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- Alexander, Joan
- Baldwin, Mark
- Barnes, Graham
- Becker, Erich
- Beste, Samuel
- Biggs, Janet
- Birch, Aaron
- Bramberger, Martina
- Braun, Douglas
- Brown, William
- Bruno, Marissa
- Bullock, Greg
- Carranza, Magdalena
- Cherkassky, Alexandra
- Claret, Mariona
- Corcos, Milena
- Crouch, Ashley
- Danioux, Eric
- DeBoer, Philip
- Delisi, Donald
- Delisi, Bergen
- Dinglasan, Aldrich
- Dissauer, Karin
- Dunkerton, Philip
- Early, Jeffrey
- Elipot, Shane
- Espinosa Valencia, Michael
- Fentzke, Jonathan
- Fodorean, Talida
- Forero Shelton, Manu
- Frahm, Andrew
- Franke, Patricia
- Fremouw, Edward
- Fridman, Sergey
- Gregory, Alice
- Guerrero, Heidi
- Hami, Maryam
- Hausman, Mark
- Hogan, Matthew
- Holt, Laura
- Hulse, Linea
- Javornik, Brenda
- Katsaros, Kristina
- Knepp, Dennis
- Kramer, Kelsey
- Kraut, Shawn
- Kunze, Eric
- Leka, KD
- Lelong, Pascale
- Levy, Gad
- Liepert, Beate
- Lindsey, Charles
- Mahrt, Larry
- Manney, Gloria
- Mote, Philip
- Muschinski, Andreas
- Naylor, Jason
- Neshyba, Steven
- Nickisch, LJ
- Oltman-Shay, Joan
- Ortland, David
- Pahlavan, Hamid
- Parkhurst, Cameron
- Parsons, David
- Petty, Sara
- Pittman, Jasna
- Poplawski, Orion
- Pruis, Matthew
- Robins, Robert
- Rowe, Penny
- Schecter, David
- Secan, James
- Shay, Dana
- Smalls, Ken
- Smith, Francis
- Solorzano, Natalia
- Spooner, Chad
- Sun, Jielun
- Thomas, Jeremy
- Tolkova, Elena
- Twohy, Cynthia
- Twomey, Susan
- Vadas, Sharon
- Vadas Arendt, Mariana
- Wagner, Eric
- Wang, Hannah (Huan)
- Werne, Joseph
- Woodard, Martin
- Woods, Jennifer
- Wortham, Cimarron
- Yeung, Grace
- Zabotin, Nikolay
- Zabotina, Liudmila
- Zuidema, Catharine
- Zunich, George
Vice President, Senior Research Scientist, Director - Boulder, CO
alexand@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x204
Personal website
Research interests: Atmospheric Sciences. Atmospheric dynamics, waves, convection, global circulation modeling, mesoscale modeling, satellite, aircraft, balloon-borne observations, and middle atmosphere studies
Affiliate Scientist, Director
mark99baldwin@gmail.com
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: Atmospheric Sciences. The Arctic Oscillation, stratosphere-troposphere coupling, and propagation of planetary-scale waves in the troposphere and stratosphere.
Senior Research Scientist, Director - Boulder, CO
graham@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x234
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Space Physics. Magnetohydrodynamics, numerical modeling of space plasmas.
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
erich.becker@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x225
Boulder Operations Manager, Benefits Manager, Proposal Manager - Boulder, CO
303 415 9701 x0 (Main Boulder Ph #)
Affiliate Scientist
birch@mps.mpg.de
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Solar physics, local helioseismology, solar interior.
Affiliate Scientist
bramberg@ucar.edu
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Vice President, Senior Research Scientist, Director - Boulder, CO
dbraun@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x226
Personal website
Research interests: Space Physics - solar and astrophysics. Local helioseismology, solar interior.
Assistant Contracts Administrator - Monterey, CA
831-582-4900 (Main Monterey Office Ph #)
Research Scientist - Monterey, CA
greg@nwra.com
(831) 582-4907
Curriculum vitae
Affiliate Scientist
edanioux@gmail.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Inertia-gravity waves. Geophysical turbulence. Interaction between balanced and unbalanced motions. Mixed layer dynamics.
Founder, Chairman of the Board, Executive Vice President, Senior Research Scientist, Director - Seattle, WA
Research interests: Acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of laboratory and field measurements of vortex evolution, internal waves, and turbulent flows; comparisons of field data with laboratory measurements and numerical simulations; experimental fluid mechanics; analysis and interpretation of atmospheric and oceanic flows.
Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
dissauer@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x218
Curriculum vitae
Senior Research Scientist - Seattle, WA
jearly@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: Mesoscale and large scale physical oceanography; the application of symmetry methods to geophysical fluid dynamics
Affiliate Scientist
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Research focus on Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (MLT) studies including modeling, simulation, and data fusion using Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) and Lidar. Interests include collisional plasma processes in the E-Region of the Ionosphere as well as meteoric smoke measurements and their relation to the Micrometeoric Input Function (MIF).
Founder, Emeritus
Personal website
Research interests: Near-Earth Space Science: ionospheric physics (satellite experiments & radiowave tomographic imaging) and radio propagation (scintillation observations & modeling).
Senior Research Scientist - Monterey, CA
sergey@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Electromagnetic propagation in randomly structured ionization; Robust methods for solution of inverse problems and ill-posed problems; Ionospheric modeling for Over-the-Horizon radar coordinate registration; VHF/UHF ionospheric propagation and scintillations; Advanced signal processing for radar.
Senior Research Scientist - Monterey, CA
markhausman@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Research focus is on computer programs that model complex physical systems, specifically simulations and studies of ionospheric and space physics, and their effects on radar and communications systems. Fields of expertise include data translation (e.g., raw radar data from ROTHR and BMEWS) and data visualization.
Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
mhogan@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x224
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Experimental physics, astrophysics and atmospheric physics, parameter estimation using constraints, deep learning methods, and detector design.
Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
laura@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x239
Curriculum vitae
Senior Research Scientist - Monterey, CA
dennis.knepp@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae
Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
kelsey@nwra.com
(303) 415 9701 x227
Research interests: Atmospheric and Environmental Scientist with 5+ years of experience in remote sensing, ionospheric data analysis, GPS signal processing, and radiographic image processing. Solid background in MATLAB and IDL/ENVI programming for modeling and simulation purposes, along with diagnostic development. Worked in both government and academia settings to develop consistent analysis tools usable across industries. Strong understanding of the interdisciplinary nature of scientific research and the need for collaboration between different fields in order to meet the needs of a project and share findings.
Senior Research Scientist - Seattle, WA
kunze@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Understanding and parameterizing the effects of smallscale ocean processes on large scales, including the impacts of internal waves, turbulence, fronts, double diffusion and stratified turbulence.
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
leka@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x219
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: Space Physics. Solar physics, solar magnetic fields, sunspots and solar active regions, solar flares, polarimetry and instrumentation.
Senior Research Scientist, Director - Seattle, WA
pascale@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: Ocean and Earth Sciences. Geophysical fluid dynamics; perturbation and asymptotic methods; numerical modeling.
Affiliate Scientist
gad@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean and Earth Sciences
Affiliate Scientist
bgliepert@gmail.com
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: Climate variability from inter-annual to centennial time scales, water and energy cycle in a changing climate. Global dimming and brightening and its implications for climate including the water and carbon cycles. In-situ measurements of air pollution and radiative properties in urban and suburban environments on board hot-air balloons.
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
lindsey@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x238
Curriculum vitae
Senior Research Scientist - Corvallis, OR
mahrt@nwra.com
541-829-0980
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Nocturnal boundary layers, topographically modified flows, micrometeorology
Affiliate Scientist
pmote@coas.oregonstate.edu
Personal website
Research interests: Studies of clouds, water vapor, and radiation in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere.
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
andreas@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x228
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Atmospheric Physics. Atmospheric turbulence and waves; atmospheric remote sensing; optical, acoustic, and radio-wave propagation through the turbulent atmosphere; boundary-layer meteorology; atmospheric measurement science.
Vice President, Senior Research Scientist, Director - Monterey, CA
lj@nwra.com
(831) 582-4905
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Theoretical physics; computational physics and numerical simulation; electromagnetic propagation in randomly structured ionization; HF communication and signal specification in nuclear environments; over-the-horizon radar; VHF/UHF radar ionization-induced propagation effects; stochastic electrodynamics and ZPF-related physics.
President, Senior Research Scientist, Director - Seattle, WA
joshay@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: Field and model studies of nearshore (shoreline to nominally 10m depth) wave and current dynamics and the interplay with sediment- and morpho-dynamics.
Affiliate Scientist
qajariac@gmail.com
Research interests: Atmospheric sciences. Atmospheric and mathematical science.
Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
pahlavan@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x236
Curriculum vitae
Manager of Business Information Systems - Seattle, WA
Research interests: Python, Business Intelligence, Web Development, Computer Networking
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
DaveParsons@nwra.com
Research interests: Research interests: Understanding the structure, predictability, and impacts of extreme convective rainfall events in our warming climate. Utilizing convective-permitting models and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to understand both local and downstream forecast failures in weather and climate models. Research on mesoscale phenomena, such as the nocturnal low-level jet , atmospheric bores, and diurnal variations in orographic flows.
Affiliate Scientist
jvpittman@gmail.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Stratosphere-troposphere exchange, atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, greenhouse gases, stratospheric humidity, airborne measurements, satellite observations, chemistry-climate modeling.
Manager of IT Systems - Boulder, CO
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Computer and Network Administration, Software Development.
Senior Research Scientist - Seattle, WA
matt@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Experience in data analysis, turbulence and mixed layer processes, and data-model comparison studies. Research projects ranging from studies of the near-shore coastal environment, to deep-sea hydrothermal vents, to sea-ice modeling and field projects in the Arctic, to aircraft wake vortices. Recent work has included the A380 wake separation study group and participation in the FAA's ReCat Phase I project to reduce aircraft wake separation.
Affiliate Scientist
rerscicomp@gmail.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Computer modeling of hydrodynamic phenomena, including vortex evolution, internal wave propagation, and turbulent dissipation; validation of computer models by comparison of computer results with observational data; processing and visualization of scientific data; diversified computing experience: various micro, mini, main-frame, and super computer systems.
Research Scientist - Seattle, WA
penny@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: The interaction of clouds and trace gases with infrared radiation, particularly in Polar regions. Black carbon and other light-absorbing impurities in snow in Antarctica and the Chilean Andes. Scanning electron microscopy of ice crystals. Molecular dynamics calculations of ice.
Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
schecter@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x215
Personal website
Research interests: Atmospheric Research
Senior Research Scientist - Seattle, WA
jim@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Space physics. Ionospheric physics (modeling, observations, data analysis), space weather (effects of the space environment on satellite, communications, and navigation systems), and operational software design and implementation.
Affiliate Engineer
Research interests: Data acquisition systems, data analysis (time and frequency domain), industrial process control (stability analysis and hardware selection), analog/digital circuit design, electro-optical systems, microprocessor system design, heat-exchanger design.
Senior Research Scientist, Director - Monterey, CA
cmspooner@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Instruments and Software, Statistical Signal Processing, Higher-Order Statistics, Cyclostationary Signals, and Automatic Signal Classification
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
jielun@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x235
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: atmospheric physics especially in the atmospheric boundary layer including dynamics, turbulent mixing, in situ observations, turbulence-wave-interactions, air-land/sea interactions, trace gas transport, surface heterogeneity, and complex terrain; atmospheric energetics, and mesoscale dynamics.
Research Scientist - Seattle, WA
jeremy@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: I study geophysical electric and magnetic fields to further our understanding of Earth's atmosphere and space environment. Topics include lightning, middle atmospheric discharges such as sprites and ELVES, solar-terrestrial effects in the ionosphere and magnetosphere, and reports of geomagnetic and ionospheric precursors to earthquakes.
Affiliate Scientist
e.tolkova@gmail.com
Personal website
Research interests: Research areas: Tsunami dynamics; numerical modeling; time-series analysis
Affiliate Scientist
twohy@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Twohy conducts independent and collaborative research on atmospheric aerosol particles, clouds, and climate, using both field research and modeling. Most of her work involves making measurements from research aircraft in different regions around the globe. She studies how particles in clean and polluted environments form cloud droplets and ice and then influence climate through changes in cloud microphysics, radiative properties and precipitation.
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
vasha@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x202
Curriculum vitae | Personal website
Research interests: Atmospheric physics, gravity wave dissipation in the thermosphere, ray tracing gravity waves in the lower atmosphere and thermosphere, gravity wave source specification from convection, secondary gravity wave source specification, and modelling horizontal and vertical body forcing. Both analytical and numerical techniques are employed.
Senior Support Engineer - Boulder, CO
wagneric@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x221
Curriculum vitae
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
werne@cora.nwra.com | werne@nwra.com
(303) 415-9701 x207
Personal website
Research interests: High-performance computing, including algorithm development, implementation and optimization on massively parallel processor (MPP) computer platforms; Detailed experience with Cray YMP, C90, T3D, T3E and SGI Origin 2000 machines at various U.S. supercomputer centers. Emphasis is on turbulence in both convection and stable-layer simulation and theory.
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
mfw@nwra.com
Curriculum vitae
Research interests: Space physics. Helioseismology, the solar interior, astrophysics.
Senior Research Scientist - Boulder, CO
nzabotin@nwra.com
Personal website
Research interests: Development and application of advanced methods of remote sensing using general principles of wave physics. Development of the next generation of advanced ionospheric sounding technique (the Dynasonde) and of the new methods for plasma irregularity diagnostics. Theoretical and experimental studies of the wave processes in the geospheres, of the HF propagation effects in irregular ionospheric plasma, application of passive noise interferometry in ocean acoustics and in radio physics.
Affiliate Scientist
George.Zunich@zunicalc.com
831-917-8604
Personal website