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CIRES' Visiting Fellows Program

opportunities for rewarding collaborations in a world-class research setting

Under the sponsorship of NOAA, CIRES offers Visiting Fellowships at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Every year CIRES awards several visiting fellowships to scientists at many levels, from postdoctoral to senior level. Since 1967 more than 265 people have been Visiting Fellows at CIRES, including previous CIRES Director, Susan Avery, and current Director, Konrad Steffen. A Research and Education Fellowship is specifically funded for work in the area of education and outreach.

Current Fellows: 2011-2012

Matthew Druckenmiller

Matthew Druckenmiller
Project: Providing usable sea ice information to Arctic coastal communities in Alaska

Sponsor: Mark Serreze

Alison Duvall

Alison Duvall
Project: Landscape response to strike-slip faulting: a case study of the Marlborough Fault Zone, South Island, New Zealand

Sponsor: Greg Tucker

Juliane Fry

Juliane Fry
Project: Investigating nitrate-initiated secondary organic aerosol formation in the laboratory and in Colorado Front Range forests

Sponsor: Fred Fehsenfeld

Klara Hlouchova

Klara Hlouchova
Project: Study of pentachlorophenol hydroxylase, a key enzyme in a novel microbial metabolic pathway for pentachlorophenol degradation

Sponsor: Shelley Copley

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Krishna Kumar Kanikicharla
Project: Seasonal forecasting of Indian summer monsoon rainfall: Diagnostics and synthesis of regional and global signals

Sponsor: Balaji Rajagopalan

Faezeh Nick

Faezeh Nick
Project: Numerical modeling of Greenland outlet glaciers and the implementation of calving criteria in 3-D ice sheet models

Sponsor: Konrad Steffen

Francis Poulin

Francis Poulin
Project: Western intensification in the ocean by submesoscale dynamics

Sponsor: Baylor Fox-Kemper

Delores Robinson

Delores Robinson
Project: How does erosion affect mountain building?

Sponsor: Peter Molnar

Laurel Saito

Laurel Saito
Project: Interdisciplinary modeling for climate change impacts on water resources at Shasta Lake

Sponsor: Balaji Rajagopalan

James Sickman

James Sickman
Project: Inter-decadal variability in aquatic ecosystems of the Sierra Nevada; a synthesis of the 30-year record from Emerald Lake, Sequoia National Park

Sponsor: William Lewis

Dirk van As

Dirk van As
Project: Merging Greenland automatic weather station networks for increased accuracy in ice sheet surface mass balance estimates

Sponsor: Konrad Steffen

Y. Heidi Yoon

Y. Heidi Yoon
Project: Spectroscopic studies of Titan particles

Sponsor: Margaret Tolbert

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Application Information

Now accepting applications until December 31, 2011. Awards will be announced in Spring 2012.

2012 Selection Committee:

  • Balaji Rajagopalan, chair
  • David Noone
  • Judith Perlwitz
  • Anne Sheehan
  • Carol Wessman
  • Suzanne van Drunick
  • Karen Dempsey, ex officio

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