A student sent me a picture he took while taking notes. I love system charts.
I teach courses that support undergraduate studies in Meteorology and Earth Sciences Programs (Earth and Environmental Sciences BS, Environmental Studies BA) at UNC Charlotte. The Meteorology Program and the Earth Sciences Programs are part of the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geographical Sciences which houses research, teaching, and degree programs in meteorology and Earth sciences, and also GIS science, human geography, physical geography, and geological sciences.
I also teach classes that support the MS Earth Sciences graduate program that is housed in the same department as the undergraduate programs described above. I have been the MS Earth Sciences “Graduate Program Director” or GPD since January 2021 and this has given me a view of the MS program that is unique compared to other faculty in my department. In particular, the MS GPD runs the Earth Sciences Graduate Seminar as well as advising and working on degree progress with every MS student, fields questions from faculty related to the MS program, acts as a liaison between our department, college, and the Graduate School, and finalizes all committee decisions related to graduate student application reviews. As a member of the Graduate Faculty, I also advise research for a small number of MS students working on topics related to my own research expertise.
See the menus above for My Greatest Hits, or you might remember me from such courses as
1. METR 3220 Physical Meteorology Clouds and precipitation and lightning and atmospheric optics
2. ESCI 3220 Air Quality Air pollution policy and management
3. ESCI 4122/5122 Statistics and Data Analysis in Earth Sciences Data wrangling with programming
4. ESCI 6600 Earth Sciences Graduate Seminar Putting research into context in front of other graduate students
5. ESCI 3101 Global Environmental Change Modern-day climate change
6. ESCI 4220/5220 Atmospheric Chemistry The Ozone Hole and air pollution chemistry
7. METR 4205/5205 Climate Dynamics Climate variability and El Nino
8. METR 3210 Atmospheric Thermodynamics How air moves up and down and left and right
9. METR 4150/5150 Applied Climatology Writing a climate action plan
My atmospheric sciences colleagues teaching in department include Dr. Casey Davenport, Dr. Matt Eastin, Dr. Jack Scheff, Dr. Ian Chang, and Mr. Terry Shirley. I also work with colleagues teaching in the Earth and Environmental Sciences to develop and refine curriculum that collectively prepares our students for what happens after they leave the shelter of the university.