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The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is happy to announce that Shawn Wagner has joined our department as a Research Scientist as of June 2024! Shawn obtained his BS and MS in atmospheric science at UND, and is in the process of completing his PhD in physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Shawn specializes in […]

Fred Remer, Meteorology and Aviation professor retires after 33 years of service at the University of North Dakota. From teaching every aviation student’s favorite class, Aviation Meteorology, to flying UND’s Citation research jet, there’s almost nothing Associate Professor Fred Remer hasn’t done during his time at the University of North Dakota. Having taught at UND […]

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Daile Zhang is joining the ATSC faculty as a tenure-track Assistant Professor beginning in Fall 2024!  Among her classes, Daile will be teaching ATSC-240: Meteorological Instrumentation, ATSC-450: Intro. to Cloud Physics Meteorology, and ATSC-575: Special Topics in Meteorology: Atmospheric Electricity. Daile is currently an […]

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Jake Carstens is joining the ATSC faculty as a tenure-track Assistant Professor beginning in Fall 2024! Among his classes, Jake will be teaching ATSC-530: Numerical Weather Prediction (Fall 2024), ATSC-310: Introduction to Weather Forecasting (Spring 2025), and ATSC-315: Broadcast Meteorology (Fall 2025). He will […]

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Jordan Christian will be joining us as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Fall 2024. Jordan will be teaching ATSC-270 Computer Concepts and ATSC-405 Numerical Methods among his classes. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Meteorology at the University of […]

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences is pleased to announce that Dr. Jared W. Marquis is joining our department as a tenure-track Assistant Professor starting Fall 2024! Jared received his PhD from UND in 2021 and currently works as a Assistant Teaching Professor at UND where he has taught several undergraduate and graduate courses. During his […]

UND Aerospace was recently featured in an article on Dronelife talking about the WindAware system developed by the Department of Atmospheric Sciences: Innovative Wind Prediction System “WindAware” Could Enhance UAS Safety and Efficiency in Urban Airspace

Dr. Aaron Kennedy, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in Atmospheric Sciences, has been named a recipient of the Fulbright Iceland-National Science Foundation Arctic Research Grant through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program for the 2024-2025 competition. As a Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Kennedy will bring his instrumentation and novel methods of observing falling and blowing snow […]

Principal Investigator Marwa Majdi, research assistant professor of Atmospheric Sciences, and Co-Principal Investigator Jared Marquis, assistant professor of Atmospheric Sciences with their senior mentor Dr. David Delene, a research professor at the atmospheric sciences department, presented their research project outcomes at the Early Career Award Program event occurred on December 6th, 2023. The multidisciplinary team […]

Jianglong Zhang and Jared Marquis are Co-Is for a recently awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines project titled “Food systems Adapted for Resiliency and Maximized Security (FARMS)”. The competitive award funds programs that help solve food insecurity and expand economic opportunities. The NSF Engines program was authorized by the bipartisan CHIPS and Science […]