Environmental Sciences
Department
Curriculum Vitae
RICHARD WAGENER - Computer Scientist
Education
Universitat
Bonn (M.S., Physics, 1980); State University of New York at Stony Brook (Ph.D.,
Astronomy, 1986).
Research Interests
Remote
sensing of the atmosphere; Atmospheric radiative transfer, Global climate
change; Regional environmental change; Scientific Information Systems design
and management.
Professional Affiliations
Adjunct
Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook; American
Geophysical Union; American Astronomical Society and its Division of Planetary
Science.
Committees
BNL/Change
Control Board; I-10/11 Promotions Committee.
Summary of Experience
Ultraviolet
and infrared spectroscopy of planetary atmospheres; Laboratory UV spectroscopy;
Analysis of IR images; Vertically inhomogeneous radiative transfer calculations;
Mie scattering models of water ice particles and cloud drops; Analysis of
albedo data of Earth remote sensing satellite instruments (ERBE, AVHRR, VISSR);
ARM data management and systems administration.
WILLIAM J. BEHRENS - Applications Architect
Education
Briarcliffe
College (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, 1998); State University of New
York at Stony Brook (M.S., Marine Sciences, 1978); State University of New York
at Binghamton (B.A., Biology, 1974).
Research Interests
Acquisition,
telemetry, analysis and distribution of environmental data; Computer
networking; Wireless communications; Oceanographic and atmospheric data
management; Hydrography.
Summary of Experience
System Administrator
of UNIX and Windows systems for the External Data Center of the ARM
program. Computer Security
representative for the Environmental Sciences Department. Develop satellite communications interface
for remote ARM sites. Provide remote
access, data acquisition, and data management software for FACE sites. Network distribution of real-time radio
telemetered data from weather stations and buoys. Process satellite images and design data processing and graphics
systems for oceanographic projects.
Database manager for OASD, 1983-1996. Participated in 46 oceanographic
research cruises measuring chemical, physical and biological parameters in the
North Atlantic, Bering Sea, Greenland Sea, and Caribbean Sea. Research
ecologist investigating sulfur dynamics in a salt marsh ecosystem at the Marine
Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 1978-1979. Instructor of Physical
Oceanography, Southampton College, NY, 1977-1978, Visiting student at the
University of Manchester, England and Marine Biological Station, Roscoff,
France, 1973-1974.
ALICE T. CIALELLA - Advanced Applications Engineer
Education
University
of Maryland (M.A., Geography, 1994); University of New Hampshire, Atmos. Chem.
Terr. Ecosystems, 1989-1990); Western Maryland College (B.A., Cum Laude, 1985).
Research Interests
Remote
sensing for land and water surfaces; Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
analyses of environmental data; Data acquisition and analysis.
Summary of Experience
Collect
and maintain a surface characterization database in a GIS for the ARM program
and utilize the GIS database for ARM related research.
Conduct a vegetarian classification of the natural areas remaining on Long Island
using remotely sensed and field gathered data.
Land cover classification, image rectification, and data processing and
analysis of ASAS data obtained in HAPEX - Sahel experiment. Global vegetation
cover classification using AVHRR and LANDSAT MSS data.
Development and utilization of a process-oriented computer model to simulate
carbon and nitrogen dynamics in agricultural soils.
Code development and parameterization of a computer model that predicts
nitrogen saturation rates for forested ecosystems. Developed menu driven
interface.
Designed, tested and evaluated message communication programs for air and land
defense.
KATHY J. DOTY - Advanced Applications Engineer
Education
State
University of New York - Empire State College (B.S., Computer Science, 1998);
Suffolk County Community College (A.A.S., Accounting, 1991).
Research Interests
Database
design; Applications programming; User interface development; Web development.
Summary of Experience
Programming
in Perl, C, C Shell, Pascal, Fortran. Web CGI Programming in Perl, HTML. The
use of software packages on PC's and Macintoshes; Familiarity with UNIX, DOS,
and Macintosh operating systems. Experience with Sybase database software,
database design and implementation. Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI)
development.
LAURIE M. GREGORY - Advanced Applications Engineer
Education
State University
of New York at Stony Brook (B.S., Computer Science, 1994; M.S. Computer
Science, 1996).
Research Interests
Data
acquisition and analysis; Applications programming; CGI programming; Web
development.
Summary of Experience
Collect
and analyze external data for the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement program.
Automating plotting and analysis of meteorological data. Programming in C,
C-Shell, Perl, FORTRAN, X-Windows, and IDL (Interactive Data Language). Unix
system administration. Design and
maintain website for CERINE (Collaboration for Environmental Research in the
North-East).
L. LYNN MA - Advanced Applications Engineer
Education
Xiamen
University (B.S., Applied Mathematics, 1984); Florida Institute of Technology
(M.S. Physical Oceanography, 1993); State University of New York at Stony Brook
(M.S. Information Systems Management, 1995).
Research Interests
Data
analysis; Database management; Web development; Applications programming.
Summary of Experience
Participates
in the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) project. Responsible for
collecting and analyzing external data. Maintain and monitor the performance of
Sybase Server in support of various databases. Participated in the optimization
of the Global Chemistry Model. Programming in FORTRAN, C, C-Shell, Perl, and
IDL (Interactive Data Language).
ALISON L. TILP - Advanced Applications Engineer
Education
State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.S., Computer Science, 1985).
Research Interests
System
administration; Backup/archive systems; Perl and CGI programming; Web
applications.
Summary of Experience
1999 -
Present: BNL, Scientific Information Systems Group.
1996-1997: BNL, SISG (part-time).
1989-1999: BNL, Information Technology Division
1986-1988: Grumman Data Systems, Bethpage, NY
1985 - SUNY, Stony Brook, Teaching Assistant
1984-1985: SUNY, Stony Brook, Computing Center Help Desk
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