Applied Climate
for Environment & Society (ACES)
Research Group
and Advisees
Current Members
- Stephen Delgado
PhD: Human-ecosystem health, Latin America, Chagas disease
- Mary Glueck
Research Associate: WestMap
climate mapping, valley fever, climate variability
- Cory Morin
PhD: Climate and health, climate variability and change
MA: CLIMAS
Climate and mosquito-borne disease modeling
- James
Tamerius
PhD: Climate and health, valley fever, influenza
MA: CLIMAS
Sub-regional climate variability
- Casey
Thornbrugh
PhD: Climate and landscape changes on tribal land, Native American learning
MA: CLIMAS
Drought impacts on Navajo/Hopi communities & lands
- Erika
Wise
PhD:
Western climate variability, streamflow & tree-rings
MA: CLIMAS
Climate & air quality trends
Emeritus Members (approximately reverse
chronology, including job placement and/or current affiliation)
- Jenna McPhee (Nat'l
Weather Service, Western Region Headquarters)
MA: CLIMAS
Climate, drought, downscaling of seasonal climate forecasts
- Rick Brandt (Asst. Prof., Salem State)
PhD: North American monsoon climate and wildfire
- Chris
Uejio (Univ. Wisconsin)
MA: CLIMAS
Climate & mosquitoes, West Nile virus
- Joe
Abraham (Staff Scientist, EPA Air Quality Branch, Region 9, San Francisco)
PhD: NASA
Space Grant
Fellow, drought policy, vulnerability and spatial
analysis
MA: EPA Real-time air quality mapping (http://www.airinfonow.org/)
- Claire Kleese
BA: Urban heat islands
- Cindy Sorrensen (Asst. Prof., Texas Tech)
Postdoc/Asst.
Research Social Scientist: HERO
& human dimensions of global change
- Paula
Decker (Immigration counseling, Texas)
MA: HERO
Social vulnerability to climate change and variability
- Brenda Bonanno (GIS analyst, Bourn Partners, Commercial Real Estate, Tucson)
MA: Valley fever, health and environment
- Mike
Crimmins
(Asst. Prof. & Climate
Extension Specialist, University of Arizona)
PhD: NASA
Space Grant
Fellow, wildfire climatology & WALTER
- David
Brown (Asst.
Prof. & State
Climatologist, University of
New Hampshire)
PhD: Western US climate
variability and impacts
MA: CLIMAS
Fine-scale climate mapping
- Korine
Kolivras
(Asst. Prof., Virginia
Tech)
PhD: NASA
Space Grant
Fellow, climate & dengue fever
MA: CLIMAS Valley
Fever and Climate
- Jeannette Dooley
(fieldwork in China)
BA: NASA
Space Grant
intern, climate and health
- Tamara Wilson (co-advised
with J. Betancourt)
MA: Baja California climate, CLIMAS, Desert Lab
- Lucas Murray (commercial GIS)
BA: HERO
REU in GIS, air quality & climate, and NASA
Space Grant
intern
- Sean Helfrich (Natl. Ice Center)
PhD student: Snow climatology
- Zbigniew Ustrnul
(Visiting Fulbright Scholar 2001-02)
Assoc. Prof., Polish Institute of Meteorology and Water Mgmt.
Synoptic climatology & climate
variability
- Susan Kliman (Klimatic Architectural Design)
Ph.D. Arid Lands:
Urban microclimate/architecture and vegetation
- Jonathan Cox (Yale medical school)
BA: NASA
Space Grant intern
- Andreas Kuebler
Visiting graduate scholar:
Synoptic climatology, ozone & asthma
- Tereza Cavazos
(Asst. Prof., CICESE)
Postdoc/Lecturer: CLIMAS
Southwest climate variability
- Lucas Watanabe
BA: NASA
Space Grant intern
- Jeremy Diem
(Asst. Prof., Georgia
State U)
Postdoc: HERO
PhD: SMOGMAP
air quality mapping
MA: Carbon monoxide forecasting
- Seumas Rogan (Epidemiology
Ph.D.)
MA: Medical geography, heavy metals
- Maria Rodriguez (The Nature Conservancy)
BA: NASA
Space Grant intern
- Kurt Angersbach (Westernlabs)
MA: CLIMAS
urban water and climate
- Greg Packin (NGA)
MA: Southwest climate
- Brian Decker
BA: NASA
Space Grant intern
- Dave Guiliano (EPA Region 9)
MA: Western USA climate, air quality
- Dave Adams (Atmos Sci
Ph.D., then Scripps Postdoc)
MA: Monsoon climatology
- Rex Hansen (ESRI)
MA: Geostatistics and pollen dispersal
- Tracey Gutheim (PAG, then GIS
consulting)
MA: Air quality trend modeling