Student Poster Competition

Bianca Martinez wins first place in the Annual DRI Student Poster Symposium.

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Dr. Nic Beres joined the ATMS graduate faculty

Dr. Nic Beres joined the ATMS graduate faculty.

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Dr. Prakash Gautam joined the ATMS graduate faculty

Dr. Prakash Gautam joined the ATMS graduate faculty.

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Stormi Nevada-Noll defended her Ph.D. Thesis

ATMS Ph.D. student Stormi Nevada-Noll defended her Ph.D. Thesis.

Palina Bahdanovich defending her thesis.
Palina Bahdanovich defended her Ph.D. Thesis

ATMS Ph.D. student Palina Bahdanovich defended her Ph.D. Thesis.

Siying Lu defending her thesis.
Siying Lu defended her Ph.D. Thesis

ATMS Ph.D. student Siying Lu defended her Ph.D. Thesis.

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Incoming Ph.D. student Ludving Cano Fernandez received two scholarships

Incoming ATMS Ph.D. student Ludving Cano Fernandez received the Mackay School and College of Science Dean’s Graduate Scholarship and the Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholarship.

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Bianca Martinez gave presentations on E-cigarette smoke and biomass burning

ATMS Ph.D. student Bianca Martinez gave presentations on E-cigarette smoke and biomass burning.

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Rahele Vaezi published her 1st author paper on wildfire smoke aerosol impacts

ATMS Ph.D. student Rahele Vaezi published her 1st author paper on wildfire smoke aerosol impacts.

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Bjoern Bingham published his first author paper on spacecraft material pyrolysis emissions

Bjoern Bingham published his first author paper on spacecraft material pyrolysis emissions.

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Siying Lu published her first author paper on wildfire aerosol size distribution

ATMS Ph.D. student Siying Lu published her first author paper on wildfire aerosol size distribution.

Winners Ananya Sen, Ghazal Mehdizadeh, Palina Bahdanovich and Rahele Barjeste
Four ATMS graduate students receive $5,000 Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholarship

Four ATMS graduate students, Palina Bahdanovich, Rahele Barjeste Vaezi, Ghazal Mehdizadeh, and Ananya Sen, were awarded the $5,000 Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholarship for the 2024-25 academic year in recognition of their academic excellence and scholarly potential

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Kathleen Clough received $10,000 Robert E. Dickenson Scholarship

ATMS Ph.D. student Kathleen Clough received $10,000 Robert E. Dickenson Scholarship.

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Sean O'Neil presents in Mountain Climate Conference

Sean O'Neil, an ATMS Ph.D. student advised by Dr. Dan McEvoy, presented research on rain-on-snow climatology and its implications for structural snow load estimates at the Mountain Climate Conference 2024 in Tahoe City, California.

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Palina Bahdanovich publishes second paper on bioaerosol chemical characterization

The Ph.D. student’s research in Environmental Science: Atmospheres examines organic species and functional groups in pollen, fungi, algae, and bacteria.

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Atmospheric sciences student wins first place in graduate poster competition

On April 26, 2024, Salix Bair, an M.S. student in atmospheric sciences, earned first place at the Desert Research Institute Graduate Student Poster Competition for her research on aerodynamic focusing lenses, under the guidance of Dr. Xiaoliang Wang.

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Tracen Knopp Successfully Defends M.S. Thesis on Cumulus Convection

The Atmospheric Sciences student presents his research on the factors influencing cumulus convection over the Sierras de Córdoba.

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Ananya Sen Presents Research at NCAR Joint WRF/MPAS Users Workshop

The Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. student explores upper-level jet imbalances and their effects on gravity waves near complex terrain.

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Celime Garcia Presents at CAFÉ Wenatchee community workshop on heat and smoke monitoring

The Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. student shares insights from her research on AOD factors and low-cost sensor data assimilation, supported by a 2024 NASA Space Grant Fellowship.

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Bjoern Bingham Defends M.S. Thesis on Spacecraft Emissions and Smoke Transport

The Atmospheric Sciences student presents his research on toxic emissions from spacecraft materials and their behavior in reduced gravity environments.

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Atmospheric sciences student advances to Ph.D. candidacy

On May 10, 2024, Kacie Shourd successfully defended her Ph.D. prospectus on derechos and was advanced to candidacy under the guidance of Dr. Mike Kaplan.