April 23, 2007
Top Atmospheric Scientist To Address Effects of Climate Change
LINCOLN, Neb. — A leading atmospheric scientist will present "The Future of Planet Earth and Its Inhabitants: Our Imperfect Crystal Ball," at 3 p.m. May 3 in the Hardin Hall Auditorium.
The talk by Timothy L. Killeen, director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., will be free and open to the public. Hardin Hall is on the northeast corner of 33rd and Holdrege.
Killeen's topic is particularly timely given the recently released conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which predict that drought and other climatic extremes will become more common as the earth warms, said Donald A. Wilhite, director of the National Drought Mitigation Center and professor of applied climate sciences in the School of Natural Resources of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Killeen's visit will be jointly hosted by UNL's Office of Research, the drought center, and the School of Natural Resources.
Born in Cardiff, Wales, Killeen received a degree in physics and a doctorate in atomic and molecular physics from the University College, London. Before joining NCAR, Killeen was professor of atmospheric and space sciences at the University of Michigan. During his tenure at Michigan, he also held positions as director of the University of Michigan's Space Physics Research Laboratory and associate vice president for research.
Concurrent with his role as director of NCAR, Killeen continues his research as a senior scientist at NCAR's High Altitude Observatory, where his research interests include the experimental and theoretical study of the Earth's upper atmosphere. He is a principal investigator and instrument developer for a space-borne Doppler interferometer on the NASA TIMED spacecraft, and co-principal investigator for a new NSF Science and Technology Center devoted to numerical modeling of space weather. He is president of the American Geophysical Union, a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, a former AMS councilor, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. Killeen has served as president of the Space Physics Section of the American Geophysical Union, and on numerous NASA, NSF, AGU and university committees. He served as co-chair of the NASA Sun-Solar System Connection Strategic Roadmap Committee, and is a past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics.
4/23/07-KS/DM Ann Fiedler
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