Graduate Fields

At Cornell University, graduate study is governed by graduate fields, which are distinct from university departments. You are a student either in the Graduate Field of Atmospheric Science or the Graduate Field of Geological Sciences. Many of the procedures in the fields are similar, but where they are different in the document below the text in blue describes Geological Sciences and text in red is for Atmospheric Sciences. While the faculty of the fields are mainly drawn from the department, it also includes faculty from such divergent departments as Classics, Astronomy, Plant Biology, Civil and Environmental Engineering and others. A list of faculty in the graduate fields is below and listing of areas of research interest concentration topics is available at the following links for Geological Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences. A full list of graduate fields can be found here.

Faculty in the Graduate Field of Geological Sciences

Geoffrey A. Abers –Department Chair

Richard W. Allmendinger (Emeritus)

Warren D. Allmon

Toby R. Ault

Muawia Barazangi (Emeritus – Graduate School Professor)

Larry D. Brown

Lawrence M. Cathles (Emeritus)

Louis A. Derry

Gregory P. Dietl

Patrick Fulton

Alejandra Gandolfo

Esteban Gazel

Alexander G. Hayes

Jonathan Hendricks

Megan Holycross

David L. Hysell

Teresa E. Jordan

Robert W. Kay (Emeritus – Graduate School Professor)

Suzanne M. Kay (Emeritus)

Kathleen M. Keranen

Rowena B. Lohman

Jonathan Lunine

Natalie M. Mahowald

Sturt W. Manning

Gregory C. McLaskey

Bruce Monger

Karin Olson Hoal

Matthew E. Pritchard –Director of Graduate Studies

Sara C. Pryor

Matt Reid

Robert M. Ross

Andy L. Ruina

Britney Schmidt

Tammo S. Steenhuis

Jefferson W. Tester

John F.H. Thompson

Faculty in the Graduate Field of Atmospheric Sciences

Members of the Field	Concentration	Research/Teaching Interests	Contact Information
Dr. Toby Ault Associate Professor Earth and Atmospheric Science	Atmospheric Science	Climate Science Drought Spring Dynamics Tropical Meteorology	Snee Hall toby.ault@cornell.edu
Dr. Rebecca Barthelmie Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Atmospheric Science	Global and Regional Climate Focus on wind shear and wind energy	252 Upson Hall rb737@cornell.edu
Dr. Gregory Paul Bewley Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Atmospheric Science	Environmental turbulence	307 Upson Hall gpb1@cornell.edu
Dr. Art DeGaetano Professor Earth and Atmospheric Science	Atmospheric Science	Applied climatology Environmental information science Environmental management	Snee Hall atd2@cornell.edu
Dr. H. Oliver Gao Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering	Atmospheric Science	Air quality Transport and environment Sustainable development	314 Hollister Hall hg55@cornell.edu
Dr. Chuck Greene Professor Earth and Atmospheric Science (ON LEAVE)	Atmospheric Science	Oceanography Climate change	Snee Hall chg2@cornell.edu
Dr. Peter Hess Professor Biological and Environmental Engineering	Atmospheric Science	Atmospheric aerosols and climate Air quality	202 Riley Robb Hall peter.hess@cornell.edu
Dr. Peter Hitchcock Assistant Professor Earth and Atmospheric Science	Atmospheric Science	Large-scale atmospheric dynamics Troposphere-stratosphere interactions	Snee Hall aph28@cornell.edu
Dr. Dave Hysell Professor Earth and Atmospheric Science	Atmospheric Science	Radar and remote sensing Upper atmospheric physics Plasma physics Computational fluid dynamics	3114 Snee Hall David.hysell@cornell.edu
Dr. Flavio Lehner Assistant Professor Earth and Atmospheric Sciences	Atmospheric Science		Snee Hall
Dr. Nikole Lewis Assistant Professor Astronomy	Atmospheric Science	Planetary atmospheric processes	312 Space Science Building nkl35@cornell.edu
Dr. Douglas MacMartin Senior Research Associate Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Atmospheric Science	Dynamics and feedback analysis in climate systems	561 Upson Hall dgm224@cornell.edu
Dr. Natalie Mahowald Professor Earth and Atmospheric Science	Atmospheric Science	Atmospheric dust climate modeling	1112 Bradfield Hall Mahowald@cornell.edu
Dr. Angeline Pendergrass Assistant Professor Earth and Atmospheric Sciences	Atmospheric Science		Snee Hall
Dr. Sara Pryor Professor Earth and Atmospheric Science	Atmospheric Science	Global climate change/variability and forcing at regional scales Atmosphere-surface exchange Formation and removal processes for atmospheric aerosols	1113 Bradfield Hall sp2279@cornell.edu
Dr. Scott Steinschneider Assistant Professor Biological and Environmental Engineering	Atmospheric Science	Hydroclimatic variability and change	320 Riley Robb Hall ss3378@cornell.edu
Dr. Ke Max Zhang Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Atmospheric Science	Atmospheric chemistry Air quality	105 Upson Hall kz33@cornell.edu