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Photo,
Name, and Title |
Brief Biography |
Contact
Information |
Dianne Q. Robinson PhD
Professor, Hampton University, & CALIPSO Mission Outreach Director
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Dianne Robinson is a science professor and Chair of the Interdisciplinary Science Center (ISC) at Hampton University (HU). In addition to her duties as professor, she works closely with the HU Center for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS) directing three of their education and outreach programs for NASA satellite-based research missions CALIPSO, AIM, & SABER. As ISC Chair, she directs four GEOSCIENCE student and teacher outreach programs funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a NASA Earth Systems Science online course for teachers and undergraduates. Prior to becoming a professor, Dianne taught science to grades 5-12. She has a PhD in Science Education from the University of Iowa. |
Address:
PO Box 6142
Interdisciplinary Science Center (ISC)
Hampton University
Hampton, VA 23668
Phone: (757) 727-5869
Fax: (757) 728-6989
Email: dianne.robinson@hamptonu.edu
URLs:
http://calipsooutreach.hamptonu.edu
http://aim.hamptonu.edu
http://saberoutreach.hamptonu.edu |
Debra Krumm PhD
Director of CloudSat Education and Public Outreach |
Debbie Krumm is the Director of Education and Public Outreach for the NASA CloudSat Mission. Based in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, she works for Dr. Graeme Stephens, the Principal Investigator of CloudSat. She is a former museum curator and marine educator (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Florida) and a former coral reef paleoecologist. Her Ph.D. is in geology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. |
Address:
Colorado State University
Atmospheric Science Department
Campus Box 1371
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371
Phone: (970) 491-8790
Fax: (970)-491-8768
Email: dkrumm@atmos.colostate.edu
URLS: http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/ |
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Paul Adams, PhD
Professor Fort Hays University
& CALIPSO Outreach Instructor
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Paul Adams, Professor of Physics and Anschutz Professor of Education at Fort Hays State University, Hays, KS. He received his BS Degree in Physics and Mathematics at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, OH (1983); MS Degree in
Physics at Washington State University (1986), and PhD in Science Education with an emphasis in physics and earth science from Purdue University (1996). |
Address:
245 Tomanek Hall
600 Park Street
Hays, KS 67601-4099
Phone: 785-628-4538
Fax: 785-628-4146
Email: padams@fhsu.edu |
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Barbara H.
Maggi
Outreach Director,
Center for
Atmospheric Sciences, Hampton University
& Assistant
Outreach Director
CALIPSO Mission |
Barbara Maggi is the Outreach Director for the Hampton University
(HU) Center for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS). She works closely
with the HU Interdisciplinary Science Center serving as the Assistant
Outreach Director for three NASA satellite-based research missions
CALIPSO, AIM, & SABER. In addition, she develops and implements
student and teacher programs for a GEOSCIENCES grant funded by the
National Science Foundation. Barbara has developed and implemented
professional development programs for teachers for over 20 years. In
addition she has directed a NASA undergraduate mentorship program,
Advanced Undergraduate Research using Optical Radiation in the Atmosphere
(AURORA). In previous years she was a special education teacher,
technology/media specialist, and education specialist for the Virginia
Space Grant Consortium. She has a Masters in education from Old
Dominion University in Norfolk Virginia. |
Address:
23 Tyler Street
Center for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS)
Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23668
Phone: (757) 727-5869
Fax: (757) 727-5090
Email: barbara.maggi@hamptonu.edu
URLs:
http://calipsooutreach.hamptonu.edu
http://aim.hamptonu.edu
http://saberoutreach.hamptonu.edu |
Mike O'Dell, PhD
Roosth Chair of Science Education, University of Texas-Tyler
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Michael R.L. Odell, Ph.D. is the Roosth Chair of Science Education at the University of Texas-Tyler. Dr. Odell began his career in education as an Earth Science teacher in Irving, Texas (1984-1990). He received his B.A. in Geoscience (1984) and M.A.T. in Science Education (1989) from the University of Texas at Dallas. He went on to earn his Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction/Science Education (1993) from Indiana University. Prior to coming to UTT he was an Associate Professor of STEM Education at Illinois State University where he also served as an Assistant Dean of the College of Education (2005-06). Before ISU, Dr. Odell served as an Associate Professor of Science/Technology Education and Director of the Division of Teaching, Learning and Leadership at the University of Idaho (1993-2005). He was also a member of the Environmental Science Faculty. He served as an Associate Director of the Idaho Space Grant Consortium and the Project Director for the Idaho Virtual Campus. He also served as the Director of the Institute for Mathematics, Interactive Technologies and Science (IMITS) where he was involved in the development and implementation of numerous externally funded projects. He is best known for his work with the NOVA program (NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics), the Virtual Center for Online Learning Research (VCOLR), the Idaho GLOBE Program, and the National Space Grant College and Fellowship program. He has served as a National Space Grant Fellow at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (1995-97) and as a Faculty Fellow at NASA Kennedy Space Center (2003) in Florida. Currently Dr. Odell is involved in the research and development of online tools and strategies to improve achievement in science education. He currently serves on the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Aerospace Education Committee and the Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) Technology Education Committee. |
Address:
University of Texas at Tyler
Center for Teaching Excellence in Math and Science
College of Education and Psychology
Science 226
3900 University Blvd.
Tyler, TX 75799
Phone: 903.566.7149
Fax: 903.565.5648
E-mail: modell@uttyler.edu |
Paul T. Jones
Science Teacher, The School of International Studies at Meadowbrook
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Paul T. Jones is a middle school science teacher at The School of International Studies at Meadowbrook in Norfolk, Virginia. He is a 1995 graduate of Howard University in Washington, D.C. where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science. He has been a long time advocate for school age children having mentored middle and high school students since 1992. In the class, Paul brings real-life experiences to make the world of science come alive. Paul’s class has been featured on the NASA CONNECT episode titled, "The 'A' Train Express." He and his students also participated in a video teleconference, which focused on inquiry based problem solving, with students from France and NASA scientists. Outside of teaching, he enjoys spending quality time with family, attending student extra-curricular activities, camping, hiking and traveling. |
Address:
The School of International Studies at Meadowbrook
7620 Shirland Avenue
Norfolk, Va 23505
Phone: 757/451-4133 or 202/368-0583 (cell)
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Scientists |
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M. Patrick McCormick
Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at
Hampton University
& Co-Principal Investigator of the CALIPSO Mission |
For the past 44 years Dr. McCormick has been performing research on the development of sensors for measurement in the Earth’s atmosphere. This research has primarily focused on lidar and satellite limb extinction (occultation) techniques for characterization of aerosols, clouds, and other atmospheric species. Dr. McCormick is Principal Investigator for NASA’s SAM II, SAGE I, SAGE II, and SAGE III satellite experiments. These experiments are primarily aimed at studying aerosols, gaseous species, and chemical and dynamical processes in the middle atmosphere. With data from these satellite experiments and airborne lidar field campaigns, Dr. McCormick has named and characterized polar stratospheric cloud (PSCs) critical to understanding polar ozone loss chemistry (ozone hole). His satellite data are among the longest global data set on the particular species measured, and because of the nearly self-calibrating quality of the occultation technique, are being used for studying long-term global change. Dr. McCormick was also Project Scientist for LITE (the Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment) which had an exceedingly successful 10-day flight aboard the Space Shuttle in September 1994. LITE ushered in a new era of remote sensing as the first lidar to make atmospheric measurements from an Earth orbiting spacecraft. He has taken that new technology to be Co-Principal Investigator in a lidar experiment that will orbit the Earth called CALIPSO. |
Address:
Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Hampton University
Hampton, VA 23668
Phone: (757) 728-6867
Email: pat.mccormick@hamptonu.edu |
Tom Kovacs
Assistant Research Professor, HU
& Quid Pro Quo Validation Coordinator and Outreach Science Advisor |
I am an assistant research professor at Hampton University, where I teach atmospheric science and conduct research, mostly related to CALIPSO validation. I coordinate an international effort to exchange data between CALIPSO and 500 ground sites around the world. These sites -- which are on each continent, including Antarctica -- will collect data as CALIPSO passes overhead using ground-based lidars, sun photometers and radars. We will compare this data with actual CALIPSO data to test our confidence in the instruments. I am a member of the lidar science working group, and in addition to my role on the Science Team, I am the outreach science advisor. In this outreach role, I work with Dianne Robinson, outreach director, and Barb Maggi, the assistant director, to share CALIPSO-related science with students and teachers across the country and even around the world.
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Address:
Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Hampton University
Hampton, VA 23668
Phone: (757) 728-6745
Email: tom.kovacs@hamptonu.edu |
Deborah Vane
CloudSat Deputy Principal Investigator (JPL) |
Deborah Vane has held technical and management positions related to both Earth remote sensing missions and planetary missions. She successfully led the ESSP/CloudSat Proposal effort and the mission was awarded to JPL in April 1999. She is currently the Deputy Principal Investigator for CloudSat. Prior to her current assignment, she provided scientific and programmatic support to the JPL Chief Scientist, Dr. Moustafa Chahine, primarily for the development of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Program. In this capacity, she worked with the GEWEX Scientific Steering Group over several years to develop the concept for a cloud and radiation mission utilizing a cloud profiling radar, a concept that eventually became the CloudSat mission. Deb has a B.A., Physics, University of Colorado, 1976, with Honors. Phi Beta Kappa. |
Address:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena CA
Phone: 818-354-3708
Email: dvane@mail1.jpl.nasa.gov |
Graeme Stephens, PhD
CloudSat, PI &
CALIPSO, Science Team Member & GLOBE Science Advisor |
Professor Graeme Stephens completed his B.S. degree with honors from the University of Melbourne in 1973 and received his Ph.D. degree in 1977 from the same university. He was appointed to the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research in 1977 as a research scientist and was promoted to senior research scientist in 1982. During 1979 and 1980 Dr. Stephens was a post-doctoral research student at the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. He then joined the faculty of that department as an Associate Professor in 1984 and in the spring of 1991 was promoted to Professor. Graeme's research activities focus on atmospheric radiation and on the application of remote sensing in climate research, with particular emphasis on understanding the role of hydrological processes in climate change. Graeme has published over 134 reviewed articles, 8 book chapters and is the author of Remote Sensing of the Lower Atmosphere: An Introduction. Oxford Univ. Press, March 1994. In addition to his scientific research, Graeme is also a talented artist, currently working on a series of cloud paintings. |
Address:
Colorado State University
Atmospheric Science Department
Campus Box 1371
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371
Phone: (970) 491-8550
Fax: (970)-491-8166
Email: stephens@atmos.colostate.edu
URLS:
http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/
http://cloudsat.atmos.colostate.edu/CSMart.php
Interesting Article:
Stephens, G. L., 2003: The useful pursuit of shadows: The study of clouds and its influence on science and the human culture. American Scientist, 91, 5, 442-449. |
Ed Celarier, PhD
Scientist NASA GSFC
& Contractor with SGT, Inc.
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Dr. Celarier works in remote sensing of the Earth's atmosphere at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, as a contractor with SGT, Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland. His work there has concerned the retrieval of atmospheric trace gas (ozone, nitrogen dioxide) concentrations from satellite data (SBUV, TOMS, OMI), and the determination of UV exposure at the Earth's surface from satellite measurements of ozone and clouds. He received B.S. degrees in Chemistry and Physics/Astronomy from the University of Washington, Seattle, and his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Toronto. He did postdoctoral research in Physical Chemistry at Princeton University, and was Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Hampton University before taking his current position. Besides his work at NASA, he volunteers as a science teacher for Adventures in Science, a program sponsored by 4-H and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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Phone: (301) 614-6041
Fax: (301) 614-5903
Email: celarier@jwocky.gsfc.nasa.gov |
Dave Hudak
Research Scientist, Environment Canada
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Dr. David Hudak is a research scientist heading the weather radar research section within the Science and Technology Branch of Environment Canada at King City, Ontario. He has been involved in cloud physics/radar meteorology research projects in the tropics, subtropics, mid-latitudes and the arctic during his 35 year career. Most recently, he participated in WMO missions to SE Asia and the Middle East as an expert in radar meteorology. He is currently a principal investigator of the Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Experiment and a member of the International CloudSat Science Team. He is also a co-investigator and cloud radar mentor at the Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) in Eureka in northern Canada. |
Address:
Science and Technology Branch
Environment Canada
14780 Jane Street
King City, Ontario L7B 1A3
CANADA
Phone: 905-833-3896,x242
Fax: 905-833-039
Email: David.Hudak@ec.gc.ca
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John Anderson, PhD
Research Professor, Center for Atmospheric Sciences at Hampton University |
I am from Rockford, Illinois and a 1981 graduate of Rockford East high school. I enlisted in the United States Air Force and proudly served my country from February 1982 through January 1986 as a certified weather observer. I did my undergraduate studies at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb Illinois. I received a B.S. degree in Meteorology and a B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics from NIU in 1990. I recieved a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from North Carolina State University in the spring of 1998. |
Address:
Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Hampton University
Hampton, VA 23668
Phone: (757) 727-5106
Email: john.anderson@hamptonu.edu |
Bill Paterson, PhD
Research Professor, Center for Atmospheric Sciences at Hampton University |
Dr. Bill Paterson is Research Professor in the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at Hampton University, where he teaches courses in astronomy and space science. He is a Co-Investigator for the charged-particle anlayzer on board the Geotail spacecraft, which is a joint U.S./Japanese mission that has been exploring Earth's space environment and Sun/Earth connections since 1992. He was previously a Co-Investigator for the plasma analyzer for the Galileo mission to Jupiter. His current research includes studies of the northern lights, and the processes in space that drive them, and studies of the space environments of Jupiter and its moons. |
Address:
Center for Atmospheric Sciences
Hampton University
Hampton, VA 23668
Phone: (757) 728-6401
Email: bill.paterson@hamptonu.edu |
Guest Speakers |
Jim Botti, Ph.D.
Educational Consultant |
Dr. Jim Botti is a graduate of Penn State University and an educator with more than 35 years of teaching experience from grade school to graduate school. Since 1994 Dr. Botti has been Senior Educational Consultant and Instructional Designer for the NASA Classroom of the Future project at the Center for Educational Technologies at Wheeling Jesuit College in West Virginia. He is best known for using Problem Based Learning and Earth System Science to design and develop online courses and educational resources for teachers. Presently Dr. Botti is Co-Director of the The K-16 PBL Consortium. |
Address:
NASA Classroom of the Future
Center for Educational Technologies
Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling, West Virginia 26003
Phone: (800) 641-8806
E-mail: jimbotti@comcast.net
URLs:
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
http://www.cet.edu/essea/
http://www.cet.edu/earthinfo/ |
Chris Giersch
NASA CONNECT
Program Manager/
Coordination Producer
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Chris Giersch is a native of Virginia Beach, Virginia. He attended Penn State University, in State College, Pennsylvania where he received a bachelors of science degree in Aerospace Engineering. He has gone on to complete a Masters of Science Degree in Secondary Education at Old Dominion University, in Norfolk, Virginia. While at Old Dominion University, Chris worked under Dr. Dwight W. Allen, Eminent Scholar and Professor of School Reform. He co-designed Telequiz, an on-line testing protocol and laid the groundwork for the first on-line class at the Darden College of Education. Chris worked for Norfolk Public Schools in Norfolk, Virginia as a high school math and science teacher. While teaching at Lake Taylor High School, he worked as an Educator in Resident at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia writing curriculum for the Emmy Award winning program, NASA CONNECT. Since becoming Program Manager, NASA CONNECT has won five regional Emmy Awards and twenty other various education awards. |
Address:
NASA CONNECT
NASA's Center for Distance Learning
NASA LaRC
Mail Stop 400
Hampton, VA 23681
Phone: (757) 864-6590
Fax: (757) 864-8835
Email: c.giersch@larc.nasa.gov
URL: http://connect.larc.nasa.gov |
Coordinators |
Aileen M. Seshun
Adjunct Instructor, Hampton University
Education Coordinator for CALIPSO Mission
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Aileen Seshun is an adjunct instructor at Hampton University (HU). She teaches Introduction to Physical Science an online earth systems science course. Currently, she works with Dr. Dianne Robinson & Barbara Maggi assisting with the coordination of education and outreach programs for NASA satellite-based missions: CALIPSO, SABER, & AIM. She previously coordinated the Hampton University Geoscience programs funded by NSF. Aileen has also served as an adjunct instructor at Elizabeth City State University (ECSU). At ECSU, she coordinated an outreach program involving 4 NC & 2 VA middle schools. The program, You Be the Scientist, involved working with satellite imaging from several different NOAA & NASA satellites. Aileen is a resident of North Carolina and has a Master of Education in Instructional Systems from Penn State University. |
Address:
PO Box 6142
Interdisciplinary Science Center (ISC)
Hampton University
Hampton, VA, 23668
Phone: (757) 727-5869
Fax: (757) 727-5869
Email:aileen.seshun@hamptonu.edu OR
transes@mchsi.com
URLs:
http://calipsooutreach.hamptonu.edu
http://aim.hamptonu.edu
http://saberoutreach.hamptonu.edu |
Emily Hill
CALIPSO Outreach Graphics & Web Designer
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Emily Hill is a graphic and web designer who contracts with the Center for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS) at Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia. Among other projects, she designed, developed, and currently maintains three NASA satellite mission web sites: AIM, CALIPSO Outreach, and SABER Outreach. She also designs CALIPSO mission graphics and posters.
Emily received her B.A.S. from the Rochester Institute of Technology where she studied computer science and digital imaging and publishing. |
Phone: (757) 869-1796
Email: emilymwhill@earthlink.net
URLs:
http://calipsooutreach.hamptonu.edu
http://aim.hamptonu.edu
http://saberoutreach.hamptonu.edu
http://cas.hamptonu.edu |
Sue Lini
Research Coordinator CloudSat |
Susan Lini has been the Research Program Coordinator for Graeme Stephens Research Group at Colorado State University for over 20 years. She spends significant time negotiating contracts, implementing cost accounting standards, and responding to requirements for NASA and JPL. She also coordinates meetings, work extensively in human resources areas, and participates actively in CloudSat/GLOBE outreach activities. |
Address:
Atmospheric Science
1371 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins CO 80523-1371
Phone: 970-491-8550
Fax: 970-491-8166
Email: lini@atmos.colostate.edu |
Nan McClurg
The GLOBE Program |
Nandini (Nan) McClurg is the U.S. Regional Desk Officer for the GLOBE Program and also manages the GLOBE Help Desk at Colorado State University, where she oversees the answering of emails and phone inquiries from GLOBE teachers, students and Partners. Nan has a B.Sc. in Human Development & Family Studies from Colorado State University and an Assoc. Degree in Computer Science from Wichita State University. She has been with the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University since 1983, where she served as a Research Coordinator with Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) from 1983 to 2003 and joined the GLOBE Program in 2003.
Nan is the recipient of the 2005 Multiethnic Faculty and Staff Distinguished Service Award from the Colorado State University where she is currently working on her Masters in Business. |
Address:
Atmospheric Science
1371 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Ft. Collins, CO 80523-1371 USA
Phone: 970-491-8580 or 800-858-9947
Fax: 970-491-8768
Email: mcclurg@atmos.colostate.edu |
