Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder
CU Boulder Sustainability, Energy, and Environment Community (SEEC)
MacAllister Research Center, 4001 Discovery Dr., Boulder, CO 80303
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
| 8:30 AM | 8:45 AM | Review Panel Meet and Greet |
Session #1 CIESRDS and CU Boulder Overview
| 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introductions Dr. Waleed Abdalati, CIESRDS Director (15 min) |
| 9:00 AM | 9:15 AM | Introductions by NOAA Dr. Roger Pulwarty, CIESRDS Technical Program Manager, Acting Director of the Physical Sciences Laboratory and Jennifer Mahoney, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science at OAR (15 Min) |
| 9:15 AM | 9:25 AM | Address from CU Boulder Dr. Ann Stevens, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (15 min) |
| 9:25 AM | 9:35 AM | Address from the CU Boulder Research and Innovation Office (RIO) Dr. Massimo Ruzzene, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation and the Dean of the Institutes (15 min) |
Session #2 CIESRDS Overview: Campus and Government Partnerships
| 9:35 AM | 10:05 AM | CIESRDS Overview Dr. Waleed Abdalati, CIESRDS Director (30 min) |
| 10:05 AM | 10:35 AM | Discussion and Q&A on CIESRDS Overview Dr. Waleed Abdalati, CIESRDS Director (30 min) |
| 10:35 AM | 10:45 AM | Break (10 min) |
Session #3 Science Talks and Panels: Theme 1 - Future Atmosphere (10:45 - 11:40)
Note that talks marked with an asterisk(*) will be longer, 12-minute talks, and the rest will be shorter talks, to leave time for discussion.
| 10:45 AM | 11:40 AM | Introduction of theme (5 min) AEROMMA* Dr. Ilana Pollack, CIESRDS Research Scientist SABRE Dr. Adam Ahern, CIESRDS Research Scientist Impact of aged wildfire smoke on urban ozone Wyndom Chace, CIESRDS Graduate Student Measuring Coupled Fire-Atmosphere Dynamics (CalFiDE) Dr. Brian Carroll, CIESRDS Research Scientist Discussion |
| 11:40 AM | 12:40 PM |
Lunch with Admin Staff (60 min) |
Session #4 Science Talks and Panel: Theme 2 - Earth system data science, stewardship, and application (1:00 - 1:50)
| 1:00 PM | 1:50 PM | Introduction of themes (5 min) Impact-Based Decision Support Services Engine* Michael Rabellino, CIESRDS Senior Associate Scientist Coastal Mapping, MABLE, Crowdsourced Bathymetry Kevin Lally, CIESRDS Associate Scientist Lee Shoemaker, CIESRDS Associate Scientist Greenhouse Gas Measurements Dr. Xin Lan, CIESRDS Research Scientist GeoMag: World Magnetic Model Dr. Arnaud Chulliat, CIESRDS Senior Research Scientist, CIRES Fellow Discussion |
| 1:50 PM | 2:00 PM | Break (10 min) |
Session #5 Science Talks and Panel: Themes 3 & 4 - Climate Science and Prediction and Regional Science and Application (2:00 - 3:00)
| 2:00 PM | 3:00 PM | Introduction of Themes (5 min) Drought Emergency Warning System, Soil Moisture Project* Dr. Amanda Sheffield, Senior Associate Scientist Hunga Tonga Dr. Yunqian Zhu, CIESRDS Research Scientist Arctic Report Card - Sea Ice Walter Meier, Senior Research Scientist at NSIDC CarbonTracker Dr. Andy Jacobson, CIESRDS Research Scientist Revealing the Drivers of Arctic Cloud Regimes and their Surface Impacts Dr. Kara Hartig, CIESRDS Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow HORUS Steven Borenstein, CIESRDS Senior Associate Scientist FEWSNet Dr. Mike Hobbins, CIESRDS Senior Research Scientist Discussion |
| 3:00 PM | 3:10 PM | Break (10 min) |
Session #6 Science Talks and Panel: Theme 5 - Weather Research and Forecasting (3:10 - 4:10)
| 3:10 PM | 4:10 PM | Introduction of themes (5 min) SPLASH Campaign and VORTEX-SE* Dr. Bianca Adler, CIESRDS Research Scientist Winter Storm Severity Index (WSSI) Dr. Dana Tobin, CIESRDS Research Scientist Night Fox Joey Taylor, CIESRDS Associate Scientist Hazard Services Dr. Suneng Zhuo, CIESRDS Senior Associate Scientist Expanding 20th Century Reanalysis for Fire Weather Dr. Gilbert Compo, CIESRDS Senior Research Scientist Project EAGLE and HRRRcast Dr. Daniel Abdi, CIESRDS Research Scientist Discussion |
| 4:10 PM | 4:25 PM | Break and transition (15 min) |
Session #7 Meet with CIESRDS Graduate Students, Post-Docs, and Visiting Fellows
| 4:25 PM | 5:30 PM | CIESRDS Graduate Student, Post-Doc, VFP Meet and Greet SEEC (60 min, light refreshments provided) |
| 5:30 PM | Adjourn |
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
| 8:00 AM | 8:10 AM | Morning logistics/Schedule overview (10 min) |
Session #8 Science Talks and Panel: Themes 6 & 7 - Ecosystem Science and Prediction and Space Weather and Prediction (8:10 - 8:50)
| 8:10 AM | 8:50 AM | Introduction of themes (5 min) Space Weather Observations at SWPC* Jeffrey Johnson, CIESRDS Senior Associate Scientist Ensemble Coronal Mass Ejection Prediction Dr. Mark Miesch, CIESRDS Research Scientist Impacts of Wildfire and Prescribed Fire on Cultural Ecosystem Services and Related Social Ecological Outcomes Dr. Kyle Manley, CIESRDS Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow Discussion |
| 8:50 AM | 9:00 AM | Break and transition to shuttle (10 min) |
Session #9 Travel to NOAA
| 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Travel to NOAA (30 min) |
| 9:30 AM | 9:50 AM | Science on a Sphere Demonstration Beth Russell, Hilary Peddicord, Shilpi Gupta (20 min) |
| 9:50 AM | 10:10 AM | Global Monitoring Laboratory Visit (20 min) POC is Dr. Irina Petropavlovskikh, Welcome by Dr. Vanda Grubisic, GML Director |
| 10:10 PM | 10:30 AM | Chemical Sciences Laboratory Visit (20 min) POC is Dr. Eric Ray, Welcome by Dr. David Fahey, CSL Director |
| 10:30 AM | 11:30 AM | NOAA Directors Meeting with Panel Members NOAA DSRC Conference Room 3B504 (60 min) |
| 11:30 AM | 12:00 PM | Travel to SEEC (30 min) |
| 12:00 PM | 12:45 PM | Lunch (45 min) SEEC Sievers Room |
Session #10 Education and Outreach (12:45 - 1:45)
| 12:45 PM | 1:45 PM | Overview of Education and Outreach Dr. Waleed Abdalati, CIESRDS Director (20 min) Exploring the Learning of Earth Science Concepts and Context for NOAA Science on a Sphere Dr. Grace Bennett-Pierre, CIESRDS Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow NWS Forecaster Training on WPC Ensemble Clustering/Sensitivity Tools Dr. Austin Coleman, CIESRDS Research Scientist Discussion |
| 1:45 PM | 2:00 PM | Break (15 min) |
Session #11 CIESRDS Science Management (2:00 - 2:50)
| 2:00 PM | 2:50 PM | CIESRDS Science Management and Support Dr. Waleed Abdalati, CIESRDS Director, and Kari Bowen, CIESRDS Admin and Science Manager (30 min) Discussion |
| 2:50 PM | 3:00 PM | Break and transition (10 min) |
Session #12 CIESRDS Poster Session
| 3:00 PM | 4:00 PM | Unattended Poster Session and panel with CIESRDS Lab/Center Leads and Senior Scientists Light refreshments (60 min) |
Session #13 Review Panel Executive Session
| 4:00 PM | 4:30 PM | Review Panel Executive Session (30 min) |
Session #14 Wrap-up Q&A
| 4:30 PM | 5:30 PM | Q&A with CIESRDS and Panel Members (60 min) |
| 5:30 PM | Adjourn |