Current Gators

Anne Thompson

Education	Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Bryn Mawr College (1978) M.A. in Chemistry from Princeton University (1972) B.A. in Chemistry form Swathmore College (1970)
Profession	Professor of Meteorology at Penn State

Douglas Martins

Education	Ph.D. in Atmospheric Chemistry from Purdue (2009)   B.S. in Atmospheric Chemistry from Purdue (2002)
Profession	Post-doctoral Research Associate at Penn State

Sonya Miller

Education	M.S. in Meteorology from Florida State (1998)   B.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (1996)
Profession	Research Assistant at Penn State

Gator Graduate Students

Greg Garner

Education	M.S. in Applied Meteorology from Plymouth State University (2007)   B.S. in Meteorology from Plymouth State University (2006)
Research Project	Improving Cost Effective Air Quality Forecasts

Hannah S. Halliday

Education	B.S. in Chemistry from Western Washington University (2010)
Research Project

Caroline Normile

Education	B.S. in Environmental Science from University of Virginia (2008)
Research Project	Detection of enhanced ozone outflow plumes from the Greater Washington, DC, metropolitan area using satellite data and ozonesonde profiles from Wallops Island, Virginia

Andra Reed

Education	B.S. from Grove City College (2010)
Research Project

Ryan M. Stauffer

Education	B.S. in Meteorology from Millersville University (2010)
Research Project

Gator Alumni

Anders Jensen

Education	M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2011) B.S. in Physics, minor in Astronomy from Vanderbilt University (2008)
Thesis Title	Ozonesonde Classification using Self-Organizing Maps at Ascension Island and Natal

David Doughty

Education	B.S. in Environmental Sciences and Physics from University of Virginia (2008) M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2010)
Thesis Title	AURA Satellite validation using ozonesondes during the IONS-06 campaign

Alaina MacFarlane (Luzik)

Education	M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2009) B.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2007)
Thesis Title	Quantifying Forest Fire Enhancement of Tropospheric Ozone for Eastern Canadian Sites during the IONS-04, IONS-06 and ARC-IONS campaigns.
Profession	Hydrologist with the National Weather Service's Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center in State College, PA

Stephan Gallagher

Education	B.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2009)
Research Project	Quantifying forest fire enhancement of tropopsheric ozone for Western North American sites during the ARC-IONS Campaign.

Liz Baugher

Education	B.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (Expected December 2009)
Research Project	Meteorological analysis of Las Tablas, Panama and Alajuela, Costa Rica during the TC4 campaign.

Alex Bryan

Education	B.S. in Meteorology from Valparaiso University (Expected May 2009)
Research Project	NATIVE trailer and field work for the ARC-IONS campaign in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada (2008)

Dennis O'Connor

Education	B.S. in Chemistry from Penn State (Expected May 2009)   B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State (Excepted May 2009)
Research Project	Quantifiying ozone sources using a laminar identification method during the Summer 2008 ARC-IONS campaign

Meaghan Dougherty

Education	M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2008)   B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Texas at Dallas (2006)
Thesis Title	The Effect of Ozonopause Placement on Tropospheric Ozone Budgets: An Analysis of Ozonesonde Profiles from Selected IONS-06 Sites
Profession	Middle School Math Teacher at the Plano Independent School District in Dallas, TX

Jacquie Hui

Education	M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2008)   B.S. in Environmental Science from University of Virginia (2006)
Thesis Title	Comparison of ozone Measurements by Satellite, Sondes and other Instruments over North America During the IONS (2006) Campaign
Profession	Consultant with Trinity Consultants in Dallas, TX

John Yorks

Education	M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2007)   B.S. in Meteorology from Millersville University (2006)
Thesis Title	The Variability of Free-Tropospheric and Boundary Layer Ozone over Beltsville, MD
Thesis Publication	The variability of free tropospheric ozone over Beltsville, Maryland (39N, 77W) in the summers 2004–2007, Atmospheric Environment 43 (2009) 1827–1838
Profession	Atmospheric Scientist at SSAI/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Brett Taubman

Education	Post-doctoral Associate at Penn State (2004 - 2007) Ph.D. in Chemistry from University of Maryland (2004) B.S. in Chemistry from Montana State (2001) B.S. in Finance from Penn State (1993)
Profession	Assistant Professor in the A.R. Smith Department of Chemistry at Appalachian State University

Amber Allen (Loucks)

Education	M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2007)   B.S. in Physics from Ohio University (2005)
Thesis Title	Evaluation of Dynamical Sources of Ozone Laminae in the Tropical Troposphere and Tropical Tropopause Layer
Thesis Publication	Thompson, et al. Gravity and Rossby wave signatures in the tropical troposphere and lower stratosphere based on Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes (SHADOZ), 1998-2007 J. Geophys. Res.,116, D05302, doi:10.1029/2009JD013429.
Profession	Environmental Scientist for Eastern Research Group, Inc.

Shannon Michaels

Education	M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2006)   B.S.in Atmospheric Science from Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences(2004)
Thesis Title	Evaluation of Dynamical Sources of Ozone Laminae in the Tropical Troposphere and Tropical Tropopause Layer
Profession	Image Scientist for ITT Industries in Rochester, NY

Jesse Stone

Education	M.S. in Meteorology from Penn State (2006)   B.S. in Physics from the University of Maryland (2001)
Thesis Publications	Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment Ozonesonde Network Study 2004: 1. Summertime upper troposphere/lower stratosphere ozone over northeastern North America. J. Geophys. Res. Vol 112, 2007.   Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment Ozonesonde Network Study 2004: 2. Tropospheric ozone budgets and variability over northeastern North America. J. Geophys. Res. Vol 112, 2007.
Profession	Research Consultant