Earth System Science Faculty

bitzer p Phillip Bitzer 
Assistant Professor
Lightning 
Office: NSSTC 4012
Phone: 256.824.2482
Email: pm.bitzer@uah.edu
carey-l Larry Carey, PhD
Associate Professor
Radar Remote Sensing, Severe Weather 
Office: CH 4082
Phone: 256.961.7909
Email: larry.carey@nsstc.uah.edu
christopher s-fac Sundar A. Christopher, PhD
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, PhD
Distinguished Professor, Director of ESSC
Climate, Climate Dynamics 
Office: NSSTC 4040
Phone: 256.961.7763
Email: christy@nsstc.uah.edu
griffin-r Robert Griffin, PhD
Assistant Professor
GIS and Remote Sensing, Human-Ecosystem
Dynamics
Office: CH 4082
Phone: 256.961.7783
Email: rgriffin@nsstc.uah.edu
han-q Qingyuan Han, PhD
Associate Professor
Satellite Cloud Climatology, Remote Sensing, 
Radiative Transfer 
Office: NSSTC
Phone: 256.961.7785
Email: han@nsstc.uah.edu
knupp-k Kevin Knupp, PhD
Professor
Ground-Based Remote Sensing, Cloud and Boundary
Layer Processes, Severe Storms 
Office: NSSTC
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, PhD
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, PhD
Assistant Professor
Land, Atmosphere, and Ecosystem Processes 
Office: NSSTC 3072
Phone: 256.961.7841
Email: nair@nsstc.uah.edu
newchurch-m Michael J. Newchurch, PhD
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, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Mesoscale Modeling, Global Change 
Office: CH 3048
Phone: 256.961.7734
Email: don.perkey@nsstc.uah.edu
sever-t Tom Sever, PhD
Professor
Remote Sensing, GIS Technology 
Office: CH 4044
Phone: 256.961.7958
Email: tom.sever@nasa.gov
vaughan-w William W. Vaughan, PhD
Research Professor
Satellite Meteorology, Reference and Standard
Atmospheres Aerospace Meteorology 
Office: CH 3070
Phone: 256.961.7759
Email: vaughan@nsstc.uah.edu

Adjunct & Emeritus Faculty

Monte Bateman, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Lightning and Thunderstorms 
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: monte.bateman@msfc.nasa.gov
Arastoo Pour Biazar, PhD
Air Quality Modeling, Mesoscale Modeling, 
Satellite Data Assimilation 
Office: NSSTC 3041
Phone: 256.961.7970
Email: biazar@nsstc.uah.edu
Jason Burkes
National Weather Service Meteorologist 
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: jason.burks@nsstc.uah.edu
Lawrence Carey, PhD
Research Scientist
Radar Meteorology, Lightning and Cloud Electrification,
Precipitation Physics, Severe Storms 
Office: CH 4082
Phone: 256.961.7909
Email: larry.carey@nsstc.uah.edu
Daniel Cecil
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Hurricanes 
Office: NSSTC
Phone: 256.961.7549
Email: cecild@uah.edu
Hugh Christian, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Lightning and Thunderstorms 
Office: NSSTC
Phone: 256.961.7828
Email: hugh.christian@nsstc.uah.edu
Timothy A. Coleman, PhD
Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor
Atmospheric Dynamics, Radar Meteorology and
Severe Storms 
Office: CRH 3068
Phone: 256.961.7911
Email: coleman@nsstc.uah.edu
Oskar M. Essenwanger, PhD
Research Professor
Statistical Climatology 
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: oskar.essenwanger@nsstc.uah.edu 
Kirk Fuller, PhD 
Research Scientist 
Applied Microparticle Optics and Radiometry 
Office: NSSTC 3033
Phone: 256.961.7799
Email: kirk.fuller@nsstc.uah.edu
Noor Gillani, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Atmospheric Chemistry 
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: gillani@nsstc.uah.edu
Gary Jedlovec, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Radiation, Remote Sensing 
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: gary.jedlovec@nsstc.uah.edu
Shobha Kondragunta, PhD
Research Scientist, NOAA-NESDIS 
Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division,
Senior Physics Branch 
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: shobha.kondragunta@noaa.gov 
William M. Lapenta, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Synoptic Meteorology, Atmospheric Dynamics 
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: william.lapenta@nsstc.uah.edu
Timothy Miller, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: tim.miller@msfc.nasa.gov
Udaysankar S. Nair, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Mesoscale Modeling, Remote Sensing, Land Atmosphere
Interactions, Climate and Ecosystems 
Office: NSSTC 3072
Phone: 256.961.7841
Email: nair@nsstc.uah.edu
Walt Petersen, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Precipitation Processes, Radar Meteorology, Cloud
Physics and Atmospheric Electricity 
Office: N/A
Phone: N/A
Email: walt.petersen@msfc.nasa.gov