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A fundamental mission of the University of Illinois Department of Climate, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences is to provide comprehensive educational opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students through direct participation in the advancement of our scientific understanding of the atmosphere.
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Do you want to understand the power of mother nature?
Our students get hands-on experience observing and modeling our earth system. Students in our department fly in research aircraft alongside severe thunderstorms, use instrumentation to investigate the structure of weather systems and simulate the atmosphere using cutting-edge models that will lead to future breakthroughs in our science.
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The forefront of research and education
Students in our graduate program undertake research that pushes the boundaries of our sciences, whether it be the latest in computer modeling or discovering new phenomena in the field. With a graduate degree in atmospheric sciences, students pursue various careers, including careers in national labs, academia, private industry, and more!
Junshik Um
What have you been up to since your time at DAS? After receiving MS and PhD degrees in 2004 and 2009, respectively, from DAS, I stayed at DAS for as a post-doc and then as a research scientist. In August 2017 I moved to Oklahoma and joined the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies (CIMMS) as a research scientist. And then after seven months at CIMMS, I accepted a faculty position offer from the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea, on March 2018. My research interests are the microphysical and...