Bec Batchelor

University of Canterbury        Christchurch, New Zealand    Physics             BSc (Hons)     2002

University of Canterbury        Christchurch, New Zealand    Physics             PhD                 2005

University of Toronto             Toronto, Canada                     Atmospheric Physics              2006-2009

National Center for Atmospheric Research   Boulder, CO            Atmospheric Physics              2010-2012

2020 – current             Research Associate, CIRES Education & Outreach, University of Colorado at Boulder

2019 – current             Adjunct Professor – Biology, Puerto Rican Outstanding Undergraduate Diversified Program, University of Puerto Rico - Humacao

2017 – 2018                Program Director, Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS), UCAR Center for Science Education

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, CO.

2012 – 2017                Education Specialist, UCAR Center for Science Education

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, CO.

2010 – 2012                Postdoctoral Scientist, Atmospheric Chemistry Division

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, CO.

2006 –2009                 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics

University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

2005 – 2006                Research Associate, McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Raytheon Polar Services, under contract to the US Antarctic Program.

• Leadership team for the HHMI Inclusive Excellence funded Puerto Rican Outstanding Undergraduates Diversified (PROUD) Program at University of Puerto Rico Humacao (2019-current)
• Co-PI of the NSF GOLD: Sparks for Change program aimed at supporting early career minority faculty and empowering cultural change toward broadening participation with small groups, NSF Award # 1645453 (2016-current)
• Former staff, scientific writing and professional development coordinator, Co-PI, and Director of the Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS) program, an undergraduate to graduate bridge program for broadening participation in the atmospheric and related sciences, NSF Awards #1641177 and #1120459 (2012-2018)
• Team member and writing workshop facilitator for the NSF REU site: Research Experience for Community College Students (RECCS) in Critical Zone Science, NSF Award #1461281 (2015-2018) and mentor for the current RECCS grant.
• AMS Education Symposium Planning Committee and session chair, (2017-2019)

American Society for Engineering Education. 2020: Cultivating Diversity Champions: Practices and Lessons from Two NSF Geoscience Opportunities for Leadership In Diversity (GOLD) Projects. Washington, DC; Chapter 3 pp 22-33, authors: R. Kirsch, R. L Batchelor, J. Crockett, B. King, and S. Habtes, available at https://www.asee.org/documents/publications/reports/2019-Cultivating-Diversity-Champions-GOLD.pdf

Batchelor, R. L., Habtes, S., Chen, J., 2019: Promising Approaches to Increasing the Engagement and Retention of Underrepresented Minorities: Insights from the NSF GOLD Program, American Society for Engineering Education Webinar 12/2019, available at https://www.asee.org/education-careers/continuing-education/webinars

Burt, M. A.; Haacker, R, Batchelor, R. L., and Denning, A.S., 2016: Increasing the Diversity of Your Graduate Program: Translating Best Practices into Success.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 1169–1172, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00004.1.

Sloan, V., Haacker, R., Batchelor, R. L., & Burt, M. A. 2018: Preparing Mentors for Research Internship Roles, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018, abstract #ED21C-0908

Bonine, K. E.., Dontsova, K., Batchelor, R.L., Brinkworth C., 2018: Immersive Undergraduate Research Experiences: Maximizing Benefits for Diverse Students, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2018, abstract #ED21C-0908

Batchelor, R. L., Crockett, J., Kirsch, R., King, B., Habtes, S. 2018: Sparks for Change: Supporting and Retaining Minority Faculty in the Geosciences, American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Austin, January 2018.

Kirsch, R., Batchelor, R.L. Habtes, S., King, B., Crockett, J., 2017: Small Groups, Big Change: Preliminary Findings from the Sparks for Change Institute, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2017, abstract #ED22B-07

Batchelor, R. L., F. Kolonjari, R. Lindenmaier, R. L. Mittermeier, W. Daffer, H. Fast, G. Manney, K. Strong, K. A. Walker, 2010: Four Fourier transform spectrometers and the Arctic polar vortex: Instrument intercomparison and ACE-FTS validation at Eureka during the IPY springs of 2007 and 2008, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 3, 51-66.

 Batchelor, R. L, Strong, K., Lindenmaier, R., Mittermeier, R., Fast, H., Drummond, J. R., Fogal, P. F., 2009: A new Bruker IFS 125HR FTIR spectrometer for the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory at Eureka, Canada - measurements and comparison with the existing Bomem DA8 spectrometer, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 26, 7, 1328-1340, doi: 10.1175/2009JTECHA1215.1.

Fisher, J. A., Jacob, D. J., Purdy, M. T., Kopacz, M., Le Sager, P., Carouge, C. C., Holmes, C. D., Yantosca, R. M., Batchelor, R. L., Strong, K., Diskin, G. S., Fuelberg, H. E., Holloway, J. S., Hyer, E. J., McMillan, W., Warner, J., Streets, D. G., Zhang, Q., Yang, Y. & Wu, S. 2010. Source attribution and interannual variability of Arctic pollution in spring constrained by aircraft (ARCTAS, ARCPAC) and satellite (AIRS) observations of carbon monoxide. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10 (3), 977-996.