Jennifer Griswold elected University Corporation for Atmospheric Research trustee
Jennifer Griswold, an associate professor and chairperson of Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), has been elected to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Board of Trustees for a three-year term, effective February 2025. The board is composed of 18 trustees, and Griswold is one of five newly-elected trustees.
The UCAR is a nonprofit consortium of 131 North American colleges and universities that offer research and education programs in Earth system science, ranging from meteorology to hydrology, oceanography, atmospheric chemistry, climate science and beyond. UCAR manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), a federally-funded research and development center of the National Science Foundation, as well as a collection of services known as UCAR Community Programs.
“Being a Trustee means that I will have the opportunity to work with UCAR and NSF NCAR to advance atmospheric and earth system science for more than 130 universities in the US and Canada and to help expand UH Mānoa and SOEST’s research and education opportunities,” said Griswold. “I’m excited to be a part of the process for determining new directions, activities, and potential funding opportunities for the member universities.”
Griswold’s connection with NSF NCAR stems from her recently-funded project through the NSF Mid-Career Award program. She will be working with NCAR project scientist Christina McCluskey on learning how to run a global climate model, called CESM, that provides state-of-the-art computer simulations of Earth’s past, present, and future climate states. Griswold will investigate how aerosols emitted into the Southern Ocean atmosphere by the Australian Black Summer fires in December 2019-January 2020 impact cloud processes.
“Serving on UCAR and NSF NCAR boards and committees ensures a connection between universities and the organization,” Griswold said. “NSF NCAR and UCAR’s many resources, including computing and observing facilities, have long been important to SOEST and UH Mānoa and our research endeavors. My direct connection to UCAR will strengthen our ability to collaborate with current and future partners.”