The Team
The INCUS team is comprised of scientists and engineers from 11 universities, 3 NASA laboratories, 2 industry partners, and 7 other meteorological centers, institutes and organizations.
Leadership
Susan van den Heever
Principal Investigator
University Distinguished Professor
Colorado State University
University Distinguished Professor
Colorado State University
Ziad Haddad
Deputy Principal Investigator
Radar Science Group Supervisor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Radar Science Group Supervisor
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Simone Tanelli
Project Scientist
Principal Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Principal Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Yunjin Kim
Project Manager
Directorate Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Directorate Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Science Team
Scott Braun
Research Meteorologist
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Shannon Brown
Senior Technologist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Jennie Bukowski
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Randy Chase
Research Scientist I
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Brenda Dolan
Research Scientist
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Sean Freeman
Assistant Professor
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Patrick Gatlin
Research Meteorologist
Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
Leah Grant
Research Scientist
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
George Huffman
Research Physical Scientist
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Pavlos Kollias
Professor
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University
Mark Kulie
Research Scientist
NOAA
NOAA
Gabrielle Bee Leung
PhD Candidate
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Z. “Johnny” Luo
Professor
CCNY
CCNY
Gerald Mace
Professor
University of Utah
University of Utah
Peter Marinescu
Research Scientist
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Mary Morris
Technologist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Walter Petersen
Chief, Science Research and Projects Division
Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
Derek Posselt
Research Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Sai Prasanth
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Kristen Rasmussen
Associate Professor
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Steve Reising
Professor
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Rick Schulte
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Courtney Schumacher
Professor
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University
Itinderjot Singh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colorado State University
Colorado State University
Graeme Stephens
Director of the Center for Climate Sciences
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Rachel Storer
Associate Project Scientist
UCLA/JIFRESSE
UCLA/JIFRESSE
Ousmane Sy
Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Hanii Takahashi
Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
Industry Partners
Tendeg
Deployable Antenna
Blue Canyon Technologies
Spacecraft and Mission Operations
Data Center
Phil Partain
Science Data Processing Center Lead
Cooporative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Cooporative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Amy Burzynski
Science Data Processing Center Co-Lead
Cooporative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Cooporative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
International Collaborators
Alessandro Battaglia
Associate Professor
University of Leicester
University of Leicester
Richard Forbes
Senior Scientist
ECMWF
ECMWF
Christopher Holloway
Associate Professor
University of Reading
University of Reading
Alain Protat
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Australian Bureau of Meterology
Australian Bureau of Meterology
Thota Narayana Rao
Head, Clouds and Convective Systems Group
NARL
NARL
Rémy Roca
Senior Researcher
CNRS
CNRS
Philip Stier
Professor
University of Oxford
University of Oxford
Francisco J. Tapiador
Professor
University of Castilla-La Mancha
University of Castilla-La Mancha
Daniel Vila
Research Associate
INPE
INPE
Advisory Board
Christian Jakob
Professor
Monash University
Monash University
John Knaff
Physical Scientist
NOAA
NOAA
Mitchell Moncrieff
Senior Scientist
NCAR
NCAR
David Romps
Professor
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Wei-Kuo Tao
Senior Research Scientist
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA