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REU SITES: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences

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University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Summer Research for Undergraduates in Atmospheric Sciences
Geophysics Institute
Fairbanks, AK 99709-3705

Primary: Dr. Gerhard Kramm
907-474-5992
kramm@gi.alaska.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric radiation, climate, cloud and aerosol physics, turbulance, boundary-layer physics, numerical modeling
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University of Alabama in Huntsville
Solar and Heliospheric Physics at University of Alabama in Huntsville and NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Physics
Huntsville, AL 35805-1911

Primary: Jacob Heerikhuisen
156-824-6120
jacob.heerikhuisen@uah.edu
Secondary: Amy Winebarger
256-961-7509
amy.r.winebarger@nasa.gov

Research Topics/Keywords: Solar Physics, Heliospheric Physics, satellites, modeling
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University of California, Irvine
Summer Fellowships in Biogeochemistry and Climate Change at the University of California, Irvine
Earth System Science
Irvine, CA CA 92697-3

Primary: Dr. Eric S. Saltzman
949 824-3936
esaltzma@uci.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: climate change, biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, oceanography, terrestrial ecosystems, paleoclimate
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Colorado State University
Center for Multi-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes (CMMAP)
Atmospheric Sciences
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371

Primary: Ms. Melissa Burt
970-491-8706
mburt@atmos.colostate.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: Cloud processes, climate modeling, microphysics, aerosols, turbulance
Comments: CMMAP Interns are funded through the NSF Science and Technology Centers program rather than the NSF REU Site program, but the research experiences are comparable.
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Colorado State University
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Focused around the CSU-CHILL National Radar Facility in Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Atmospheric Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ft. Collins, CO 80523

Primary: Dr. V. Chandrasekar
970-491-7981
chandra@engr.colostate.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: weather radar, atmospheric remote sensing,CHILL
Comments: CHILL is a National Weather Radar Facility
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Cofunded: Department of Defense (DoD)

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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS)
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, CO 80305-5602

Primary: Dr. Rajul E. Pandya
03-497-2650
pandya@ucar.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: Atmospheric Science, solar physics, computational methods
Comments: SOARS is not funded through the REU Site program, but encourages applications from members of underrepresented and disadvantaged groups
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University of Colorado at Boulder
An Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Experience in Solar and Space Physics: The University of Colorado and Its Consortium Partners
Lab for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Boulder, CO 80309

Primary: Dr. Daniel N Baker
303-492-4509
Daniel.Baker@lasp.colorado.edu
Secondary: Dr. Martin Snow
303-735-2143
snow@lasp.colorado.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: solar physics, space physics
Comments: Participating institutions include NCAR High Altitude Observatory, NOAA Space Environment Center (both in Boulder, CO), and Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (Boston, MA)
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Catholic University
Research Opportunities for Undergraduates in the Heliophysics Science Division at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Physics
Washington, DC 20064

Primary: Dr. Ekaterina Verner
202-319-5315
vernere@cua.edu
Secondary: Dr. Frederick Bruhweiler
202-319-5315
bruhweiler@cua.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: Solar & Heliospheric Physics, Instrumentation, Astrophysics
Comments: Collaboration with the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the MIT Haystack Observatory
Haystack Observatory
Westford, MA 01886

Primary: Coordinator, REU Program
781-981-5410
reuhaystack@haystack.mit.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, atmospheric sciences, instrumentation
Comments: Research Experiences for Teachers Site
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences

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Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory
REU Site: Solar Physics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Cambridge, MA 02138

Primary: Dr. Kelly Korreck
(617) 495-7049
kkorreck@cfa.harvard.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: Solar physics; data analysis from spacecraft missions
Comments: Program targets Astronomy, Physics, Mathematics, Earth Sciences and Computer Sciences
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University of Michigan
REU Site at the University of Michigan Biological Station
Biological Station
260 miles north of Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1271

Primary: Dr. Mary Anne Carroll
734-763-4066
mcarroll@umich.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: Ecology & Atmospheric Sciences: Global Change, Botany, Zoology, Biogeochemistry, Chemistry, Physics, Meteorology
Comments: Interdisciplinary program focused on the ecological and atmospheric causes and consequences of global change
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Biological Sciences

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University of Michigan
REU Site: Space Physics Research Laboratory, University of Michigan
Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Primary: Dr. Michael R. Combi
734-764-7226
mcombi@umich.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: airglow and atmospheric science, space plasma physics, planetary atmospheres, ionospheres and magnetospheres, air pollution transport, lidars
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Montana State University
REU Program in Solar Physics at MSU
Department of Physics
Bozeman, MT 59717

Primary: Dr. David McKenzie
406-994-7843
mckenzie@physics.montana.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: solar physics
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New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Interdisciplinary Science for the Environment: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at New Mexico Tech
Chemistry
Socorro, NM 87801

Primary: Michael Pullin
575.835.6185
mpullin@nmt.edu
Secondary: Lisa Majkowski
505.835.6168
lisamt@nmt.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: environmental science, atmospheric chemistry, biogeochemistry, environmental chemistry
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Biological Sciences, Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, Department of Defense (DoD)

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City University of New York
Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Satellite and Ground-Based Remote Sensing at NOAA-CREST
College of Technology, Dept. of Physics
Brooklyn, NY 11201-2902

Primary: Dr. Reginald Blake
718-254-8582
rblake@citytech.cuny.edu
Secondary: Dr. Pamela Brown
718-260-5008
pbrown@citytech.cuny.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: Meteorology, remote sensing, air quality, modeling, engineering, air-land and air-sea interactions, climate
Comments: Collaborative with NOAA-CREST Cooperative Remote Sensing Science and Technology Center (NOAA-CREST),
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City University of New York
REU Site: The City University of New York/Goddard Institute for Space Studies Center for Global Climate Research
Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn, NY 11225

Primary: Dr. Leon Johnson
(718) 270-6453
leon.johnson@verizon.net
Secondary: Dr. Paul Marchese
(718) 631-6608
pmarchese@qcc.cuny.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: Geoscience, Sun-Earth interactions, Atmospheric Science, Global Climate Impacts
Comments: Collaborative with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates at the National Weather Center
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
Norman, OK 73072

Primary: Dr. Daphne S. LaDue
405-325-1898
dzaras@ou.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: severe storms, synoptic, mesoscale and storm-scale meteorology, numerical weather prediction, weather radar, atmospheric modeling,atmospheric technology and measurement systems,prediction, weather rad
Comments: The National Weather Center engages the Univ.of Oklahoma, NOAA and state organizations to work together to improve understanding of atmospheric events.
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Arecibo Observatory
REU at the Arecibo Observatory
Arecibo, PR 00612

Primary: Dr. Carmen Torres
787.878.2612 ext. 303
carmen@naic.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: astronomy, astrophysics, planetary science, instrumentation, atmospheric physics
Abstract of Award
Cofunded: Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences

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Texas A & M University
Atmospheric Science in the Gulf Coast Region at Texas A&M University
Atmospheric Sciences
College Station, TX 77843-1260

Primary: Don Conlee
979-862-4060
dconlee@tamu.edu
Secondary: Kenneth Bowman
979-862-4060
k-bowman@tamu.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: air quality, climate change, meteorology, precipitation processes in the Gulf Coastal region.
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Washington State University
Air Quality, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Climate Change: Measurements and Modeling in the Pacific Northwest
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Pullman, WA 99164

Primary: Dr. Shelley Pressley
509-335-5443
spressley@wsu.edu
Secondary: Dr. Brian Lamb
509-335-5702
blamb@wsu.edu

Research Topics/Keywords: atmospheric science, air quality, atmospheric chemistry, mobile laboratory facility, air quality measurements, air quality modeling, Pacific northwest, climate change, mobile atmospheric chemistry lab
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