Dr. V. Chandrasekar

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Chandrasekar’s decades-long research has enabled cutting-edge radar and satellite technologies for studying weather and climate from land, sea, and space. He is widely recognized for his pioneering contributions to the development of dual-polarization – a signature radar technology for severe weather forecasting. Chandrasekar is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, International Union of Radio Science and the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. In 2016, he received the honor of being knighted by the government of Finland for his technical contributions. He also received the IEEE Distinguished Achievement Award.
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Dr. Steven C. Reising

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Reising has served as professor in Electrical andComputer Engineering at Colorado State University since 2011, where he also served as associate professor from 2004 to 2011. Before joining the CSU faculty in 2004, he was an assistant professor of ECEat the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Reising’s research interests span a broad range of remote sensing disciplines, including microwave remote sensing of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans from airborne platforms, small satellites, and CubeSats. He has been principal investigator on projects with such organizations as NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Defense, and Office of Naval Research. Currently, he is a co-investigator on INCUS – CSU’s $177 million NASA mission to study storms in the tropics.
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Dr. Haonan Chen

Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dr. Chen has been an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Colorado State University (CSU) since August 2020. He is also an affiliate faculty with the Data Science Research Institute (DSRI) at CSU. Before joining the CSU faculty, he worked at the NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, first as a National Research Council Research Associate, and then a Radar, Satellite, and Precipitation Research Scientist. Chen teaches courses and leads research programs at the intersection of data science and remote sensing. He joins fellow ECE faculty, atmospheric scientists, and other researchers across campus who are converging to study the climate and how it’s changing. As a recipient of the competitive Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Chen is using artificial intelligence to predict severe weather events.
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Dr. Christine Chiu

Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science
Dr. Chiu is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science at CSU. Prior to joining CSU in 2017, she was an associate professor in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading, United Kingdom (2010-17), a research assistant professor at the University of Maryland–Baltimore County, and an associated scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (2003-2010).
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Dr. Christian Kummerow

Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science
Dr. Kummerow joined the CSU Department of Atmospheric Science faculty in June 2000. Previously, he worked at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center serving as the Project Scientist for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). He is currently a member of the Joint TRMM Steering Team. Professor Kummerow is also a member of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) team and plays an active role in planning and defining new spaceborne missions geared toward obtaining a better understanding of the Global Water and Energy Cycle.
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