Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Congratulations to departmental alum Gretchen Mullendore who was recently selected as the next Director of the Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology Laboratory (MMM) at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Mullendore is currently a professor and chair of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of North Dakota. 

The American Geophysical Union (AGU) selected new Atmospheric Sciences faculty member, Alex Turner, as the recipient of the 2020 AGU James R. Holton Award. This award recognizes early-career scientists with exceptional scientific research contributions and accomplishments who are no more than three years past receiving a Ph.D degree.