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.

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A team picture taken at the second INCUS Science Team Meeting at Colorado State University in 2024

Leadership

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Susan van den Heever
Principal Investigator
University Distinguished Professor
Colorado State University
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Derek Posselt
Deputy PI
Discipline Program Manager
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Simone Tanelli
Project Scientist
Principal Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Yunjin Kim
Project Manager
Directorate Engineer
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Pavlos Kollias
Algorithm Lead
SUNY Empire Innovation Professor
Stony Brook University
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Kristen Rasmussen
Institutional / CSU DPI
Associate Professor
Colorado State University

Science Team

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Scott Braun
Research Meteorologist
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
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Shannon Brown
Senior Technologist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Jennie Bukowski
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colorado State University
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Venkatachalam Chandrasekar
Director of International Engagement
University Distinguished Professor
Colorado State University
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Brenda Dolan
Research Scientist
Colorado State University
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Sean Freeman
Assistant Professor
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Patrick Gatlin
Research Meteorologist
Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
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Leah Grant
Research Scientist
Colorado State University
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George Huffman
Research Physical Scientist
Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
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Mark Kulie
Research Scientist
NOAA
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Gabrielle Bee Leung
Anna Julia Cooper Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Z. “Johnny” Luo
Professor
CCNY
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Gerald Mace
Professor
University of Utah
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Peter Marinescu
Research Scientist
Colorado State University
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Mary Morris
Technologist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Sai Prasanth
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Steve Reising
Professor
Colorado State University
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Rick Schulte
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colorado State University
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Courtney Schumacher
Professor
Texas A&M University
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Itinderjot Singh
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colorado State University
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Graeme Stephens
Director of the Center for Climate Sciences
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Hanii Takahashi
Scientist
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA

Early Career Scientists

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Corey Amiot
Research Scientist
University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Rachael Auth
MS Student
Colorado State University
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Ethan Ebbert
MS Student
University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Nick Falk
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colorado State University
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Miles Harmala
MS Student
Colorado State University
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Justin Hassel
MS Student
Colorado State University
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Johnathan Lewis
Graduate Student
Texas A&M University
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Andrew Muehr
MS Student
Colorado State University
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Juliet Pilewskie
Postdoctoral Fellow
Colorado State University
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Chandra Radhakrishnan
Research Scientist
Colorado State University
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Yulia Selevich
PhD Student
City University of New York
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Julia Shates
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA
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Dao Wang
Graduate Student
University of Utah
A headshot of Zhuocan Xu
Zhuocan Xu
Postdoctoral Fellow
SUNY Stony Brook

Data Center

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Phil Partain
Science Data Processing Center Lead
Cooporative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
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Amy Burzynski
Science Data Processing Center Co-Lead
Cooporative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere

Industry Partners

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Tendeg
Deployable Antenna
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Blue Canyon Technologies
Spacecraft and Mission Operations
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CU Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
Mission Operations

International Collaborators

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Alessandro Battaglia
Associate Professor
University of Leicester
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Richard Forbes
Senior Scientist
ECMWF
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Christopher Holloway
Associate Professor
University of Reading
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Alain Protat
Senior Principal Research Scientist
Australian Bureau of Meterology
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Thota Narayana Rao
Head, Clouds and Convective Systems Group
NARL
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Rémy Roca
Senior Researcher
CNRS
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Philip Stier
Professor
University of Oxford
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Francisco J. Tapiador
Professor
University of Castilla-La Mancha
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Daniel Vila
Research Associate
INPE

Advisory Board

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John Knaff
Physical Scientist
NOAA
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Mitchell Moncrieff
Senior Scientist
NCAR

Past Team Members

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Randy Chase
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Ziad Haddad
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Walter Petersen
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Rachel Storer
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Ousmane Sy
Colorado State University
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