Atmosphere & Climate

Qian Liu posing.

July 31, 2024

Qian Liu

Climate factors and extreme weathers require accurate and effective detection, segmentation, and estimation, as well as the in-depth understanding of physical and atmospheric process. The increasing availability of remote sensing images, ground-based observations, and model simulations along with the rapid progress of computing technologies have provided us the unprecedented opportunity to better satisfy the above-mentioned requirements. In my research, beyond the traditional methodology for environmental factors and natural disasters analytics, I pursue high-efficient and automatic approaches by developing a series of AI and spatiotemporal methodologies and frameworks to detect, retrieve, classify and analyze climate factors such as cloud, air pollution,…

Lijing Gao smiling.

July 16, 2024

Lijing Gao

Gao was trained as an agricultural science communication specialist and an environmental sociologist, focusing on the interconnectedness of agricultural systems with socio-economic, political, and ethical decisions. Her current research focuses on understanding perceptions of livestock biotechnology, particularly genome editing. Gao employs a mixed-method approach. Educational background Ph.D. in Sociology and Sustainable Agriculture, Minor in Statistics, Iowa State University (ISU) 2022 Courses taught Sociology of Natural Resources Transition in Agriculture Introduction to Sociology…

Zachary Leasor

Aug. 30, 2023

Zachary Leasor

Zack is an assistant professor in climate science within the School of Natural Resources. He also works as State Climatologist and director of the Missouri Climate Center. He serves on panels dealing with adverse weather conditions such as drought and flooding. He also works with the National Weather Service offices and regional climate services to provide climate data and prepare special summaries of significant weather and climate events.   Originally from Louisville, Ky., Zack spent the last several years living in Columbus, Ohio, before moving to Missouri during the summer of 2023. Zack received a bachelor’s degree in meteorology, with a minor…

Neil Fox posing.

Feb. 5, 2018

Neil I. Fox

Educational background Post-graduate certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education 2001, University of Salford Ph.D. 1998, University of Salford, Atmospheric Science M.Phil. 1995, University of Reading, Meteorology B.Sc. 1988, University of Manchester, Physics Courses taught ATMSC 2720: Weather Briefing ATMSC 4350: Mesoscale Meteorology and Dynamics ATMSC 4400: Micrometeorology ATMSC 4510: Remote Sensing for Atmospheric Science and Natural Resources ATMSC 4520: Environmental Biophysics ATMSC 4550: Physical Meteorology ATMSC 4590: Radar Meteorology ATMSC 8500: Radiation in the Atmosphere ATMSC 8550: Nowcasting ATMSC 9590: Advanced Radar Meteorology…

Dec. 15, 2017

Jeffrey Wood

Wood’s research focuses on ecosystem science and the exchanges of gases and heat between the biosphere and atmosphere. There is specific emphasis on better understanding the factors controlling fluxes of carbon, water, and nitrogen between natural or managed systems and the atmosphere. Educational background Ph.D., University of Guelph MASc, Dalhousie University BSc, Mount Allison University Courses taught ATM_SC 4400/7400: Microclimatology ATM_SC 4520/7520: Environmental Biophysics FOREST 2340: Tree Physiology FOREST 8620: Plant Water Relations…

Portrait of Michael Stambaugh

Dec. 15, 2017

Michael C. Stambaugh

Prior to becoming a scientist, Stambaugh worked as a forester for private industry and the federal government. Since 2010, his forestry research has received over $8 million in grant funding. He collaborates with the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and multiple state natural resources organizations. He has been a National Geographic Explorer since 2010 and in 2023 was a Charles Bullard Fellow in Forest Research at Harvard Forest. Educational background Ph.D., University of Missouri Courses taught Forest Ecology Forest Health Advanced Forest Ecology…

Nov. 14, 2017

Noel R. Aloysius

Noel Aloysius’ research and teaching focus on terrestrial hydrology, watershed biophysical processes and environmental informatics. Noel’s research group investigates how climate and weather, landscapes and land management drive precipitation-runoff processes and fate and transport of pollution at field-, watershed- and continental-scale river basins. His group utilizes field observations, long-term hydro-climate data, numerical and statistical models to examine the movement of water, solutes and sediments in response to environmental change and human management. Noel is a member of the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force SERA-46 research group representing the University of Missouri. The SERA-46 group is a consortium of twelve Land Grant…

Patrick S. Market smiling.

Nov. 3, 2017

Patrick S. Market

The morphology and evolution of extratropical cyclones, jet streak-frontal interactions, heavy rainfall and snowfall forecasting, and precipitation efficiency, are primary research areas. Educational background Ph.D. Meteorology, Saint Louis University, 1999 Courses taught Weather Observation Advanced Synoptic Meteorology Numerical Weather Prediction…

Anthony Lupo

Nov. 3, 2017

Anthony Lupo

Lupo, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Atmospheric Science Program, University of Missouri (MU). He has a BS in Meteorology (State University of New York at Oswego, 1988), and an M.S. and Ph.D. in atmospheric science (Purdue University, 1991, 1995). His research is in large-scale atmospheric dynamics and teleconnections, climate dynamics and variability, tropical meteorology, and climate change including modeling, and has more than 160 peer-reviewed publications. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society (Certified Consulting Meteorologist [CCM] #660), and the National Weather Association. He was a Fulbright Scholar during summer 2004, AY 2014-2015, and October 2017 to Russia. The…

Portrait of Eric Aldrich in black and gold polo

Oct. 27, 2017

Eric Aldrich

Educational background Ph.D. Agricultural Education & Leadership, University of Missouri, Currently Pursuing M.S. Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri, 2011 B.S. Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri, 2001 Courses taught ATM_SC 1050: Introductory Meteorology ATM_SC 1050H: Honors Introductory to Meteorology ATM_SC 106: Introductory Meteorology Lab ATM_SC 2022: Severe & Hazardous Weather ATM_SC 2150: Natural Hazards ATM_SC 4110: Broadcast Meteorology 1 ATM_SC 4210: Broadcast Meteorology 2 ATM_SC 4710: Synoptic Meteorology 1 ATM_SC 4720W: Synoptic Meteorology 2…