This has been a year of awards for atmospheric sciences professor and Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon. The most recent of these recognitions is being named Regents Professor by the Texas A&M Board of Regents. This award comes shortly after winning the 2011 Texas A&M Newsmaker Image award for his work with the media concerning the record-breaking drought.

Researchers learn what it takes to be a chief scientist

Texas A&M oceanographer Dan Thornton and atmospheric scientist Sarah Brooks took part in a program aimed at teaching the basics of planning research cruises, and gained valuable practice with research techniques.

Open faculty position at assistant professor level

The Department of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University is seeking applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in the field of weather analysis and forecasting. Candidates are sought with research expertise in one or more of the following areas: synoptic meteorology, mesoscale meteorology, and forecasting techniques. Candidates focusing on hurricanes or other forms of severe weather are of particular interest. A Ph. D. in atmospheric sciences or a related field is required at the time of appointment. Postdoctoral experience is desirable, but is not required. The successful candidate will be expected to maintain a prominent research program and to teach courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

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Schumacher and students studying how Indian Ocean weather affects the world

Texas A&M atmospheric scientist Courtney Schumacher and five students are joining an international team of researchers in the Indian Ocean to study how weather in that region affects conditions around the world. The project, Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, or DYNAMO, runs from Oct. 1 through Mar. 31. The Texas A&M group will be stationed at the main research site on Addu Atoll in the Maldives islands, where they will do radar research for the full six-month period.

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Aggie focuses on weather here and on Mars

The first line of a nursery rhyme may seem like an odd place to find a title for a blog discussing severe weather. However, for meteorologists like Keri Bean, author of “Whether the Weather,” the newest blog for The Eagle, nothing could be more appropriate for a profession that finds its members when they are in nurseries themselves.

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