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GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS
CIRES supports two prestigious student fellowship programs, the ESRL-CIRES Fellowship,
begun in 2008 with the support of NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory, and the
long-established CIRES Graduate Student Research Fellowship. For 2010–2011, CIRES awarded
CIRES Graduate Student Research Fellowships to six students. This year’s recipients are exploring
topics ranging from the influence of fish-stocking in mountain lakes to an investigation into the
sources of ambient aerosol and chemical transformations in the atmosphere. The ESRL-CIRES
Fellowships will be awarded in 2012 and funded by participating ESRL divisions.
CIRES Graduate Student Research Fellowships
CIRES’ Graduate Student Research Fellowships attract
outstanding students at the outset of their graduate careers,
and let current students emphasize the completion and publication
of their research results. Support ranges from a summer
stipend to tuition, stipend and partial health insurance
for 12 months. Fellowships are restricted to doctoral graduate
students advised by a CIRES Fellow, or any prospective or
current graduate student who might be advised by a
CIRES Fellow. Evaluation by a committee of CIRES Fellows
is based on the candidate’s university application, academic
achievements and the likelihood of his or her contribution
to environmental science. Independence, passion for science
and ability to communicate are also considered.
2010–2011 CIRES GRADUATE STUDENT
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Kelli Archie
CIRES Ph.D. student: Environmental Studies
n Advisor: Lisa Dilling
n Archie’s research focuses on climate change
adaptation, in particular decision-maker information
demand.
air density.
Jessica Axson
n CIRES Ph.D. student: Chemistry
n Advisor: Veronica Vaida
n Axson’s research focuses on the atmospheric
processing of methylglyoxal in aqueous
environments.
Scott Bachman
n CIRES Ph.D. student: Atmospheric and Oceanic
Sciences
n Advisor: Baylor Fox-Kemper
n Bachman’s research focuses on the scaling and
parameterization of oceanic mesoscale eddies.
Chad Chaffin
n CIRES Master’s student: Aerospace
Engineering Sciences
n Advisor: Ben Balsley
n Chaffin’s research focuses on atmospheric
data acquisition, ranging from wind vectors to
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Daniel Feucht
n CIRES Ph.D. student: Geological Sciences
n Advisor: Anne Sheehan
n Feucht’s research focuses on the electromagnetic
study of crust and mantle electrical
conductivity beneath the Rio Grande Rift.
Ulyana Nadia Horodyskyj
n CIRES Ph.D. student: Geological Sciences
n Advisor: Roger Bilham
n Horodyskyj’s research focuses on the formation
and evolution of supra-glacial lakes on
glaciers in the Himalaya and Karakoram.
Rui Li
n CIRES Ph.D. student: Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences
n Advisor: Joost de Gouw
n Li’s research focuses on the use of mass
spectrometry to determine emissions and
chemistry of atmospheric trace species.
Ryan Thalman
n CIRES Ph.D. student: Chemistry and
Biochemistry
n Advisor: Rainer Volkamer
n Thalman’s research topic is on the measurement
of atmospherically relevant trace
gases in the laboratory and field using Light-emitting
Diode Cavity Enhanced Differential Optical Absorption
Spectroscopy.
Pablo Mendoza Zuniga
n CIRES Ph.D. student: Civil, Environmental
and Architectural Engineering
n Advisor: Balaji Rajagopalan
n Zuniga’s research focuses on flood
forecasting and uncertainty treatment in
hydrologic modeling.