EDUCATION

University of Wyoming , Laramie, WY September 1995 - December 1998
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, GPA 3.43/4.0
Dissertation: Vertical Profiles of Cloud Condensation Nuclei at Midcontinental Sites Through the Development and Use of a Balloon-borne Instrument

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI September 1993 - August 1995
Master of Science in Geophysics, GPA 3.62/4.0
Thesis: Remote Sensing of Volcanic Ash Clouds Using Special Sensor Microwave Imager Data

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI September 1989 - May 1993
Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics, GPA 3.53/4.0
Emphasis on Computational Physics

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Experience in conducting laboratory, surface, and aircraft aerosol measurements.

Familiarity with aerosol instruments (condensation nuclei counters, cloud condensation nuclei counters, optical particle counters, nephelometers, and differential mobility analyzers).

Experience with statistical analysis of large data sets.

Proficient at scientific programming (IDL, MATLAB, Scilab, perl, Shell scripting, C, and FORTRAN).

Extensive working knowledge of computer operating systems (UNIX, Linux, and Windows), office software (OpenOffice, MS Office) and various open source tools (gallery, gnuplot, Fab4, Grads, and Nvu).

Experience with satellite data (AVHRR, SSMI, and SAGE II) and in using image processing software (EDRAS, Terrascan, and ENVI).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 2002 - Present
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Science , University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND.
I am working with the aircraft group within the department of Atmospheric Sciences and with scientist around the work to conduct significate scientific research.

April 2001 - June 2002
Scientific Computing Research Associate at the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, Grand Forks, ND.
Worked with the Upper Midwest Aerospace Consortium to develop products and services for agriculture and natural resource management using satellite technology. 

January 1999 - March 2001
Research Associate at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO.
Worked with the aerosol group of the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory to evaluate uncertainties in satellite retrievals of aerosol optical depth due to assumptions made in the aerosol retrieval algorithm.  The research aim is to use statistics derived from long-term, in-situ aerosol measurements to quantify the uncertainties in satellite retrievals due to assumptions made about the aerosol properties. 

September 1995 - December 1998
Research Assistantship in the Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
Worked with Dr. Terry Deshler on balloon-borne aerosol measurements.  During this work, I conducted an extensive calibration of a new balloon-borne cloud condensation nuclei counter and developed C and MATLAB codes to process and analyze the aerosol measurements.

June 1994 - August 1994
Internship at Science Applications International Corporation, Hampton, VA.
Worked with Dr. Er-Woom Chiou at NASA Langley Research Center developing IDL and FORTRAN codes for the reconstruction of SAGE II ozone and water vapor fields for the polar regions.

September 1993 - August 1995.
Research Assistantship Department of Geological Engineering and Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI.
Worked with Dr. William Rose on remote sensing of volcanic ash clouds using AVHRR and SSMI data. Developed IDL and FORTRAN codes to process and analyze satellite data.

1991-1993 school years
Coach for the Physics Learning Center, Michigan Technological University , Houghton, MI.
Individual and group tutoring for general physics classes.

HONORS

Member of the National Physics Honor Society, Sigma Pi Sigma.
MTU chapter president of the Society of Physics Students, 1992-1993 school year.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Project Title:  Validation of ground-and satellite-based cloud retrievals using UND's in-situ aircraft measurements,   Supporting Agency:  North Dakota NASA EPSCor, Principal Investigator: Xiquan Dong, Investigator Support:  1.0 months, Project Dollar Value:  $24,551, Project Duration:  January 1, 2004  - July 15, 2004.

Project Title:  Sikorsky Aircraft Icing Certification,   Supporting Agency:  Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Principal Investigator: Mike Poellot,  Investigator Support:  1.0 months, Project Duration:  March 2004 - July 2004.

Project Title:  Determination of Mercury in a Power Plant Plume,   Supporting Agency:  Department of Energy, Principal Investigator: Dennis Laudal, Investigator Support:  1.5 months, Project Dollar Value:  $389,284, Project Duration:  September 2002 - September 2004.

PEER REVIEWED RESEARCH PROPOSALS

Proposals Under Review:

Proposals Not Funded:

Proposal Title:  Investigation of Crop Harvesting as a Source of Climatically Important Aerosols,  Funding Agency:  National Science Foundation (Physical and Dynamic Meteorology), Proposal Submitted:  July 21, 2006,  Proposed Project Period:  January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2009, Total Funds Requested:  395,952, Principal Investigator:  David Delene, Co-Principal Investigators:  Alena Kubatova , Co-Principal Investigators:  Santhosh Seelan

Proposal Title:  Development of an Acoustic Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter,  Funding Agency:  NSF, Proposal Submitted:  January 20, 2005,  Proposed Project Period:  August 1, 2006 to July 31, 2009, Total Funds Requested: $372,381, Principal Investigator:  Marcellin Zahui, Co-Principal Investigators:  David Delene.

Proposal Title:  Development of an Acoustic Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter,  Funding Agency:  NASA, Instrument Incubator Program Proposal Submitted:  November 2, 2004,  Proposed Project Period:  June 1, 2005 to May 31, 2008, Total Funds Requested:  424,173, Principal Investigator:  Marcellin Zahui, Co-Principal Investigators:  David Delene.

Proposal Title:  Toward Closure between Cloud Condensation Nuclei, Updraft Velocity, and Cloud Droplets Measurements,  Funding Agency:  Department of Energy Atmospheric Science Program, Proposal Submitted:  June 18, 2004,  Proposed Project Period:  November 1, 2004 to October 31, 2007, Total Funds Requested:  230,968, Principal Investigator:  David Delene, Co-Principal Investigators:  None.

Proposal Title:  Development of a Small Aircraft Cloud Condensation Nuclei Counter,  Funding Agency:  NOAA Office of Global Programs, Proposal Submitted:  July 31, 2003,  Proposed Project Period:  FY 2004 - FY 2007, Total Funds Requested:  299,371, Principal Investigator:  David Delene, Co-Principal Investigators:  David Heckmann and Grant Dunham.

Proposal Title:  Five years of Stratus cloud properties and aerosol size distributions from the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed site,  Funding Agency:  NSF Physical Meteorology, Proposal Submitted:  June, 2003,  Proposed Project Period:  January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2006, Total Funds Requested:  ~450,000, Principal Investigator:  Xiquan Dong, Co-Principal Investigators:  David Delene and Mark Askelson.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Delene, D. J., and J. A. Ogren, Variability of aerosol optical properties at four North American surface monitoring sites, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 59, 1135-1150, 2002.

Sheridan, P. J., D. J. Delene, and J. A. Ogren, Four years of continuous surface aerosol measurements from the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Southern Great Plains Cloud and Radiation Testbed site, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 106, 20735-20747, 2001.

Delene, D. J. and T. Deshler, Vertical profiles of cloud condensation nuclei above Wyoming, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres , 106, 12579-12588, 2001.

Delene, D. J. and T. Deshler, Calibration of a photometric cloud condensation nucleus counter designed for deployment on a balloon package, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 17, 459-467, 2000.

Delene, D. J., T. Deshler, P. Wechsler, and G. A. Vali, A balloon-borne cloud condensation nuclei counter, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 103, 8927-8934, 1998.

Delene, D. J., W. I. Rose, and N. C. Grody, Remote sensing of volcanic ash clouds using special sensor microwave imager data, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 101, 11,579-11,588, 1996.

Rose, W. I., D. J. Delene, D. J. Schneider, G. J. S. Bluth, A. J. Krueger, I. Sprod, C. McKee, H. L. Davies, and G. G. J. Ernst, Ice in the 1994 Rabaul eruption cloud: implications for volcano hazard and atmospheric effects, Nature, 375, 477-479, 1995.

PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS

Delene, D. J., Evaluation of Mali, West Africa Airborne Measurements to Access the Potential of Enhancing Precipitation using Hygroscopic Seeding, Talk given at the University of North Dakota's Department of Atmospheric Science Graduate Seminar Series, October 18, 2007 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Delene, D. J., Mali 2006/2007 Airborne Measurements, Talk given at the National Meteorological Service of Mali, September 26, 2007 in Bamako, Mali.

Delene, D. J., Atmospheric Particle Concentration Measurements:  Surface, Aircraft and Balloon Platforms, Talk given at the University of North Dakota's Air Pollution High School Workshop, March 15, 2007 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Delene, D. J., First Aircraft Measurements with a Fast Mobility Particle Sizer, Talk given at the University of North Dakota's Department of Atmospheric Science Graduate Seminar Series, December 2, 2005 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

J. Murray, L. Nguyen, T. Daniels, P. Minnis, P. Schaffner, M. Cagle, C. Wolff, M. Anderson, D. Mulally, K. Jensen, A. Grainger, and D. Delene, TAMDAR Icing Sensor Performance During the 2003/2004 AIRS II, AIAA-2005-258, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 10-13, 2005.

T. Daniels, J. Murray, M. Anderson, D. Mulally, K. Jensen, A. Grainger and D. Delene, TAMDAR Sensor Validation in 2003 AIRS II, AIAA-2005-259, 43rd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 10-13, 2005.

Delene, D. J., Aircraft Measurements of Cloud Liquid Water Content using the Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe, Talk given at the University of North Dakota's Department of Atmospheric Science Graduate Seminar Series, October 15, 2004 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Delene, D. J., X. Dong, Y. Chen, M. Poellot, and J. Penner, Analysis of the aerosol-cloud interactions from aircraft, surface measurements, and cloud parcel model during the March 2000 IOP at the ARM SGP site, Poster presented at the 13th Annual ARM Science Team Meeting, March 23, 2004 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Delene, D. J., Calibration of the University of North Dakota's Citation Aircraft Wind System, Talk given at the University of North Dakota's Department of Atmospheric Science Graduate Seminar Series, November 14, 2003 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Delene, D. J., Variability of aerosol properties from long-term surface monitoring station data, Talk given at the University of North Dakota's Department of Atmospheric Science Graduate Seminar Series, September 20, 2002 in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Delene, D. J. and J. A. Ogren, Variability of aerosol properties as determined by long-term surface observations, Talk given at the 81st AMS Annual Meeting, January 18, 2001 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Delene, D. J. and J. A. Ogren, Opportunities for the use of In-situ Aerosol Measurements with Chemical Transport Models and Satellite Climatologies, Talk given at the GACP Third Science Team Meeting , October 12, 2000 in Lanharn-Seabrook, Maryland.

Snider, J. R., W. Cantrell, G. Shaw, and D. Delene, Cloud Condensation Nuclei Measurement Uncertainties: Implications for Climate Models, 15th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, August 6-11, 2000 in Rolla, Missouri.

Delene, D. J. and P. J. Sheridan, and J. A. Ogren, North American measurements of aerosol light absorption and single-scattering albedo , Poster presented at the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab 2000 Annual Meeting, May 4, 2000 in Boulder, Colorado.

Delene, D. J. and J. A. Ogren, Variability of Aerosol Properties Among Surface Monitoring Stations, Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 1999 Fall Meeting, December 16, 1999 in San Francisco, California.

Delene, D. J. and J. A. Ogren, Long-term In-situ Aerosol Data Sets for Determining Uncertainties in Satellite Retrieval Algorithms, Talk given at the GACP Second Science Team Meeting , September 30, 1999 in New York City, New York.

Delene, D. J., Vertical Profiles of Cloud Condensation Nuclei above Laramie, Wyoming and Lauder, New Zealand, Poster presented at the Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab 1999 Annual Meeting, May 13, 1999 in Boulder, Colorado.

Sheridan, P., D. Delene, J. Ogren, In Situ Measurement of Aerosol Light Absorption and Single-Scattering Albedo at the NSA and SGP CART Sites, Poster presented at the Tenth ARM Science Team Meeting, March 15, 2000 in San Antonio, Texas.

Delene, D. J., Vertical Profiles of Cloud Condensation Nuclei above Midlatitude Continental Sites, Talk given at the American Geophysical Union 1998 Fall meeting,  December 9, 1998 in San Francisco, California.

Delene, D. J., and T. Deshler, Balloon-based measurements of cloud condensation nuclei at Laramie, Wyoming, Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 1996 Fall meeting December 16, 1996 in San Francisco, California.

Delene, D. J., and W. I. Rose, Remote sensing of volcanic clouds using special sensor microwave imager data, Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 1995 Fall meeting, December 13, 1998 in San Francisco, California.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

October 1 - 14, 2007
Aircraft Instrumentation Instructor:  2007 Burkina Faso Training Program

Spring Semester, 2007
Professor:  Computer Concepts in Meteorology

Fall Semester, 2006
Professor:  Measurement Systems

Fall Semester, 2006
Professor:  Numerical Methods in Meteorology

Spring Semester, 2006
Professor:  Computer Concepts in Meteorology

January 1997 to May 1997
Laboratory Instructor:  Introduction to Meteorology

June 2-13, 1997
Laboratory Instructor:  Engineering Summer Program

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society

REFERENCES

Mike Poellot
Department of Atmospheric Science
University of North Dakota
424 Clifford Hall, University Avenue & Tulane Drive
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9006
Office Phone (701) 777-3180
email poellot@aero.und.edu

John Ogren
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab
Mail Code R/CMDL1, 325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303
Office Phone (303) 497-6210
email jogren@cmdl.noaa.gov

Anne Jefferson
Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Lab
Mail Code R/CMDL1, 325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80303
Office Phone (303) 497-7062
email ajefferson@cmdl.noaa.gov

Terry Deshler
Department of Atmospheric Science
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071-3038
Office Phone (307) 766-2006
email deshler@uwyo.edu

William Rose
Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931
Office Phone (906) 487-2531
email raman@mtu.edu