Past Lab Members

Research Associates and Visiting Scientists:

Dr. Shelley Knuth, Research Specialist, Spring 2007 - Fall 2008
Now Director of Research Computing, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Dr. Bjorn Brooks, Postdoctoral Scholar, Fall 2009 - Fall 2011
Now Data Scientist, Living Carbon, Asheville, NC

Dr. Shawn Serbin, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sept 2012 - Jan 2013
Now research ecologist, US Dept of Energy Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY

Dr. R. Quinn Thomas, Visiting Scientist, Fall 2012 - 2013
Now Associate Professor, Forest Resources and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Dr. Dong Hua, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Spring 2012 - Summer 2013
Now in IT, Rochester, MN

Dr. Manuel Helbig, Visiting Ph.D. Student, Summer 2016
Now Assistant Professor, Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr. David Reed, NSF AGS Post Doctoral Fellow, May 2015 - Sep 2017
Now Research Scientist, Yale University

Xinchen Lu, Visiting M.S. student, summer 2018
Now Ph.D. student, University of California-Berkeley

Melissa Breeden, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Sept 2018 - July 2019
Now NOAA Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow, NOAA ESRL

Xiaowu Xu, Visiting Ph.D. student, Nov 2018-August 2019
Now PhD Student, Beijing Forestry University

Minmin Sun, Visiting Ph.D. student, Fall 2018-Spring 2021
Now PhD student, Sun-Yet Sen University

Brian Butterworth, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2019-2021
Now Associate Scientist, NOAA CIRES, Boulder, CO

Luise Wanner, Visiting Ph.D. student, Fall 2021
Now PhD student, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Marleen van Soest, Visiting M.S. student, Spring 2022
Now MS student, Utrecht University, Netherlands

Susi Wiesner, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2022
Now Assistant Professor, U Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI

Ph.D. Students:

Dr. Justin Bagley, Ph.D. 2011, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Now Energy Emissions Associate at Carbon Lighthouse, San Francisco, CA

Dr. Benjamin Sulman, Ph.D. 2012, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Now Research Scientist, Dept of Energy Oak Ridge National Labs

Dr. Malgorzata Gosia Golub, Ph.D. 2016, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Now Research Associate, Dundalk Institute of Technology (DKIT), Ireland

Dr. Ke Xu, Ph.D. 2018, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Now in Boulder, CO

Dr. Jess Richardson (Turner), Ph.D. 2023, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Now Research Manager, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Dr. Andi Muttaqin, Ph.D. 2023, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Now Professor, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Dr. Sreenath Paleri, Ph.D. 2023, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Now Research Associate, NOAA ATDD, Boulder, CO

Dr. Ammara Talib, Ph.D. 2023, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Now Research Associate, Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA

Dr. Bailey Murphy, Ph.D. 2023, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Now Research Associate, Dept of Energy Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, TN

M.S. Students:

Ben Sulman, M.S. 2009, see above

Will Ahue, M.S. 2010, now Meteorologist, National Weather Service, Portland, OR

Kristine Jimenez, Fall 2010-Spring 2011, now Clinical Research Professional, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, OH

Ruben Behnke, M.S. 2011, Ph.D. U Montana 2017, now Nebraska Mesonet Manager, Lincoln, NE

Matt Rydzik, M.S. 2012, now Meteorological Application Developer, Commodity Weather Group, Bethesda, MD

Sean DuBois, M.S. 2015, now Environmental Scientist, ICF, Washington, DC

Tommy Jasmin, M.S. 2016, Environment and Resources, now Associate Instrument Innovator, UW Space Science and Engineering, Madison, WI

James Simkins, M.S. 2017, AOS, now Applications Programmer, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

Molly Aufforth, M.S. 2018, AOS, now hydrometeorologist, NOAA National Weather Service, North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC), Chanhassen, MN.

Ryan Clare, M.S. 2018, AOS, now at NOAA National Weather Service, Office of Water Prediction

Jess Turner, M.S. 2020, Environment and Resources, see above

Anthony Crespo Bernal Ayala, M.S. 2020, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, now Ph.D. student, AOS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bailey Murphy, M.S. 2020, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, see above

Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani, M.S. 2022, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, now Ph.D. student, AOS, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Undergraduate Fellow and Interns:

Katie Framstad, WISPIRG fellow, Spring 2009
Michael Balliett, UW Trout Lake Station Juday Fellow, Summer 2009
Nicole Schroeder, Senior thesis student, Fall 2009-Summer 2010
Victoria Vasys, NSF REU Fellow + Intern, Summer 2009-Summer 2010 (co-advisor with Galen McKinley , U.WI)
Jennifer Welch, Summer intern, Summer 2010
Ihor Sehinovych, Undergraduate Research Scholar, 2010-2011
Ryan Harp, Research intern, Summer 2011
Molly Young, Bio 152 Research Intern, Spring 2012
Amanda Gumber, NSF REU, Summer 2012
Austin Thomas, NSF REU, Summer 2012
Jason Edler, NSF REU, Summer 2013
Luke Besaw, NSF REU, Summer 2013
Mohammed Amin, LTER research assistant, Summer 2013
Kelsey Egelhoff, Research Intern (Ameriflux), Summer 2014
Lewis Kunik, NOAA Hollings Scholar, Spring-Summer 2015
Emily Whitaker, NSF REU (LTER), Summer 2015
Nick Hill, Undergraduate intern (Ameriflux), Summer 2015
Connor Klosterman, Undergraduate intern (Ameriflux), Summer 2015
Nick Gubbins, Undergraduate intern (LTER), Summer 2015
Gabriel Bromley, Undergraduate/NEON intern, 2015-2016
John McCarty , Research volunteer, 2015-2016
Henry Nuckles, Research intern, Spring 2016
Zachary Hansen, Post-M.S. fellow, Spring 2016
Amelia Flannery, NTL LTER undergraduate research intern, Summer 2016
Carolyn Pugh, Ameriflux undergraduate research intern, Summer 2016
Madison Richter, research volunteer intern, Summer 2016
Anna Zibinski, Biology 152 intern, Fall 2016
Kip Nielson, AOS senior thesis student, 2016-2017
Allison Lobue, Ameriflux intern, 2016-2017
Lena Tao, Biology 152 intern, Spring 2017
Aidan Borkan, Biology 152 intern, Spring 2017
Hayley Huerd, LTER/NSF REU intern, Summer 2017
Robyn Roberts, LTER intern, Summer 2017
Martin Calderon, Doris Duke Conservation Scholar, Fall 2017
Angela Baldocchi, LTER intern, Summer-Fall 2017
Zack Taebel, Ameriflux intern, senior thesis student, 2017-2018
Leo Mikula, CHEESEHEAD research intern, 2019
Dan Hauck, USDA DFRC research intern, 2019-2020
Xiang Liu, research intern, Summer 2020
Jordan Ambrose, NSF REU (CHEESEHEAD), Summer 2021
James Mineau, CHEESEHEAD intern/AOS senior thesis, 2019-2022
Ilana Greenspan, Ameriflux intern, Summer 2022
Raia Ottenheimer, Ameriflux intern, Summer 2022
Derek Hsu, AOS Student Research Program participant, Summer 2022
Ree Klumb, research intern, Summer 2022
Isabella Butcher-Salazar, STORM REU intern, Summer 2023
Ryenne Julian, STORM REU intern, Summer 2024
Rodrigo Villoria, Visiting exchange student, Summer 2024

Teaching Assistants:

Dan Hartung, TA, AOS 171, Fall 2007 and 2009
Monica Harkey, TA, AOS 171, Fall 2008
Kathryn Mozer, TA, AOS 171, Fall 2010
Darren Pilcher, TA, AOS 171, Fall 2012
Ross Dixon, TA, AOS 171, Fall 2014
Ke Xu, TA, AOS 171, Fall 2016
Ammara Talib, TA, AOS 404, Fall 2018
Bailey Murphy, TA, AOS 171, Fall 2018
Iman Nasif, Course Assistant, AOS 404, Spring 2020
Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani, TA, AOS 171, Fall 2021

Undergrad writing fellows:

Pre-College (high school/middle school) lab interns: