Atmospheric Science Faculty

bitzer p Phillip Bitzer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lightning 
Office: NSSTC 4012
Phone: 256.824.2482
Email: philip.bitzer@nsstc.uah.edu
carey-l Larry Carey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Radar Remote Sensing, Severe Weather 
Office: NSSTC 4002
Phone: 256.961.7909
Email: larry.carey@nsstc.uah.edu
christopher s-fac Sundar A. Christopher, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Atmospheric Science,
Associate Director of ESSC
Satellite Remote Sensing, Earth Radiation Budget 
Office: NSSTC 4042
Phone: 256.961.7872
Email: sundar@nsstc.uah.edu
christy-j John R. Christy, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Director of ESSC
Climate, Climate Dynamics 
Office: NSSTC 4040
Phone: 256.961.7763
Email: christy@nsstc.uah.edu
griffin-r Robert Griffin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
GIS and Remote Sensing, Human-Ecosystem
Dynamics
Office: NSSTC 3046
Phone: 256.961.7783
Email: rgriffin@nsstc.uah.edu
han-q Qingyuan Han, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Satellite Cloud Climatology, Remote Sensing,
Radiative Transfer 
Office: NSSTC 3047
Phone: 256.961.7785
Email: han@nsstc.uah.edu
knupp-k Kevin Knupp, Ph.D.
Professor
Ground-Based Remote Sensing, Cloud and Boundary
Layer Processes, Severe Storms 
Office: NSSTC 3052
Phone: 256.961.7762
Email: kevin.knupp@nsstc.uah.edu
mcnider Richard McNider
Professor Emeritus
 
Office: NSSTC 3051
Phone: 256.824.6456
Email: richard.mcnider@nsstc.uah.edu
mecikalski-j John R. Mecikalski, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Satellite Data Assimilation, Mesoscale Modeling,
Tropical Meteorology, Atmospheric Convection, 
Satellite Remote Sensing 
Office: NSSTC 3040
Phone: 256.961.7046
Email: johnm@nsstc.uah.edu 
nair-u Udaysankar Nair, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Land, Atmosphere, and Ecosystem Processes 
Office: NSSTC 3049
Phone: 256.961.7841
Email: nair@nsstc.uah.edu
newchurch-m Michael J. Newchurch, Ph.D.
Professor
Atmospheric Chemistry, Satellite Remote Sensing and
Air Quality Modeling 
Office: NSSTC 3042
Phone: 256.961.7825
Email: mike@nsstc.uah.edu
perkey-d Donald J. Perkey, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Mesoscale Modeling, Global Change 
Office: CH 3048
Phone: 256.961.7734
Email: don.perkey@nsstc.uah.edu
sever-t Tom Sever, Ph.D.
Professor
Remote Sensing, GIS Technology 
Office: NSSTC 3050
Phone: 256.961.7958
Email: tom.sever@nasa.gov
vaughan-w William W. Vaughan, Ph.D.
Research Professor
Satellite Meteorology, Reference and Standard
Atmospheres Aerospace Meteorology 
Office: CH 3070
Phone: 256.961.7759
Email: vaughan@nsstc.uah.edu

 Adjunct Faculty

Monte Bateman
Lightning and Thunderstorms
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: monte.bateman@mfsc.nasa.gov
Arastoo Pour Biazar, Ph.D.
Air Quality Monitoring, Mesoscale Monitoring, 
Satellite Data Assimilation 
Office: NSSTC 3041
Phone: 256.961.7970
Email: biazar@nsstc.uah.edu 
Daniel Cecil
Hurricanes
Office: NSSTC
Phone: 256.961.7549
Email: cecild@uah.edu 
Hugh Christian
Lightning and Thunderstorms
Office: NSSTC
Phone: 256.961.7828
Email: hugh.christian@nsstc.uah.edu
Timothy A. Coleman
Atmospheric Dynamics, Radar Meteorology and
Severe Storms 
Office: CRH 3068
Phone: 256.961.7911
Email: coleman@nsstc.uah.edu 
Kirk Fuller 
Applied Microparticle Optics and Radiometry
Office: NSSTC 3033
Phone: 256.961.7799
Email: kirk.fuller@nsstc.uah.edu
Gary Jedlovec, Ph.D.
Radiation, Remote Sensing
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: gary.jedlovec@nsstc.uah.edu
Timothy Miller
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: tim.miller@msfc.nasa.gov
Walt Peterson, Ph.D. 
Precipitation Processes, Radar Meteorology, 
Cloud Physics and Atmospheric Electricity
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: walt.peterson@msfc.nasa.gov