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People of the Chu Research Group
 Bo Tan (PhD student), Dr. Wentao Huang (Research Scientist II), Chihoko Yamashita (PhD student), Jonathan Fentzke (PhD student), Prof. Xinzhao Chu (Associate Professor), Johannes Wiig (PhD student), Paloma Farias (master student), John Smith (master-PhD student), Sheldon Coutinho (undergraduate). [ full resolution version | 2007 ]
Prof. Xinzhao Chu (Xinzhao.Chu@Colorado.edu, 303-492-3280, CIRES 241)
Her research interests include the lidar technology and applications, the atmospheric and space sciences with observations and models, the atomic, molecular, and laser spectroscopy as well as photonics, optoelectronics, and quantum electronics. Prof. Chu receives research funding from the National Science Foundation and European Space Agency. She is a Fellow of CIRES that is funded by CU and NOAA, and an Associate Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. She teaches graduate classes of spectroscopy and lidar remote sensing, and undergraduate class ASEN 3300 "Electronics and Communications".
Dr. Wentao Huang (Wentao.Huang@Colorado.edu, 303-735-1466, CIRES 1B46)
Dr. Wentao Huang is a Research Scientist II at CIRES. His research interests are in the femtosecond laser spectroscopy, high resolution laser spectroscopy for lidar remote sensing, lidar technology and instrumentation, and atmospheric science in polar regions. He is a member of the lidar Consortium Technology Center (CTC). He is currently working on the Na double-edge magneto-optical filter (Na-DEMOF) project, the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) lidar project, CTC lidar technology development, Raman spectroscopy for Greenland lidar project, and polar atmospheric science study.
Graduate Students
Jonathan Fentzke (Jonathan.Fentzke@colorado.edu)
Mr. Jonathan Fentzke is a Ph. D. student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences since August 2005, working on the meteor science and lidar observations of meteor trails at the Arecibo Observatory (AO) in Puerto Rico. He is supported by Dr. Diego Janches of the Colorado Research Associates (CoRA) and being co-advised by Dr.
Diego Janches at CoRA and Dr. Jonathan Friedman at AO. He has passed both preliminary and comprehensive exams.
Johannes Wiig (Arne.Wiig@colorado.edu, 303-492-6713, CIRES 1B52)
Mr. Johannes Wiig is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences since August 2006. He is working on the CTC and MRI lidar development, the Na-DEMOF project, and atmospheric instability study. He has passed preliminary exam.
Chihoko Yamashita (Chihoko.Yamashita@Colorado.EDU, 303-735-1575, CIRES 1B49)
Ms. Chihoko Yamashita is a PhD student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. She started her study in Chu Research Group as a master student and defended her master thesis in April 2008 on characterization of stratospheric gravity waves at the South Pole and Rothera, Antarctica and correlation of stratospheric gravity waves to the polar mesospheric clouds with Fe Boltzmann lidar data. She is being supported by NCAR Newkirk Graduate Fellowship and is co-advised by Dr. Hanli Liu of NCAR to model gravity waves with an extended WRF and make comparisons to observations.
Paloma Farias (Paloma.Farias@colorado.edu, 303-492-6713, CIRES 1B52)
Ms. Paloma Farias is a master student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences since August 2006. She has been working on the Arecibo K Doppler lidar instrumentation for daytime capability and CTC web development. She will graduate in August 2008 with a master of science.
John Smith (john.anthony.smith@gmail.com, 303-735-1575, CIRES 1B49)
Mr. John Smith is currently a master student but will soon become a PhD student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences. He started in summer 2007 and has developed a robust LabVIEW-based laser frequency stabilization system with phase sensitive detection servo loop for Doppler lidar application. He is developing beam optimization techniques for CTC and MRI. He is also working on Arecibo daytime K Doppler lidar project.
Bo Tan (Bo.Tan@Colorado.edu or botan.pku@gmail.com, 303-735-1575, CIRES 1B49)
Mr. Bo Tan is a new PhD student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences starting on June 1, 2008. He is learning and working on lidar technology, laser spectroscopy, and lidar and satellite data analyses for atmospheric science study.
Collaborators
Close collaborators to the Chu research group include:
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