Events
  • Dr. Alex Hall is being promoted to Associate Professor in the UCLA Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Department effective July 1, 2008.
  • Dr. Robert Fovell, was promoted to the rank of Professor in the UCLA Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Department effective July 1, 2007.
  • Janice Amar, JIFRESSE Chief Operating Officer, is retiring from the University of California effective June 27, 2008.
  • Marian Hoffman has been recruited to replace Janice Amar as JIFRESSE Chief Operating Officer. She started in this position May 30, 2008.
  • Kuo-Nan Liou, Ph.D., Director of JIFRESSE, was recognized on April 7, 2008, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for his substantial contributions to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report that shared this year’s Nobel Prize with former Vice President Al Gore.
  • A JIFRESSE Open House was hosted by JPL on April 9, 2008 from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Approximately 50 JPL scientists attended the Open House which included presentations by Dr. Kuo-Nan Liou and Janice Amar on JIFRESSE’s research community, activities and sponsored research infrastructure
  • 2nd JIFRESSE Collaboration Board Meeting
    March 31, 2008
  • UCLA / JPL Energy and Climate Planning Meeting
    March 19, 2008
  • Mike Gunson, JPL’s Coordinator to JIFRESSE, has now been appointed Chief Scientist for Earth Science and Technology. Dr. Gunson replaced Dr. Randall Friedl who held the Chief Scientist position when Dr. Friedl accepted a position at NASA Headquarters in summer 2007 as Deputy Chief Scientist for Earth Science.
  • William Yeh, Chairman and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UCLA and Member of JIFRESSE’s Steering Committee, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
  • Special Public Lecture: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the Challenges of Climate Policy, Equity and Ethics
    Richard C.J. Somerville, Ph.D.
    Wednesday, January 16, 2008
    5:00 p.m.
    LaKretz Hall Auditorium, room 110
    University of California at Los Angeles
    Webcast/Podcast
  • The JIFRESSE Steering Committiee held its second meeting on December 3, 2007. All members were present except Dr. Jason Hyon who was on travel status.
  • Director Liou was elected Vice Chair of the “Special Fields and Interdisciplinary Engineering” Section of the National Academy of Engineering. He will become chair of this Section on July 1, 2008.
  • JIFRESSE’s Science Team presented a poster at the Fourth Annual Climate Change Research Conference, 9/13-9/17/2007 in Sacramento, California.  The Research Conference was sponsored by the California Energy Commission and the California EPA.
  • Dr. Randy Friedl, one of JIFRESSE’s JPL Coordinators, is currently on leave from JPL at NASA Headquarters as the Deputy Chief Scientist for Earth Science.
  • Professor Jim McWilliams, JIFRESSE Science team member and a member of the JIFRESSE Steering Committee, was appointed Chair of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department at UCLA effective July 1, 2007.  JIFRESSE science team member, Robert Fovell, was promoted to Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences effective July 1, 2007.
  • The Science Division at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has undergone a recent reorganization of two Earth science sections.  Dr. James Margitan, appointed to JIFRESSE's Steering Committee, is the new Section Manager for the Earth Atmospheric Science Section. UCLA Adjunct Professor Yi Chao, a JPL founding member of JIFRESSE, was appointed Section Manager for the Climate, Oceans and Solid Earth Section. The new sections were created from the former Earth Science and Earth Remote Sensing Science Sections.  Dr. Annmarie Elderling, UCLA Adjunct Assistant Professor and another JPL founding JIFRESSE member, has been appointed as the Deputy Section Manager for Earth Atmospheric Science.
  • Dr. Randy Freidl, JIFRESSE Coordinator at JPL, presented two position talks, "Regional Effects Underway at JPL/Caltech and UCLA" and "California Climate Observations: Calsat" at a climate change initiative workshop sponsored by the California Council for Science and Technology in Sacramento, May 24, 2007. Director Liou also participated in the meeting. On May 31, 2007, Dr. Friedl gave a lecture, "Future Earth Observations from Space," in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department
  • Seminar: Adjoint Sensitivity of Global Sea-Air CO2 flux in a Marine Ecosystem Model
    Jerry F. Tjiputra, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 1:30 p.m., 3637 Geology Bldg.
  • Director Liou was invited to make a presentation on JIFRESSE at a half day meeting hosted by the College of Letters and Science for representatives of Aerospace Corporations on March 20, 2007.
  • Public Lecture: Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes
    Kerry Emanuel, Ph.D.
    Monday, February 12, 2007
    4:30 p.m.
    LaKretz Hall, Room 110
    University of California at Los Angeles
  • Director Liou was invited to make a presentation about JIFRESSE to the Mechanical and Aerospace Department faculty in the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science on February 9, 2007.
  • First JIFRESSE Steering Committee Meeting
    February 1, 2007
  • First JIFRESSE Collaboration Board Meeting
    October 25, 2006
  • Chancellor Norman Abrams and Director Charles Elachi signing JIFRESSE MOUJIFRESSE OPENING AND SIGNING CEREMONY
    Wednesday, October 25, 2006
    11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
    Charles E. Young Grand Ballroom
    Kerchoff Hall, UCLA