Early Career Seminars

Careers in Atmospheric Science Part 2: Private Sector

Despite the wide variety of careers occupied by atmospheric scientists, most graduate students and postdocs have limited exposure to career options outside of universities. This webinar is the second in a series of three that will familiarize early career scientists with different career options. This event is a panel discussion with four scientists from the private sector. Panelists are asked previously prepared questions about their day-to-day experiences and responsibilities.

Careers in Atmospheric Science Part 1: Government Labs and Research Centers

Despite the wide variety of careers occupied by atmospheric scientists, most graduate students and postdocs have limited exposure to career options outside of universities. This webinar is the first in a series of three that will familiarize early career scientists with different career options. This event is a panel discussion with four scientists from various US national labs and research centers (e.g., NCAR, NOAA, NASA, DOE) who discuss their work responsibilities and environments within the labs. Panelists are asked previously prepared questions about their day-to-day experiences and responsibilities.

Early-Career Science Seminar Series 3: Cloud Physics and Dynamics

Panelists:

  • Kelsey Malloy (Columbia University, kmm2374@columbia.edu) - Subseasonal Great Plains Rainfall via Remote Extratropical Teleconnections: Regional Application of Theory-guided Causal Networks
  • Michael Diamond (Florida State University) - What can inadvertent and deliberate aerosol perturbations teach us about clouds and Earth's climate?
  • J. Minnie Park (Brookhaven National Lab) - Long-Term Trends in Aerosols, Low clouds, and Large-scale Meteorology over the Western North Atlantic from 2003 to 2020

Early-Career Science Seminar Series 2: Atmospheric Chemistry

Co-hosts:

  • Alyssa Stansfield (alyssa.stansfield@stonybrook.edu)
  • Benjamin Nault (bnault@aerodyne.com)
  • Arianna Valmassoi (avalmass@uni-bonn.de)
  • Piyush Patel (piyushkumar.n.patel@jpl.nasa.gov)
  • Paul Newman (paul.a.newman@nasa.gov)

Panelists:

  • Minghao Qiu (mhqiu@stanford.edu) - Statistical and Machine Learning Methods for Evaluating Trends in Air Quality Under Changing Meteorological Conditions
  • Daniele Visioni (dv224@cornell.edu) - Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering: Understanding and Reducing Model Uncertainty
  • Michael Cheeseman (cheesemanmj@gmail.com) - Strong Disparities in Air Pollutants across Racial, Ethnic, and Poverty Groups at US Public Schools
  • Ritesh Gautam (rgautam@edf.org)

Early-Career Science Seminar Series 1: Physics and Dynamics

  • Yi Zhang, Earth and Planetary Science & Miller Institute, UC Berkeley: "An Upper Bound for Extreme Temperatures over Midlatitude Land"
  • Emmanuel O. Akinlabi, Dept. of Earth and Environment, Boston University: "The Relevance of Dispersive Fluxes Within and Over Real Urban Canopy: A Large-Eddy Simulation Study"
  • Victoria Schoenwald, University of Miami RSMAS: "Sea Level Rise Acceleration Along the East Coast of North America"

AGU 2023 Annual Meeting Early-Career Committee Town Hall: Successful Proposal Writing for Early-Career Scientists in Atmospheric Sciences

Early-career scientists, including students, postdoctoral researchers, and other scientists at the early stages of their careers as faculty members or professional researchers, comprise a large and important portion of the atmospheric sciences community. Crucial skills for their success are knowledge of the scientific funding process and the ability to write winning proposals, which requires forming productive collaborations and finding support from their colleagues, mentors, institutions, and other means.This 60-minute panel discussion will provide guidance for early-career scientists on these topics. The panel will consist of program managers from various U.S. funding agencies. The panelists will present tips on how early-career researchers can form collaborations and seek support so that they write successful proposals in a time-efficient manner. The audience will be able to ask their own questions to the panel. 

Panelists:

  • Sylvia Edgerton (NSF)
  • Ken Jucks (NASA)
  • Sally McFarlane (DOE)
  • Monika Kopacz (NOAA)