Current ACIL Team Members

Bethany Sutherland

PhD Student

My research is focused on reducing the uncertainty in current estimates of the direct radiative effect (DRE) of aerosols using NASA’s High Spectral Resolution Lidar (HSRL)-retrieved data and CATCH (Creating Aerosol Types from CHemistry)-derived aerosol types. RRTMG (Rapid Radiative Transfer Model for GCMs) will be used to calculate global DRE estimates.

Ajmal Rasheeda Satheesh

PhD Student

My Research is on determining a novel methodology to develop turbulent flux of atmospheric particles by combining a Doppler Lidar and a High Spectral Resolution Lidar. Eddy Covariance (EC) method will be used to determine the fluxes using the retrieved aerosol optical properties. The retrieved flux values will be compared with in situ measurements from the ARM Field Campaign at the SGP site in Oklahoma.

Matthew Romm

PhD Student

My research focuses on ocean-atmosphere interactions, with an emphasis on how iron aerosol deposition influences phytoplankton growth. My work makes use of both modeling techniques using the Community Earth System Model (CESM) and remote sensing.

Jonah Hazelwood

MS Student

My research involves designing a mobile data acquisition system (DAQ) to accurately measure sub-20 nm nanoparticle concentrations and emissions based on known sources, sinks, and behavioral patterns of nanoparticles.

Stephanie Bachman

MS Student

My research focuses on source identification of sub-10nm particles using air dispersion models to backtrace measured particle concentration data. Utilizing the AERMOD Modeling System, my work evaluates the influence of micrometeorology on particle concentrations and reproduces the particle number dependence on the PBL height.

Tyas Pujiastuti

MS Student

I am working to derive the sea salt particle emission rate using the remotely sensed (Doppler lidar) and in situ data collected during the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE) field campaign.

Andrea Benz

Undergraduate Student

I am a fourth-year undergraduate in meteorology at NC State University. Helping to develop MEA 493 Atmospheric Sciences Instrumentation Course.