Assistant Professor

Location

2543 Climate and Space Research Building 2455 Hayward Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143

Primary Website

https://pettersen.engin.umich.edu/

Education

• Ph.D., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.S., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• B.A., Physics and Astronomy, Carleton College

Research Interests

• Ground-based, airbone, and spaceborne observations of clouds and precipitation
• High-latitude cloud and precipitation processes
• Snowfall characteristics as a function of atmospheric state (e.g., large-scale (system) snow, meso-scale (lake-effect) snow)
• Instrumentation and field deployments

Awards

• NASA New (Early Career) Investigator Program (NIP) in Earth Science award (2021)
• NASA PMM Annual Science Team Award (2019)
• UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences: Recognition of Contributions (2018)
• NASA Group Achievement Award: HS3 Campaign (2015)
• UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Excellence Award: Colloquium Student Service Award (2015)
• IceCube Neutrino Observatory: Service Award (2009)
• Antarctic Service Medal, Wintered Over Distinction (2007)