News & Highlights

Maina recognized with Goddard Center Director's Award

In November 2025, the 610 Robert H. Goddard Honor Award Winners were announced. Among them was Fadji Maina (617/UMBC), who received the Center Director's Award, "For significant contributions to...

Posted: January 20, 2026, 1:27 PM

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Mukherjee awarded AGU Travel Grant

At the 2025 AGU Fall Meeting, held in mid-December in New Orleans, LA, Lipi Mukherjee (613/UMBC) was the recipient of an AGU Faculty Travel Grant. The AGU Faculty Travel Grant is "an NSF-funded...

Posted: January 15, 2026, 6:09 PM

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Congratulations to Jianyu Zheng on his Promotion

Congratulations to Jianyu "Kevin" Zheng (613/UMBC) on his promotion to Assistant Research Scientist! We caught up with Dr. Zheng to learn more about his research and his hobbies outside of...

Posted: January 12, 2026, 11:43 AM

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Congrats to our ESRA Personnel on Service Awards

ESRA would like to congratulate our team members who were recognized at the 2025 Service Awards Ceremony, held on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at the UMBC Retrievers Activity Center. Cathy...

Posted: December 17, 2025, 12:11 PM

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Congratulations to Dr. Emily Faber

On November 10, 2025, Emily Faber, Atmospheric Physics, successfully defended her dissertation titled "Advancing Dust Emission Modeling: Physical Parameterization Improvements and Impacts." Her...

Posted: November 21, 2025, 9:15 AM

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