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Dr. Judy Chow
Dr. Judy Chow

Dr. Alan Gertler
Dr. Alan Gertler

Photo of Rajan Chakrabarty
Dr. Roger Jacobson,
Rajan Chakrabarty, and
Mrs. Maureen Warden

John Watson Dr. Steve Wells, Dr. John Watson,
and Regent Dorothy S. Gallagher

John Hallett
Dr. John Hallett,
Honorary ICCP Member

Vanda Grubisic Sue Wagner, center, with Jessica Lundquist, winner of the Peter B. Wagner Memorial Award for Women in Atmospheric Sciences, left, and DRI scientist Dr. Vanda Grubišic', winner of the 2003 Peter B. Wagner Medal of Excellence. (Photo by John Doherty)

Darko Koracin
Dr. Darko Koracin,
DAS Research Professor

  • 2007

    • Dr. Judy Chow
    Recipient of the Nazir and Mary Ansari Chair in Entrepreneurialism and Science award, a $75,000 DRI professorship funded by the Nazir and Mary Ansari Foundation

    Dr. Alan Gertler
    Elected President of the International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA)

    Dr. German Vidaurre, Post-Doctoral Fellow
    Recipient of the Outstanding Graduate Student Award from the UNR Graduate Student Association

  • 2006

    • Dr. Steven Chai
    Recipient of the Thunderbird Award from the Weather Modification Association

    Dr. Alan Gertler
    Elected Vice-President of the International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA)

    Dr. John Lewis, Adjunct Professor
    Elected by the American Meteorological Association to the position of Fellow

    Dr. Christopher Davey, Post-Doctoral Fellow
    Awarded the Ph.D. Dissertation Medal in Applied Climatology from the American Association of State Climatologists

    Rajan Chakrabarty, M.S. Student
    Recipient of the 2006 Colin Warden Memorial Endowment Award

  • 2005

    • Dr. John Watson
    Received the 2005 Regents' Researcher Award. This is the highest honor awarded annually to a single researcher within the Nevada System of Higher Education.

    Dr. John Hallett
    Elected honorary member of the International Commission on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP).

    Dr. Jack Gillies
    Was recognized by the DoD Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) by receiving an award for best compliance project of the year. This project involved characterizing and quantifying fugitive dust emissions from DoD sources. Other DAS faculty involved in this project includes Pat Arnott, Vic Etyemezian, Hampden Kuhns, and Hans Moosmüller.

    Dr. Darko Koracin
    Received his third Fulbright Fellowship Award as Senior Scientist Specialist in Environmental Modeling. Darko used this award to teach a graduate class in atmospheric dispersion and air quality modeling at the University of Zagreb, Croatia.

  • 2004

    • Dr. Darko Koracin
    Recipient of Fulbright Fellowship Award as Senior Scientist Specialist in Environmental Modeling

    Dr. Dorothea Ivanova
    Her paper "The North American (Mexican) Monsoon: MM5 Modeling Study Implications" was chosen as "Best Papers Award" at the 14th Conference on Applied Climatology, American Meteorological Society, held 11-15 January 2004 in Seattle, WA.

    Anna Cunningham, Lab Tech/Coordinator
    Recipient of the 2004 Technical Employee of the Year award

  • 2003

    • Dr. Judith Chow
    Appointed to the National Academies' Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology (BEST)

    Dr. Vanda Grubisic
    Recipient of 2003 Peter B. Wagner Medal of Excellence for DRI Scholars in the Early Stages of Career Development

    Dr. Darko Koracin
    Recipient of Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant in Environmental Sciences to study and lecture at the University of Zagreb

    Dr. William Stockwell
    Chosen as lead speaker at a Gordon Research Conference on Biogenic Hydrocarbons in the Atmosphere, held at Queens College in Oxford, U.K.

    Dr. Barbara Zielinska
    Recipient of DRI's 2003 Dandini Medal of Science

    Guadalupe Paredes-Miranda, Ph.D. Student
    Recipient of DRI's 2003 Colin Warden Memorial Endowment Award

    Serena Chew, M.S. Student
    Recipient of 2003 Sierra Pacific Fellowship Program Award

    Brenda Cristani, Lab Coord. Data Analyst
    Recipient of the 2003 Technical Employee of the Year award

  • 2002

    • Dr. Judith Chow
    Frank A. Chambers Award (presented by the Air and Waste Management Association

    Dorothea Ivanova, Ph.D. Student
    Recipient of DRI's 2002 Colin Warden Memorial Endowment Award

  • 2001

    • Dr. Judith Chow
    UCCSN Regents "Researcher of the Year" award

    Dr. Alan Gertler
    2001 "Hope for the Future for a Sustainable World" award

    Dr. Leland Tarnay
    Recipient of DRI's 2001 Colin Warden Memorial Endowment Award