Team Awards

Alyssa Sabolis

Alyssa Sabolis, a first year MEAS graduate student, was awarded the NC Space Grant Fellowship ($6000) for the 2009-2010 academic year. Her research titled “Quantification of Marine Biogenic Isoprene Fluxes from the NC Coast Using Remotely Sensed Data” is being conducted under the supervision of Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze. Using the remotely sensed and field data Alyssa will create, for the first time, accurate, high resolution maps of marine biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions from the North Carolina coast. NC Space Grant (http://www.ncspacegrant.org/) is a part of the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program established by U.S. Congress and implemented by NASA. This competitively awarded program selects awardees based on the quality of research proposals and academic achievements.

Matthew Johnson

Matthew Johnson was awarded summer fellowship for Graduate Student Summer Program in Earth System Science 2009 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's (GSFC). This prestigious program is designed to stimulate interest in interdisciplinary Earth sciences studies by enabling selected students to carry out an intensive research project at GSFC's Earth Sciences Division.

Matthew recently defended his MS degree at MEAS and continues his PhD studies under the supervision of Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze. More details can be found at: http://neptune.gsfc.nasa.gov/gradsummerinstitute/docs/2009_GSSP_Poster.pdf.

Matthew Johnson, second year MEAS graduate student was awarded the NC Space Grant Fellowship ($6000) for the 2008-2009 academic year. His research titled "Implementation of Dust Mineralogy and Sources into GEOS-Chem: Application for Iron Deposition in the Southern Oceans" is being conducted under supervision of Dr. Nicholas Meskhidze. In his project Matthew plans to update mineral dust source locations in Patagonia using satellite remotely sensed data. GEOS-Chem model with improved dust source regions and nested grid formulation will be used for better quantification of dust and iron deposition to the Southern Oceans and the role of South American dust in carbon sequestration and climate transitions.

Brett Gantt

Brett Gantt received EPA's National Network for Environmental Management Studies (NNEMS) Fellowship Program for the summer of 2008. He went to EPA's RTP office to design and implement a research project that furthers the knowledge base of the critical linkages between ecosystems and air quality. The project goal is to improve the scientific justification for secondary standards of criteria pollutants such as sulfur dioxide.

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Former Memebers:

Matthew Igel

Matthew Igel received Carolinas Air Pollution Control Association Scholarship.

Matthew Igel received NCSU Undergraduate Research Award Grant.

Matthew Igel received AMS Atmospheric Chemistry Travel Grant.

Matthew Igel received AMS Travel Grant for the 2009 AMS conference in Phoenix, AZ.

Adele Lichtenberger

Adele Lichtenberger Received the U.S. Department of Energy's Global Change Education Program (GCEP) internship for the summer 2008. GCEP research encompasses a wide variety of study areas, including atmospheric sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climatology, and terrestrial processes. Adele worked in Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State analyzing cloud and aerosol data from an aircraft campaign carried out in Oklahoma 2007.

Adele Lichtenberger was also awarded the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings (Hollings) scholarship. Ernest F. Hollings scholarship program is designed to increase undergraduate training in oceanic and atmospheric science, research, technology, and education and foster multidisciplinary training opportunities and increase public understanding and support for stewardship of the ocean and atmosphere and improve environmental literacy. The scholarship provides $8,000 of academic assistance for two years and a paid internship for summer 2009.

Adele Lichtenberger Received AMS Travel Grant for the 2009 AMS conference in Phoenix, AZ.