Current Climate Geeks

Avalanche Lake, Glacier N.P., 48.654°N, 113.78°W, 1192m Katherine Hegewisch, Ph.D. (Washington State University), Postdoctoral Fellow. Climate Climate model evaluation and downscaling	Lago Verde, Italy, 44.49°N, 7.00°E, 2683m Renaud Barbero, Ph.D. (University of Aix-Marseille), Postdoctoral Fellow. Weather, climate and megafires.
Monteverde Forest, Costa Rica, 10.38°N, 84.62°W, 450m Alexander Peterson, BS student Geography, Phenology and climate	Warbonnet Lakes, Sawtooth N.F., 44.06°N, 115.04°W, 2800m Abigail Lute, MS student Water Resources, Snowfall extremes in the western United States
Jarbidge Wilderness, Nevada, 41.71°N, 115.45°W, 2600m John Abatzoglou, Assistant Professor, Weather Weenie and Climate Guy, applied climate science
Donovan VanSant, Research Associate, Climate decision support tools, webpage development and GIS	Stephen Gillis, MS student in Environmental Science, Sensitivity of stream temperature to climate drivers in complex terrain.

Accolades and Awards

Jan 2011: Stephen Gillis was awarded a Hill Fellowship to persue undergraduate research on climate sensitivity of stream temperatures in Kelly Creek, Idaho
Oct 2011: Alexander Peterson won the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society Award for best undergraduate presentation at the University of Idaho College of Science Research Expo
Mar 2012: Alexander Peterson also was awarded an REU with Texas A&M to work in ecohydrology in Costa Rica during summer 2012
Jun 2012: Alexander Peterson was awarded a student scholarship to attend and present his work at Phenology 2012 conference in Milwaukee, WI