SOKOLIK RESEARCH GROUP:

Erica Alston

Ph.D. Student
Current research project:
Synergistic use of remotely sensed data for improved air quality assessment in the United States

Greg Boer

Ph.D. Student
Current research project: High spectral resolution signature of tropospheric aerosol and radiative forcing in the thermal IR

Hyung-Jin Choi

Ph.D. Student
Current research project: CALIPSO lidar sensing of atmospheric mineral dust

Cindy Jackson

(co-advised with Dr. Dufek)
Ph.D. Student
Current research project: Remote sensing and climate impact of volcanic aerosols

Prashant Kumar

(co-advised with Dr. Nenes)
Ph.D. Student
Current research project: Interactions of mineral dust with clouds

Zheng Lu

Ph.D. Student
Current research project: Impacts of aerosol on the hydrological cycle in the Arctic

Ph.D. Student
Current research project: Characterization of dry land surface properties using satellite remote sensing data

Ph.D. Student
Current research project: Impacts of aerosol on land-atmopshere interactions

RECENT GRADUATES:

Anton Darmenov (Ph.D. 2008)
PhD thesis: Developing and testing a coupled regional modeling system for establishing an integrated modeling and observational framework for dust aerosol
Tom Kampe (Ph.D. 2008)
PhD thesis: Data analysis from remote sensing to better constrain emission and transport of carbonaceous aerosol and carbon monoxide resulting from burning processes
Gill-Ran Jeong (Ph.D. 2007)
PhD thesis: Investigation of mineral dust aerosols-chemistry interactions in the marine environments
Bryan Karpowicz (M.S. 2006)
Kremena Darmenova (Ph.D. 2006)
PhD thesis: Integrated spatiotemporal characterization of dust sources and outbreaks in Central and East Asia
Olga Kalashnikova (Ph.D. 2002)
PhD thesis: Modeling optical properties of nonspherical soil-derived dust particles for remote sensing applications
Ana Lia Quijano (Ph.D. 2001)
PhD thesis: Investigation of radiative impacts of mineral dust: Implications for climate change and remote sensing