Principal Investigator
Raymond Shaw, Ph.D. – Professor of Physics
- Director of the MTU Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. program (2009-present)
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany (2007-2008)
- Visiting Scientist, Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany (Spring 2005)
- Visiting Professor, Dept. of Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University (Fall 2004 and Summer 2006)
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research (1998-1999)
- Ph.D. Penn State University
Current Members
Nithin Allwayin – Doctoral Student, Applied Physics – Holographic measurements of cloud properties
Corey Packard – Doctoral Student, Atmospheric Sciences – Radiative transfer in turbulent clouds
Prasanth Prabhakaran – Postdoctoral Scientist – Cloud chamber studies
Elise Rosky – Doctoral Student, Physics – Ice nucleation
Subin Thomas – Doctoral Student, Atmospheric Sciences – Cloud chamber turbulence and modeling
Alumni
Michael Adler – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2014 – Turbulent convection with phase changes
Matthew Beals – Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, 2013 – Position after graduation: Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dissertation: “Investigations of cloud microphysical response to mixing using digital holography.” While at MTU, NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow.
Nathan Black – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2003
Nick Black – M.S. Physics, 2013 – Quadrupole particle trap with thermodynamic control
Kamal Kant Chandrakar – Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, 2019 – Position after graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research. Dissertation: “Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in Turbulent Clouds: A Combined Cloud Chamber and Theoretical Study.” While at MTU, NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow.
Kelken Chang – Postdoctoral Scientist, Physics (Ph.D. Cornell University 2011) – Turbulence-cloud interactions and Rayleigh-Benard convection
Joe Charnawskas – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2014 – Ice nucleation
Sze Kwan Cheah – B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2004
David Ciochetto – Research Engineer – Cloud chamber studies
Neel Desai – Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, Senior Research Project, 2018 – Position after graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate and Process Modeling, Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Dissertation: “Investigation of Microphysical Properties of Laboratory and Atmospheric Clouds Using Digital In-Line Holography.”
Adam Durant – M.S. Geology, 2005, Ph.D. Geology, 2008 – Currently Senior Scientist at Norwegian Institute for Air Research. Dissertation: “On Water in Volcanic Clouds”
Chee Sheng Fong – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2005 – Currently at SUNY Stony Brook, Department of Physics
Michael Ftaclas – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2004
Jacob Fugal – Ph.D. Engineering Physics, 2007 – Position after graduation: Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research. Dissertation: “In-situ Measurement and Characterization of Cloud Particles with Digital In-line Holography.” While at MTU, NSF Graduate Research Fellow and NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow.
Susanne Glienke – Visiting Ph.D Student from Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz – Airborne holographic measurements of cloud properties
Colin Gurganus – Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, 2014 – Position after graduation: Postdoc at SPEC, Inc. (Boulder, Colorado). Dissertation: “Investigating the role of the contact line in heterogeneous nucleation with high speed imaging.” While at MTU, DOE Office of Science Graduate Fellow.
Nelly Iceta – Internship from Ecole Normale Supérior de Lyon, 2011
Gabriel Johnson – Undergraduate Student Intern, 2005 & 2009
Vincent Jones – B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 2003
Peter Kiefer – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2002 – Currently at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Jedediah Knight – Summer Undergraduate Intern, 2012 & 2013
Austin Kuzmic – B.S. Computer Systems Science, 2010 – Currently at GS Engineering
Daniel Lanterman – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2001
Michael Larsen – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2001 – Currently Assistant Professor in Dept. of Physics and Astronomy at College of Charleston
Adam Laxo – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2015
Jiang Lu – Ph.D. Physics, 2010 – Position after graduation: Research Scientist, Michigan Technological University. Dissertation: “Clustering of Settling Charged Particles in Turbulence: Theory and Experiments”
Ben Malec – Undergraduate Student, Physics, Summer Student & Senior Research Project, 2011-2013
Dennis Niedermeier – Postdoctoral Scientist (Ph.D. Leipzig University 2013) – Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation – Cloud chamber studies and ice nucleation
Mi Youshi – M.S. Physics, 2004 – Currently teacher in Chicago
Daniel Miller – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2011 – Currently at UMBC
Freja (formerly H.) Nordsiek – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2010 – Currently at University of Maryland
Thomas Page – Undergraduate Summer Intern, 2016
Tyler Plamondon – B. S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2013 – Currently at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
John Puckett – Summer Undergraduate Student, 2005, NMU Physics
Eduardo Rodriguez-Feo – M.S. Applied Physics, 2019
Ewe Wei Saw – Ph.D. Physics, 2008 – Position after graduation: Postdoctoral Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organization. Dissertation: “Studies of Spatial Clustering of Inertial Particles in Turbulence”
Aleksandr Sergeyev, M.S. Physics, 2004
James Vopal – B.S. Physics, 2002
Joe Wilm – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2011
Joseph Withers – Summer Undergraduate Intern, 2013
Max Wyman – B.S. Physics, Senior Research Project, 2000
Fan Yang – Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, – Ice nucleation and cloud microphysics
Weidong Yang – Postdoctoral Research Associate