News & Highlights

Congratulations to Caterina Mogno (614/UMBC) on her promotion to Assistant Research Scientist!  We caught up with Dr. Mogno to learn more about her research and how she spends her free time:...

Fred Huemmrich (618/UMBC) recently co-authored a Remote Sensing paper titled “Unveiling PACE OCI’s hyperspectral terrestrial data products” with Skye Caplan (616/GSFC). The PACE satellite...

As most of us know, the Atlantic hurricane season has begun. NASA provides many tools for forecasters, all levels of government, disaster responders, just to name a few groups who need to know...

Congratulations to Earth scientist Dr. Compton Tucker (UMBC/GSFC), who recently was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. "[His] research has spanned nearly 50 years at NASA’s Goddard Space...

On May 21, 2025, the UMBC community celebrated its Graduate School Class of 2025! GESTAR II is happy to congratulate three students who are currently Graduate Research Assistants.  Ph.D.,...

UMBC's 9th Earth Day Symposium was held in late April 2025, and as we noted in a previous post, the day was full of presentations from scientists, professors, an industry representative, and...

Anne Thompson (610.0/UMBC) was recognized with a JGR-Atmospheres Reviewer Award by AGU. According to the AGU site, "A robust peer review ensures that AGU maintains the highest integrity in our...

Jessica Sutton (617/UMBC) is the Principal Investigator on the proposal "Identification of Virga Precipitation Events," which was among the proposals selected in 2025 for UMBC CIDER funding. Her...

Ameni Mkaouar (618/UMBC) is one of four scientists featured in the latest NASA GSFC Early Career Scientist Spotlights. The NASA Goddard Association of Postdoctoral and Early Career Scientists in...

The Earth Day Symposium (EDS) 2025 Planning Committee, led by Roshan Mishra, organized a wonderful, informative all-day event, held on Friday, April 25, 2025, in UMBC’s Physics building. The 9th...