CIRES Graduate Student Research Fellowship Recipients, 2011-2012
Kelli Archie
CIRES Ph.D. student: Environmental Studies
Advisor: Lisa Dilling
Archie’s research focuses on climate change adaptation, in particular decision maker information demand.
Jessica Axson
CIRES Ph.D. student: Chemistry
Advisor: Veronica Vaida
Axson’s research focuses on the atmospheric processing of methylglyoxal in aqueous environments.
Scott Bachman
CIRES Ph.D. student: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Advisor: Baylor Fox-Kemper
Bachman’s research focuses on the scaling and parameterization of oceanic mesoscale eddies.
Chad Chaffin
CIRES Masters student: Aerospace Engineering Sciences
Advisor: Ben Balsley
Chaffin's research focuses on atmospheric data acquisition, ranging from wind vectors to air density.
Daniel Feucht
CIRES Ph.D. student: Geological Sciences
Advisor: Anne Sheehan
Feucht’s research focuses on the electromagnetic study of crust and mantle electrical conductivity beneath the Rio Grande Rift.
Ulyana Nadia Horodyskyj
CIRES Ph.D. student: Geological Sciences
Advisor: Roger Bilham
Horodyskyj’s research is focused on the formation and evolution of supra-glacial lakes on glaciers in the Himilaya and Karakoram.
Rui Li
CIRES Ph.D. student: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Advisor: Joost de Gouw
Li’s research focuses on the use of mass spectrometry to determine emissions and chemistry of atmospheric trace species.
Pablo Mendoza Zuniga
CIRES Ph.D. student: Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Advisor: Balaji Rajagopalan
Zuniga’s research focuses on flood forecasting and uncertainty treatment in hydrologic modeling.
Ryan Thalman
CIRES Ph.D. student: Chemistry and Biochemistry
Academic Advisor: Rainer Volkamer
Thalman’s research topic is on the measurement of atmospherically relevant trace gases in the laboratory and field using Light-emitting Diode Cavity Enhanced Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy.
