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Research Groups at CIRES

Research groups are the smallest unit of CIRES but also the backbone of our institute. They vary in size from a few researchers to as many as fifty or more. These groups are engaged in research spanning all fields of the environmental sciences from the solid Earth, biology, the atmosphere, and the oceans to the cryosphere. Listed here are just a few of the research groups within the Institute.

Atmospheric Dynamics and Remote Sensing: Balsley Group	Earthquakes and Tectonic Plate Motions: Bilham Group.	Polar Climate and Meteorology: Cassano Group
Land Use and Climate Change: Chase Group	LIDAR and Remote Sensing for Atmospheric/Space Science and Environmental Research: Chu Group	The Molecular Evolution of Catalysts: Copley Group
Atmospheric VOC Research: DeGouw Group.	Structure, Function of Microbial Communities: Fierer Group	Ocean Physics and Its Role in Climate: Fox-Kemper Group.
Atmospheric Aerosols: Jimenez Group.	Tectonics of the Western United States:. Jones Group	Mountain Range Formation and Continental Lithosphere Deformation: Molnar Group
Cryospheric Research: National Snow and Ice Data Center Group	Climate Modeling - Water and the Carbon Cycle: Noone Group	Land-atmosphere Interactions: Pielke Group
Arctic Climate Change: Steffen Group	Geophysics - Crust and Upper Mantle Structure Sheehan Group	Inhalable Aerosol Vaccines: Global Health Group (Sievers)
Atmospheric Science and Heterogeneous Chemistry: Tolbert Group	Geomorphology and landscape evolution: Tucker Group	Molecular Level Atmospheric Chemistry: Vaida Group
Atmospheric Data and Environmental Change: Weatherhead Group	Landscape and Ecosystem Ecology: Wessman Group

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Research Groups at CIRES