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We are seeking outstanding applicants for faculty positions. Please visit Faculty Vacancies to browse opportunities with UAH.
The Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science is a nationally recognized academic organization boasting world-class faculty. Students and facilities are co-located with UAH's Earth System Science Center, NOAA National Weather Service, NASA, and other partners at the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC).
Understand the Earth and beyond
AES combines quantitative science, hands-on training, and the collaboration of ideas to encompass all components of the earth system — air, rock, water, and life — to gain a comprehensive understanding of the world as we know it. Above all, AES is a vibrant learning community where research and education go hand in hand.
Students interested in seeking a master’s or doctoral degree can specialize in a variety of topic areas, such as GIS and remote sensing, atmospheric chemistry, land surface processes, air quality, geospatial analysis, mesoscale modeling, land-atmosphere interactions, severe weather, and much more.
UAH graduate student turns childhood fascination with storms into award-winning research career
Madison Wallner, a graduate research assistant of Atmospheric and Earth Science (AES) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, a childhood moment of awe has grown into a professional pursuit: the study of thunderstorms to predict why some events grow so much larger, leading to potential new prediction models.
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National Space Science & Technology Center
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL 35899
256.961.7877
aes@uah.edu