Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, College of Engineering, University of Michigan

  Faculty Research Summary
Natalia G Andronova
  • 1541 D SRB — 2143
  • natand@umich.edu

Climate, climate change, climate dynamics, climate sensitivity, methane emissions, wetlands, atmospheric chemistry, radiation, system and feedback... (more)

Spiro Antiochos
  • santioch@umich.edu
Brian Arbic
  • 3020 C. C. Little Bldg.
  • arbic@umich.edu
Sushil Atreya
  • 1531 SRB
  • atreya@umich.edu

Planetary and Space Science
http://esse.engin.umich.edu/psl

John R Barker
  • 1520 Space Research Building
  • jrbarker@umich.edu

Computational chemical kinetics and dynamics

Jeremy N. Bassis
  • 2529 Space Research Building
  • jbassis@umich.edu
  • Ice sheet and glacier dynamics
  • Fracture mechanics
  • Sea level rise
  • Planetary science
  • Complex... (more)
Joseph E. Borovsky
  • borovsky@umich.edu

Structure of the solar-wind plasma.

Solar-wind/magnetosphere coupling.

Magnetospheric dynamics.

Stephen W Bougher
  • bougher@umich.edu

Comparative Planetary Upper Atmospheres

John P Boyd
  • jpboyd@umich.edu

Analytical and numerical studies of waves and wave-related phenomena

Mary Anne Carroll
  • mcarroll@umich.edu

Atmospheric chemistry and atmosphere-biosphere interactions

Michael R Combi
  • mcombi@umich.edu

Planetary Science and Cometary Physics

Jason Daida
  • daida@umich.edu

Theory and application of computational intelligence technologies that support open-ended problem solving, discovery, and innovation. This work... (more)

Roger D. De Roo
  • 2436A Space Research Building
  • deroo@umich.edu

Microwave Remote Sensing

Darren De Zeeuw
  • 1411A SRB
  • darrens@umich.edu

Multiscale MHD on solution adaptive grids. Visualization and graphics. Web design.  Code development.

R. Paul Drake
  • rpdrake@umich.edu

Experimental, theoretical and computer simulation of laboratory, space and astrophysical plasmas

Anthony (Tony) W. England
  • 2527A Space Research Building
  • england@umich.edu

Land surface and cryosphere thermophysical models / Microwave radiometry / Radiobrightness models for prairie and arctic terrains; and the... (more)

Lennard A Fisk
  • lafisk@umich.edu

Solar and Heliospheric Physics

Mark Flanner
  • 2527B Space Research Building
  • flanner@umich.edu
  • Cryosphere-climate interaction and feedback
  • Climate forcing by black carbon
  • Ice sheet energy balance
  • Snowpack... (more)
Richard A. Frazin
  • 1411C SRB
  • rfrazin@umich.edu

I have always been fascinated by how scientists learn about the Universe we all share.  After all, no one  can measure the ... (more)

Bruce Fryxell
  • 1424D
  • fryxell@umich.edu
Natalia Ganjushkina
  • 2438 SRB
  • ganuna@umich.edu
Jason A Gilbert
  • 2417A SRB
  • jagi@umich.edu

Space Hardware/instrumentation, specifically ion optics and mass spectrometry. Characteristics of the solar wind, pickup ions, and other... (more)

Brian E Gilchrist
  • gilchrst@umich.edu

Plasma electrodynamics for space propulsion technology; plasma diagnostics

George M. Gloeckler
  • gglo@umich.edu

Properties of the local interstellar medium, such as its magnetic field, density and composition of its gas, and its interaction with the solar... (more)

Tamas I Gombosi
  • 1517 SRB
  • tamas@umich.edu

Planetary science, space weather, heliospheric and magnetospheric physics, high-performance scientific computing

Kenneth C Hansen
  • kenhan@umich.edu

Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of comets and the magnetospheres of Jupiter and Saturn

Xianglei Huang
  • 1541A Space Research Bldg.
  • xianglei@umich.edu

Infrared radiative transfer and remote sensing; diagnostic analysis of satellite observations and climate simulations; hydrological cycle and its... (more)

Christiane Jablonowski
  • 1541B
  • cjablono@umich.edu
  • Adaptive mesh refinement techniques for weather and climate models
  • Dynamical cores of General... (more)
Xianzhe Jia
  • 1411B SRB
  • xzjia@umich.edu

Modeling of planetary magnetospheres and magnetosphere-moon interactions;

Magnetic properties of the satellites of Jupiter and Saturn

Paul A Keiter
  • 2106
  • pkeiter@umich.edu
Margaret G. Kivelson
  • mkivelso@umich.edu

Theory and data analysis of fields and particles in the solar system: properties of the internal magnetic fields of moons and planets,... (more)

Janet U. Kozyra
  • jukozyra@umich.edu

Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere - Ionosphere - Atmosphere Coupling Processes, Earth and Planetary Aeronomy

Carolyn C. Kuranz
  • 1424A SRB
  • ckuranz@umich.edu
Enrico Landi
  • 2426
  • elandi@umich.edu

1 - Solar physics (transition region, corona, solar wind, CMEs, flares, abundances etc)
2 - X-ray, EUV, UV spectroscopy
3 - Spectral... (more)

Susan T. Lepri
  • slepri@umich.edu

Solar wind composition; MHD modeling; solar and heliospheric physics

Michael W. Liemohn
  • 1436 SRB
  • liemohn@umich.edu

Plasma transport in the ionosphere and magnetosphere of the Earth and other solar system bodies

Ward (Chip) B Manchester
  • chipm@umich.edu

Solar physics, space weather modeling and coronal mass ejections

Frank J Marsik
  • marsik@umich.edu

Synoptic and Boundary Layer Meteorology; Weather Forecasting; Air Quality

Darren McKague
  • 1531A SRB
  • dmckague@umich.edu

Research interests include geophysical remote sensing - particularly passive microwave and inversion techniques - microwave radiometer design, and... (more)

Guy A Meadows
  • 1521B SRB
  • gmeadows@umich.edu

Physical oceanography,ocean engineering, ocean remote sensing, autonomous marine vehicles

Mark Moldwin
  • 1418 SRB
  • mmoldwin@umich.edu
  • Space Plasma Physics
  • Magnetospheric and Heliospheric Physics
  • Upper... (more)
Eric S. Myra
  • 1424B
  • emyra@umich.edu

Computational astrophysics;  radiation hydrodynamics;  shock waves;  high-energy-density physics; numerical analysis; ... (more)

Richard J Niciejewski
  • 2517C Space Research Building
  • niciejew@umich.edu

Laboratory and remote field site investigations of the thermodynamics of the terrestrial upper atmosphere, including the mesosphere and... (more)

Christopher Parkinson
  • theshire@umich.edu

Hydrodynamic escape from planetary atmospheres; photochemistry in extrasolar gas giant planetary atmospheres

Joyce E Penner
  • penner@umich.edu

Cloud and aerosol interactions and cloud microphysics, climate and climate change, global tropospheric chemistry and budgets,model... (more)

Derek J Posselt
  • 2517D SRB
  • dposselt@umich.edu

Climate change effects on clouds and precipitation; clouds and precipitation associated with tropical convective cloud clusters and midlatitude... (more)

Christopher J Poulsen
  • poulsen@umich.edu

Earth System History; paleoclimatology and paleoceanography

Nilton O. Renno
  • 1531C SRB
  • nrenno@umich.edu

Thermodynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, and instrument development

Aaron Ridley
  • ridley@umich.edu

Magnetosphere - Ionosphere Coupling
Thermospheric and Ionosphere Dynamics
Modeling of the near-Earth space environment
Data... (more)

Richard B Rood
  • 2525 Space Research Building
  • rbrood@umich.edu

I teach a class on climate change and the interface of climate change with all aspects of society. This has evolved into a class on climate change... (more)

Martin Rubin
  • 2129B SRB
  • rubinmar@umich.edu
Christopher Ruf
  • 1533 SRB
  • cruf@umich.edu

Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing

Perry Samson
  • 1539 Space Research Building
  • samson@umich.edu

Chemical meteorology; computer simulation of atmospheric transport and chemistry of contaminants, applications of meteorological and air pollution... (more)

Sanford Sillman
  • sillman@umich.edu

Tropospheric chemistry, models for global transport of chemically active species, urban and regional air quality, mathematical modeling for... (more)

Wilbert Skinner
  • 2517B
  • wskinner@umich.edu

Remote sensing of the atmospheres of the Earth and planets, particularly with optical techniques

James A. Slavin
  • 1517 SRB
  • jaslavin@umich.edu

Solar System Magnetic Fields

  • Solar Wind Interactions with Planets and Comets
  • Magnetospheric Physics
  • Spaceborne... (more)
Igor Sokolov
  • 1411C SRB
  • igorsok@umich.edu
  • Modeling of solar engetic particles and space environment
  • Data assimilation
  • Geospace data analysis
Allison L Steiner
  • 2517E Space Research Building
  • alsteine@umich.edu

Biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Regional climate modeling
Chemistry-climate interactions

Quentin F. Stout
  • 3605 CSE Building
  • qstout@umich.edu

Parallel computing, algorithms, software, scientific and statistical computing, adaptive designs, mathematics

Valeriy Tenishev
  • 2129B SRB
  • vtenishe@umich.edu
Gabor Toth
  • 1424C
  • gtoth@umich.edu

Algorithm and code development for space and plasma physics simulations.

 

 

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Bart van der Holst
  • 1432A SRB
  • bartvand@umich.edu
Timothy Wallington
  • twalling@umich.edu
Daniel Welling
  • dwelling@umich.edu
Michael H Wong
  • 1212 SRB
  • catarrh@umich.edu
Shasha Zou
  • 2132 SRB
  • shashaz@umich.edu

Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling; Substorms; Inner Magnetospheric Electrodynamics; Ionospheric Electrodynamics; Aurora Physics

Thomas Zurbuchen
  • thomasz@umich.edu

Solar and Heliospheric Physics, Experimental Space Research