Natasha Dacic

PhD Candidate

Location

Climate & Space Research Building 2455 Hayward Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143

Education

B.S. – The College of Idaho (Mathematics-Physics; Environmental Studies) – May 2018

Research Interests

My research focuses on improving our understanding of agricultural N2O emissions with space-based and in-situ observations.

I’m also interested in: air pollution, greenhouse gases, environmental/climate policy, environmental justice, sustainability.

Awards

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellow (2020)

University of Michigan College of Engineering Dean’s Fellowship (2019)

Publications

Yorks, J.E.; Selmer, P.A.; Kupchock, A.; Nowottnick, E.P.; Christian, K.E.; Rusinek, D.; Dacic, N.; McGill, M.J. Aerosol and Cloud Detection Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Space-Based Lidar Data. Atmosphere 2021, 12, 606. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12050606

Dacic, N., Sullivan, J. T., Knowland, K. E., Wolfe, G. M., Oman, L. D., Berkoff, T. A., & Gronoff, G. P. Evaluation of NASA’s high-resolution global composition simulations: Understanding a pollution event in the Chesapeake Bay during the summer 2017 OWLETS campaign. Atmospheric Environment 2020, 222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117133