June 8, 2009 | In May the UCAR
Board of Trustees appointed two new senior scientists: Jeffrey Stith
and Peter Sullivan. Senior scientists provide NCAR with long-term
scientific leadership. The position is analogous to that of full
professor at a tenure-granting university. Selections are based on
individual competence in research and activities that enhance NCAR's
interaction with scientists in the broader community. In addition,
seven NCAR researchers have been promoted to the Scientist III level,
which is one step below senior scientist.

Jeffrey Stith (EOL)

Jeffrey Stith

Jeff
Stith has headed EOL’s Research Aviation Facility since 1999. His
management focus is on developing facilities, instrumentation, and
techniques to observe clouds with instrumented aircraft, along with
making these capabilities available to other researchers. His research
interests have included atmospheric aerosol influences on cloud
microstructure; the use of tracers to study cloud circulations and
document aerosol effects; studies of entrainment in cumulus clouds;
nitrogen oxide production by lightning; and characterizing ice
formation processes in cumulus clouds. He is currently examining the
role of Asian dust as possible ice nuclei in storms in the northern
Pacific Ocean.

Jeff holds a doctorate in atmospheric
sciences from the University of Washington. Most of his career prior to
joining EOL was as a faculty member in the department of atmospheric
sciences at the University of North Dakota.

Peter Sullivan (ESSL/MMM)

Peter Sullivan

Peter Sullivan has been part of MMM since 1991. His research
interests have included simulations and measurements of turbulence in
geophysical settings; subgrid-scale modeling; air-sea interaction;
effects of surface gravity (water) waves on marine boundary layers;
impacts of stratification; turbulent flow over hills; and numerical
methods. He uses large-eddy and direct numerical simulations to
investigate turbulent processes in both the atmospheric boundary layer
and the ocean mixed layer. Two of his current interests are developing
a large-eddy simulation model of high-wind marine boundary layers with
a resolved spectrum of time-dependent surface waves, and incorporating
wave effects in hurricane-driven ocean mixed layers.

Peter holds a doctorate in civil engineering from Colorado State
University, where he is also an affiliate faculty member. Before he
came to NCAR, he worked in aerodynamics research at the Boeing Company.

Scientist IIIs

Thomas Karl (ESSL/ACD)

Rebecca Morss (ESSL/MMM and ISP)

Ramachandran Nair (CISL/IMAGe)

Stephan Sain (CISL/IMAGe)

James Smith (ESSL/ACD)

Britton Stephens (EOL)

Michael Wiltberger (ESSL/HAO)

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