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 | Atmospheric Science | Climate Science | Snee Hall |
Dr. Rebecca Barthelmie | Atmospheric Science | Global and Regional Climate | 252 Upson Hall |
Dr. Gregory Paul Bewley | Atmospheric Science | Environmental turbulence | 307 Upson Hall |
Dr. Art DeGaetano | Atmospheric Science | Applied climatology | Snee Hall |
Dr. H. Oliver Gao | Atmospheric Science | Air quality | 314 Hollister Hall |
Dr. Chuck Greene | Atmospheric Science | Oceanography | Snee Hall |
Dr. Peter Hess | Atmospheric Science | Atmospheric aerosols and climate | 202 Riley Robb Hall |
Dr. Peter Hitchcock | Atmospheric Science | Large-scale atmospheric dynamics | Snee Hall |
Dr. Dave Hysell | Atmospheric Science | Radar and remote sensing | 3114 Snee Hall |
Dr. Flavio Lehner | Atmospheric Science |
| Snee Hall |
Dr. Nikole Lewis | Atmospheric Science | Planetary atmospheric processes | 312 Space Science Building |
Dr. Douglas MacMartin | Atmospheric Science | Dynamics and feedback analysis in climate systems | 561 Upson Hall |
Dr. Natalie Mahowald | Atmospheric Science | Atmospheric dust | 1112 Bradfield Hall |
Dr. Angeline Pendergrass | Atmospheric Science |
| Snee Hall |
Dr. Sara Pryor | Atmospheric Science | Global climate change/variability and forcing at regional scales | 1113 Bradfield Hall |
Dr. Scott Steinschneider | Atmospheric Science | Hydroclimatic variability and change | 320 Riley Robb Hall |
Dr. Ke Max Zhang | Atmospheric Science | Atmospheric chemistry | 105 Upson Hall |