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Department Administration

	Nola Lucke Manager, Administrative
	Alex Munoz Administrative Assistant
	Jeremy Thomson Undergraduate Advisor
	Dr. John Horel Department Chair Undergraduate Career Advisor

To ensure that your inquiry is addressed in a timely manner please send
your correspondence to one of the following:

Internal Departmental Matters: atmos-office@lists.utah.edu
Academic Advising: atmos-advising@lists.utah.edu
All Other Inquiries: atmos-info@lists.utah.edu

Tenure-Line Faculty

	Dr. Timothy Garrett Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 821 801-581-5768 tim.garrett@utah.edu Research Interests: Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions Cloud Microphysics Cloud Dynamics Environmental Instrumentation Mountain Meteorology Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics Remote Sensing		Dr. A. Gannet Hallar Associate Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 816 801-587-7238 gannet.hallar@utah.edu Research Interests: Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions Air Quality Cloud Microphysics Environmental Instrumentation
	Dr. Jessica Haskins Assistant Professor Intermountain Network and Scientific Computing Center (INSCC), Rm 486 jessica.haskins@utah.edu Research Interests: Air Quality Atmospheric Chemistry Global Chemistry-Climate Modeling Tropospheric Halogens VOC Oxidation & SOA Formation Heterogeneous Chemistry Data Science & Machine Learning		Dr. John Horel Professor Intermountain Network and Scientific Computing Center (INSCC), Rm 483 801-581-7091 john.horel@utah.edu Research Interests: Air Quality Boundary-Layer Meteorology Environmental Instrumentation Fire Weather Mountain Meteorology Weather Forecasting
	Dr. Steven Krueger Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 725 801-581-3903 steve.krueger@utah.edu Research Interests: Boundary-Layer Meteorology Cloud Microphysics Cloud Dynamics Fire Weather Radar Meteorology		Dr. Marysa Lague Assistant Professor marysa.lague@utah.edu Research Interests: Land-Atmosphere Interactions Atmospheric Dynamics Climate Dynamics & Climate Change Planetary Climate Earth System Modelling & Model Development Terrestrial and Ecological Processes Vegetation-Cloud Interactions
	Dr. John Chun-Han Lin Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 721 801-581-7530 john.lin@utah.edu Research Interests: Air Quality Atmospheric Chemistry Environmental Instrumentation Greenhouse Gases Land-Air Interactions Remote Sensing		Dr. Gerald (Jay) Mace Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 601 801-585-9489 jay.mace@utah.edu Research Interests: Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions Cloud Microphysics Cloud Dynamics Environmental Instrumentation Radar Meteorology Remote Sensing
	Dr. Kevin Perry Associate Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 817 801-581-6138 kevin.perry@utah.edu Research Interests: Air Quality Atmospheric Chemistry Environmental Instrumentation		Dr. Zhaoxia Pu Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 712 801-585-3864 zhaoxia.pu@utah.edu Research Interests: Boundary-Layer Meteorology Data Assimilation Methods Mesoscale Meteorology Numerical Weather Prediction Radar and Satellite Data Assimilation Tropical Meteorology Weather Forecasting
	Dr. Thomas Reichler Associate Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 804 801-585-0040 thomas.reichler@utah.edu Research Interests: Climate Dynamics Large-Scale Dynamics Regional and Global Climate Modeling Stratosphere Antarctic Ozone Hole		Dr. W. James Steenburgh Professor Intermountain Network and Scientific Computing Center (INSCC), Rm 488 801-581-8727 jim.steenburgh@utah.edu Research Interests: Mountain Meteorology Lake-Effect Snowstorms Weather Forecasting
	Dr. Courtenay Strong Associate Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 702 801-585-0049 court.strong@utah.edu Research Interests: Air Quality Boundary-Layer Meteorology Cryosphere Climate Research Land-Air Interactions		Dr. Edward Zipser Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 809 801-585-0467 ed.zipser@utah.edu Research Interests: Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions Climate Research Cloud Microphysics Cloud Dynamics Mesoscale Meteorology Radar Meteorology Remote Sensing Tropical Meteorology

Career-Line Faculty

	Dr. Steve Cooper Research Assistant Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 822 801-585-0095 steve.cooper@utah.edu Research Interests: Remote Sensing		Dr. Sebastian Hoch Research Assistant Professor Intermountain Network and Scientific Computing Center (INSCC) Rm 485 801-581-7094 sebastian.hoch@utah.edu Research Interests: Atmospheric Radiation Boundary-Layer Meteorology Environmental Instrumentation Mountain Meteorology
	Dr. Mary Ann Jenkins Research Associate Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 719 801-585-9490 maryann.jenkins@utah.edu Research Interests: Fire Weather		Dr. Derek V. Mallia Research Assistant Professor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 713 801-581-6136 (ATMOS Main Office) derek.mallia@utah.edu Research Interests: Boundary-Layer Meteorology Land-Air Interactions Fire Weather Air Quality Climate Research
	Dr. Daniel Mendoza Research Assistant Professor Intermountain Network and Scientific Computing Center (INSCC) Rm 485 801-581-6136 (ATMOS Main Office) daniel.mendoza@utah.edu Research Interests: Air Quality Atmospheric Chemistry		Dr. Gene Robl Associate Instructor William C. Browning Building (WBB) Rm 811 801-581-7321 gene.robl@utah.edu
	Dr. Peter Veals Research Assistant Professor William Browning Building (WBB) Rm 815 Email: peter.veals@utah.edu

Auxiliary Faculty

Dr. Jeffrey Anderson
Adjunct Associate Professor
Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Phone: (303) 497-8991
Email: jla@ucar.edu
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Dr. Erik Crosman
Research Assistant Professor
Office: 480 INSCC
Phone: 801-581-6136 (ATMOS Main Office)
Email: erik.crosman@utah.edu

Dr. Vincent Salomonson
Research Professor
Office: 809 WBB
Phone: 801-581-6136 (ATMOS Main Office)
Email: vince.salomonson@utah.edu

Dr. David Bowling
Professor
Department of Biology - Professor
University of Utah
Phone: (801) 581-2130
Email: david.bowling@utah.edu
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Dr. Lawrence Dunn
Adjunct Professor
University of Utah
Phone: (801) 577-6912
Email: lbdunn.ut@gmail.com
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Dr. Haiyan Jiang
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Earth & Environment - Associate Professor of Meteorology
Florida International University
Phone: (305) 348-2984
Email: haiyan.jiang@fiu.edu
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Dr. Alan Kerstein
Adjunct Professor
Sandia National Laboratories (Retired)
Email: alan.kerstein@gmail.com
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Dr. Chuntao Liu
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences - Associate Professor
Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
Phone: (361) 825-3845
Email: chuntao.liu@tamucc.edu
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Dr. Eric Pardyjak
Adjunct Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering - Professor
University of Utah
Phone: (801) 585-6414
Email: pardyjak@eng.utah.edu
Website: www.mech.utah.edu/~pardyjak/
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Dr. Jonathan Zawislak
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Earth & Environment
Florida International University
Phone: (302)383-9927
Email: jzawisla@fiu.edu
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Dr. Logan Mitchell

Research Assistant Professor

William C. Browning Building (WBB)
801-581-6136 (ATMOS Main Office)
logan.mitchell@utah.edu

Research Interests:

Air Quality
Atmospheric Chemistry
Environmental Instrumentation

Dr. Adam Varble

Research Assistant Professor

801-581-3336
a.varble@utah.edu

Research Interests:

Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions
Cloud Dynamics
Cloud Microphysics
Mesoscale Meteorology
Radar Meteorology

Emeritus Faculty is a title conferred by The University of Utah for the purpose of recognizing the meritorious service of a faculty member upon or after retirement. Appointments to emeritus status for retired faculty members are made by the Board of Trustees on recommendation of the President of the University and the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs.

	Leslie Allaire Administrative Manager Emerita Office: Not Available Phone: Not Available Email: leslie.allaire@utah.edu
	Dr. Jan Paegle Professor Emeritus Office: 715 WBB Phone: Not Available Email: jan.paegle@utah.edu
	Dr. Julia Paegle Professor Emerita Office: 715 WBB Phone: Not Available Email: julia.paegle@utah.edu
	Dr. Judy Pechmann Research Associate Emerita Office: Not Available Phone: 801-585-1415 Email: judy.pechmann@utah.edu
	Dr. C. David Whiteman Research Professor Emeritus Office: 485 INSCC Phone: 801-585-1414 Email: dave.whiteman@utah.edu davidwhiteman@mac.com

	Sally Benson Research Associate Phone: 801-585-0008 Email: sally.benson@utah.edu
	Alex Jacques Post Doctoral Research Associate Phone: Not Available Email: alexander.jacques@utah.edu
	Colin Johnson colin.johnson@utah.edu
	Dr. Krishna Khatri Research Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering Phone: Not Available Email: krishna.khatri@utah.edu
	Xin Li Research Scientist Phone: Not Available Email: xin.li@utah.edu
	Megan Ostile megan.ostile@hsc.utah.edu
	Dr. Mani Rajagopal Email: mani.rajagopal@utah.edu
	Andres Eduardo Gonzalez Vidal Post Doc Phone: Not Available Email: u6041003@utah.edu
	Dr. Kai Wilmot Email: Kai.Wilmot@utah.edu
	Joe Young Research Associate Phone: Not Available Email: joe.young@utah.edu

	Husile Bai Graduate Student (Ph.D.) Email: Not Available
	Daniel Baldassare Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Kelsey Barber Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: u1092221@utah.edu Research Interests: Cloud microphysics, environmental instrumentation, atmospheric circulation
	Rebecca Beal Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Kim Bestul Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: kimberly.a.bestul@utah.edu Research Interests: Mountain Meteorology, Aviation Meteorology, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, Weather Forecasting
	Corey Bois Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Jacob Boomsma Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Justin Byington Email:u6037257@utah.edu
	Gerardo Carrillo-Cardenas Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Matthew DeMaria Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: matthew.demaria@utah.edu
	Thomas Dewitt Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: thomas.dewitt@utah.edu Research Interests: Atmospheric thermodynamics, cloud physics, and urban heat islands Website: https://thomasdewitt.chpc.utah.edu/
	Ashley Evans Email: evans.ashley@utah.edu
	Chengfeng (Roy) Feng Graduate Student (Ph.D. after prospectus) Email: Not Available
	Peter Matthew Gombert Email: u1113223@utah.edu
	Kian Huang Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: kian.huang@utah.edu Research Interests: Numerical weather prediction, tropical cyclones
	Lewis Kunik Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: lewis.kunik@utah.edu Research Interests: Terrestrial carbon cycle, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, remote sensing, atmospheric modeling, urban emissions, Bayesian statistical inversions Websites: https://github.com/lkunik
	Dallas McKinney Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: dallas.j.mckinney@utah.edu
	Aaron McCutchan Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Thorn Merrill Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	James Mineau Email:James.Mineau@utah.edu
	Michell Tinoco-Morales Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Casey Olson Email:u1095031@utah.edu
	Michael Pye Email: m.pye@utah.edu
	Michael Pletcher Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: michael.pletcher@utah.edu
	James Powell Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: u1269218@utah.edu Research Interests: Summertime precipitation, flash floods, high resolution convective allowing models, environmental instrumentation. Websites: https://github.com/james-powell https://home.chpc.utah.edu/~u1269218/James_Powell/
	Karlie Rees Graduate Student (Ph.D.) Email: karlie.rees@utah.edu
	Dustin Roten Graduate Student (Ph.D.) Email: dustin.roten@utah.edu Research Interests: Space-based observations of CO2 emissions from world megacities, carbon cycle science, urban air quality, climate change Websites: dustinroten.github.io https://faculty.utah.edu/u1211790-Dustin_Roten/hm/index.hml
	Haley Scott Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Ashlynn Searer Email: u6036947@utah.edu
	Elizabeth Sterner Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Luke Stone Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Ryan Szczerbinski Graduate Student (M.S.) Email:
	Ieuan Thomas Graduate Student (Ph.D.) Email: ieuan.thomas@utah.edu
	Michael Wasserstein Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: michael.wasserstein@utah.edu Research Interests: Mountain weather and climate, lake-effect snow. Websites: https://mwasserstein.github.io/
	Brittany Welch Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: brittany.welch@utah.edu
	Savanna Wolvin Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: s.wolvin@utah.edu
	Zhuocan Xu Graduate Student (Ph.D.) Email: zhuocan.xu@utah.edu
	Jackson Yip Graduate Student (M.S.) Email: jackson.yip@utah.edu
	Zhixiao Zhang Graduate Student (Ph.D.) Email: zhixiao.zhang@utah.edu Research Interests: Multiscale interactions in simulations and observations