Irina Sokolik

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Irina N. Sokolik
CURRICULUM VITAE

Sokolik, Irina N.

Professor
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, 30332-0340
Ph.: 404-894-6180    Fax: 404-894-5638
E-mail: isokolik@eas.gatech.edu

EDUCATION:

1984 M.S. Atmospheric physics Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
1989 Ph.D. Atmospheric physics Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

2003-present Professor, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA.
1999-2003 Associate Professor, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder.
1997-1999 Research Associate, PAOS/LASP, University of Colorado at Boulder.
1996-1997 Research Scientist, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, and NASA/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.
1993-1996 Research Associate, NASA/Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
1991-1993 Visiting Scientist, CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder.
1984-1990 Research Scientist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

CURRENT FIELDS OF INTEREST:

Remote sensing and radiative transfer in the atmosphere; dynamics and properties of atmospheric aerosols and clouds and their effects on the climate, environment, air quality and atmospheric chemistry; aerosol-land-atmosphere interactions; integration of ground-based and satellite data with regional transport models.

Honors, Awards, and Recognitions:

  • 2009: Certificate of Appreciation for valuable contributions that have helped make IPY2007-2008 a success and an enduring example of international collaboration. World Meteorological Organization and International Council for Science.
  • 2008: Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of valuable contribution and outstanding support to the Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) and the NASA Earth Science Technology Office.
  • 2008, 2009: "Thank A Teacher" certificate for excellence in teaching, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
  • 2008: Outstanding Faculty Leadership for the Development of Graduate Research Assistants Award, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta.
  • 7/1991 - 7/1992: Visiting Scientist Fellowship, CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder.
  • 2/1993 - 2/1996: Research Associateship, National Research Council/NASA Ames Research Center.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

  • Fall08, EAS6145 Graduate course: Remote sensing of the atmosphere and oceans
  • Spring08, EAS 8803, Graduate course: Aerosol and precipitation
  • Fall07, EAS 8803, Graduate course: Atmospheric radiative transfer
  • Spring07, EAS6145 Graduate course: Remote sensing of the atmosphere and oceans
  • Spring06, EAS8802 Graduate course: Clouds, aerosols and climate
  • Fall05, EAS8803 Graduate course: Atmospheric radiative transfer
  • Spring05, EAS8803 Graduate course: Remote sensing of the atmosphere and oceans
  • Spring04, EAS8803 Graduate course: Remote sensing of the atmosphere and oceans
  • Spring04, ATOC6020 Graduate seminars: Modeling and measurements of atmospheric aerosols
  • Fall03, ATOC6020 Graduate seminars: Modeling and measurements of atmospheric aerosols
  • Spring03, ATOC5235 Graduate course: Remote sensing of the atmosphere and oceans
  • Spring03, ATOC6020 Graduate seminars: Modeling and measurements of atmospheric aerosols
  • Fall02, ATOC5560 Graduate course: Introduction to radiative transfer processes
  • Fall02, ATOC6020 Graduate seminars: Modeling and measurements of atmospheric aerosols
  • Spring 02, ATOC5235 Graduate course: Remote sensing of the atmosphere and oceans
  • Spring 02, ATOC6020 Graduate seminars: Modeling and measurements of atmospheric aerosols
  • Fall01, ATOC6020 Graduate seminars: Modeling and measurements of atmospheric aerosols
  • Fall00, ATOC/ASTR5560 Graduate course: Radiative transfer processes in planetary atmospheres

RECENT SCHOLARY SERVICES:

  • Journal Reviewer for Science, Nature, Journal of Climate, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Aerosol Science.
  • Proposal Reviewer for National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, NOAA, NASA, German National Science Foundation, Netherlands National Science Foundation.
  • External Promotion and Tenure Package Reviewer for Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah; Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California; City University of Hong Kong.
  • Member, Science Team, Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI), 2003-present.
  • Member, CALIPSO Science Team, 2005-present.
  • Invited Editor, Special issue on SAMUM in Tellus (expected publication - spring 2008).
  • Co-Convener and Session Chair, Session: "Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative (NEESPI): Integrated Approach to Regional Climate and Environment Change Studies', American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 2007.
  • Co-Organizer, Workshop"Northern Eurasia land surface properties and change and its role in the Global Earth System",Aspen Climate Change Institute, Aspen, CO, Aug., 2007.
  • Co-Convener, Session: “Northern Eurasia Regional Climate and Environmental Change”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 2006.
  • Invited Editor, Special issue on "Northern Eurasia Regional Climate and Environmental Change" in Journal of Global and Environmental Change (published fall 2006).
  • Co-Convener and Invited Speaker, Session: “Northern Eurasia Regional Climate and Environmental Change”, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, 2004.
  • Co-Organizer, Special issue “Quantifying the Radiative and Biogeochemical Impacts of Mineral Dust” in Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmosphere (expected publication: Jan. 2005).
  • Co-Organizer and Session Chair, Second International Workshop on Mineral Dust, Paris, France, September 10-12, 2003.
  • Member, Science Team, ACE-Asia (Aerosol Characterization Experiment in Asia), 2000-2003; contributed to the Science and Implementation Plan.
  • Organizer, Special issue on Mineral dust in Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres (35 contributing papers, published 2001).
  • Invited Lecturer, NCAR ASP Summer School: Interactions among Aerosols, Climate and the Hydrological Cycle, July, 2002
  • Organizer, Co-Convener and Invited Speaker, Dust Symposium, 8th Scientific Assembly of IAMAS (International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences), Innsbruck, Austria, July 2001.
  • Organizer and Chair, Workshop on Mineral Dust, June 9-11, 1999, Boulder (about 100 participants from 9 countries).

Committees–Georgia Institute of Technology:

  • Member, College of Sciences Dean Advisory Committee, 2004-2007
  • Chair, EAS Graduate Studies Committee, 2006-present
  • Member, EAS Chair Review Committee, 2007-2008
  • Member, EAS Graduate Studies Committee, 2004-2006
  • Member, EAS Faculty Search Committee, 2004-05
  • Member, EAS Graduate Admissions Committee, 2003-04

Committees – University of Colorado at Boulder:

  • Chair, Committee on Academic Community and Diversity, Univ. of CO, Fall 2002/Spring03
  • Member, Art and Science Council, Univ. of CO, Fall2001/Spring03
  • Member, Personnel Committee, Univ. of CO, Fall2001/Spring02
  • Member, Executive Committee, Univ. of CO, Fall 2002
  • Chair, PAOS, Admission Committee, Fall 2002/Spring03
  • Member, PAOS Executive Committee, Fall2002/Spring03
  • Member, Post Tenure Review Committee for Prof. Webster, Fall2001
  • Member, PAOS Admission Committee, Fall2000/Spring01
  • Member, PAOS Laboratory and Facilities Committee, Fall2000/ Spring01
  • Member, Tenure committee for Prof. Lynch, Fall2000
  • Member, PAOS Strategic Plan Committee, Fall2000

Membership in Professional and Honor Societies:

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Graduate and Undergraduate Students Supervised/Principal Advisor:

  • Ana Lia Quijano (Ph.D. 2001), University of Oxford, UK
  • Olga Kalashnikova (Ph.D. 2002), Scientist at Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
  • Kremena Darmenova (Ph.D. 2006), Postdoc at Georgia Tech
  • Bryan Karpowicz (M.S. 2006)
  • Gill-Ran Jeong (Ph.D. 2007), Postdoc at MIT
  • Thomas Kampe (Ph.D. 2008), Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
  • Erica Alston ((PhD. student, 2007-present), co-advised with Dr.Curry
  • Gregory Boer (Ph.D. student, 2001-present)
  • Huyng-Jin Choi (Ph.D. student, 2006-present)
  • Anton Darmenov (Ph.D. student, 2003-present)
  • Prashant Kumar (PhD. student, 2007-present), co-advised with Dr.Nenes
  • Zheng Lu (PhD. student, 2007-present)
  • Drexel Waggoner (Ph.D. student, 2004-present)
  • Xi Xin (PhD. student, 2007-present)

Postdoctoral Fellows and Researches Supervised:

  • Dr. Kremena Darmenova (2006-present)
  • Dr. Aleks Karabanov (2008-present)
  • Dr. Yasunori Kurosaki (2006-2008)
  • Dr. Sandra Lafon (2004-2006)
  • Dr. Jie Xuan (2000-2003)

Dissertation/Thesis Committee or Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee:

  • Georgia Institute of Technology:
    • Chair, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Marilee Roel, EAS.
    • Chair, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Changsub Shim, EAS.
    • Chair, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Wenxian Zhang, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Huyng-Jin Choi, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Manuel Zuluaga, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Erica Alston, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Alisa Holley, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Shekhar Chandra, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Drexel Waggoner, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Khara Lombardi, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Kremena Darmenova, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Greg Boer, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Gill-Ran Jeong, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Anton Darmenov, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Bryan Karpowicz, EAS.
    • Chair, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Kremena Darmenova, EAS.
    • Chair, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Gill-Ran Jeong, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Donifan Barahona, ChBE.
    • Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Kurcak Kaynak, CEE.
    • Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Yaping He, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Jerald Estupinan, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Aleksandr Karabanov, EAS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Dissertation Committee for Saiwung Kim, EAS.
  • University of Paris VII/XII:
    • Member, Dissertation Committee for Sandra Lafon.
  • University of Colorado:
    • Chair, Master Committee for James McCreight, PAOS, University of Colorado.
    • Chair, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Olga Kalashnikova, PAOS.
    • Chair, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Lansing Madry, PAOS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Ana Lia Quijano, PAOS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Tom Kampe, PAOS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Daria Halkides, PAOS.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Janet Intieri, ASEN.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Teresa Segura, ASEN.
    • Member, Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee for Peter Colarco, PAOS.
    • Member, Dissertation Committee for Ana Lia Quijano, Ph.D. Candidate in PAOS
    • Member, Dissertation Committee for Sandy Starkweather, Ph.D. Candidate in Geography.
    • Member, Dissertation Committee for Hugh Morrison, Ph.D. Candidate in PAOS.
    • Member, Dissertation Committee for Janet Intieri, Ph.D. Candidate in ASEN.
    • Member, Dissertation Committee for Peter Colarco, Ph.D. Candidate in PAOS.
    • Member, Dissertation Committee for Teresa Segura, Ph.D. Candidate in PAOS.
    • Member, Dissertation Committee for Timothy Benner, Ph.D. Candidate in PAOS.