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n William Neff Senior Scientist and
Director, ESRL PSD
n Steven Nerem Professor of Aerospace
Engineering
n David Noone Associate Professor of
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
n Judith Perlwitz CIRES Research
Scientist III, NOAA/ESRL PSD
n Roger Pielke, Jr. Professor of
Environmental Studies
n Balaji Rajagopalan Associate
Professor of Civil, Environmental, and
Architectural Engineering
n Prashant Sardeshmukh CIRES Senior
Research Scientist, ESRL PSD; Director
of the Climate Diagnostics Center
n Mark Serreze Professor of
Geography; Director of the National
Snow and Ice Data Center
n Anne Sheehan Professor of
Geological Sciences; Associate Director
of CIRES’ Solid Earth Sciences Division
n Robert Sievers Professor of
Chemistry and Biochemistry; Director of
the CU-Boulder Environmental Program
Graduate Student Research Fellowship Committees
These groups serve as the review and selection committees
for the CIRES Graduate Student Research Fellowships
and the ESRL-CIRES Fellowships. The fellowships are
competitively awarded to new or existing CIRES-affiliated
graduate students.
Visiting Fellows Committee
This committee is responsible for the review of all applications
for CIRES Visiting Fellowships. The committee
chooses those best qualified for a sabbatical or postdoctoral
fellowship, and submits that slate to the Fellows
Council for final discussion and selection.
Special Committees
Additional special committees are appointed as needed
by the Director. These include Faculty Search committees,
the University Academic Review and Planning Advisory
Committee, award committees, tenure-consideration committees,
and others. They are created as a need arises, exist
to accomplish a specific task, and are then disbanded.
Diversity Committee
Recent studies highlight that fewer underrepresented
minorities are pursuing careers in science, especially in
higher education. To increase diversity is a major challenge
we face today as scientists and educators, and
CIRES has made it a priority to extend our knowledge
n Susan Solomon Senior Scientist and
Program Lead, Chemistry and Climate
Processes, ESRL CSD
n Konrad Steffen Professor of
Geography; Director of CIRES
n Margaret Tolbert Distinguished
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry;
Co-Associate Director of CIRES’
Environmental Chemistry Division
n William Travis Associate Professor of
Geography; Director of the Center for
Science and Technology Policy Research
n Greg Tucker Associate Professor of
Geological Sciences
n Veronica Vaida Professor of
Chemistry and Biochemistry
n Rainer Volkamer Assistant Professor
of Chemistry and Biochemistry
n John Wahr Professor of Physics
n Carol Wessman Professor of Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology; Associate
Director of CIRES’ Ecosystem Science
Division
and our community to include more of the diverse ethnic
groups that make up society, and with a better gender
balance. Toward that end, the Diversity Committee was
created in 2010 to help achieve this goal. This initiative is
headed by Eduardo Araujo-Pradere of the Space Weather
Prediction Center along with Executive Assistant Yvonne
Garcia and Associate Director for Administration Jon
Rush. They work with CIRES Education and Outreach,
the Communications Group, and scientists and staff to
help identify opportunities for CIRES to make a difference
in this vital work to enrich our science and enhance our
mission.
Members’ Council
n Tingjun Zhang CIRES Senior Research
Scientist in the National Snow and Ice
Data Center
Emeritus Fellows
n Susan Avery Former CIRES Director;
Former Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering
n Roger Barry Distinguished Professor
of Geography; Director, World Data
Center for Glaciology
n John Birks Professor of Chemistry
and Biochemistry.
n Doug Robertson Retired NOAA
National Ocean Service, National
Geodetic Survey
n Hartmut Spetzler Professor Emeritus
of Geological Sciences
Fellow Affiliate
n Ray Fall Professor of Chemistry and
Biochemistry
The CIRES Members’ Council was created in 1997 to
act as an information and policy conduit between CIRES
leadership and the Institute members (Associate Scientists,
Research Scientists and Administrative Associates). To
accomplish this in the most effective manner, the CIRES
membership was divided geographically into six groups
of approximately equal size. Each group is represented by
two people, preferably from two different classifications
in the CIRES career track. From this council of twelve,
two representatives to the CIRES Council of Fellows and
Executive Committee are elected. These two representatives
serve as the liaison between the Council of Fellows/
Executive Committee and the Members’ Council. The
Members’ Council, which meets monthly, then serves as
a direct line of communication to the Member population
at large.
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