Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

June 5, 2009

CIRES Graduate Students Earn Top Fellowships

Congratulations to the many CIRES graduate students awarded prestigious fellowships this spring.

NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship winners

  • Jessica Axson, Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Research topic: Atmospheric processing of methylglyoxal and glyoxal in aqueous environments
    Advisor: Veronica Vaida

  • Lin Liu, Physics
    Research topic: Using InSAR measurements to study salt tectonics in Colorado and crustal deformation near Jakobshavn Isbrae, Greenland
    Advisor: John Wahr

  • Carly Robinson, Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Research topic: Development and application of a soft-ionization technique for in-situ organic aerosol analysis
    Advisor: Jose Luis Jimenez

  • John Smith, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
    Research topic: Whole atmosphere LIDAR for study of whole-atmosphere waves and dynamics
    Advisor: Xinzhao Chu

  • Samantha Stevenson, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
    Research topic: Mechanisms of decadal ENSO variability in the CCSM3.5
    Advisor: Baylor Fox-Kemper

    • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship winners

  • Adriana Bailey, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
    Research topic: Assessing water vapor’s climate feedbacks using isotopologue retrievals
    Advisor: David Noone

  • Stephanie Higgins, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Geology
    Research topic: Hurricane intensity forecasting
    Advisor: Katja Friedrich (ATOC), Roger Bilham (Geology)

  • Kelly Ramirez, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    Research topic: The responses of soil microbial communities to anthropogenic nitrogen additions
    Advisor: Noah Fierer

    • NCAR Advanced Study Program

  • Jia Hu, Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    Research topic: Understanding the impacts of climate change on carbon and water dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau
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