After counting your votes, the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility’s User Executive Committee (UEC) has welcomed eight new members picked to represent you.
During the election period from October 20 to November 9, 2022, a record 359 of you cast votes virtually. Nineteen candidates appeared on the ballot. Thank you to all ARM users who ran and voted in the election.
New members, whose terms began January 1, 2023, are listed below with their home institutions and the science themes they will represent on the UEC. Eight members recently rolled off the committee after serving two- to four-year terms.
The UEC is charged with providing objective, timely feedback to ARM leadership regarding the user experience. Reporting to ARM Director Jim Mather, the UEC serves as the official voice of the user community in its interactions with ARM management.
Typically, voters select one early career representative to serve a two-year term. However, three of the new members are early career scientists, so there is not a specific early career representative this time. As a result, all eight new members are eligible to serve four-year terms.
The new members are:
Osinachi Ajoku
Howard University
Aerosol Modeling
Sarah Brooks
Texas A&M University
Aerial Measurements
Connor Flynn
University of Oklahoma
Radiative Transfer
Michael Jensen
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Cloud Measurements, Precipitation Processes
Erika Roesler
Sandia National Laboratories
Cloud Modeling, High-Resolution Modeling
Note: From 2017 to 2019, Roesler served on the UEC as the designated early career representative.
Yunpeng Shan
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Cloud Modeling, Global-Scale Modeling
Zhien Wang
University of Colorado Boulder
Satellite Measurements
Maria Zawadowicz
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Land-Atmosphere Interactions, Aerosol Measurements
Returning members, who are beginning the final two years of their four-year terms, are:
Jennifer Delamere, Chair
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Radiative Transfer
Susannah Burrows
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Aerosol Modeling
Scott Collis
Argonne National Laboratory
Precipitation Processes
Jessie Creamean
Colorado State University
Aerosol Measurements
Yunyan Zhang
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Land-Atmosphere Interactions
Youtong Zheng
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/Princeton University
Cloud Measurements, Cloud Modeling
Delamere moved into the chair position after serving as the vice-chair for the past two years. The UEC will choose Delamere’s vice-chair.
Learn more about the UEC members by visiting their bio page.
More information about UEC operations is available in the UEC Charter and on the committee’s web page.
# # #ARM is a DOE Office of Science user facility operated by nine DOE national laboratories.