DeloresÌýKnipp
- Research Professor
- COLORADO CENTER FOR ASTRODYNAMICS RESEARCH
- SPACE WEATHER TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0431
Office: AERO N401
Focus Area
Remote Sensing, Earth, & Space Sciences
Education
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1989
M.S., Atmospheric Science (Space Physics), University of California, Los Angeles, 1988
M.S., Atmospheric Science (Remote Sensing), University of Missouri, 1984
B.S., Atmospheric Science, University of Missouri, 1976
Professional Experience
2013 - Present, Research Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder CO
2008 - Present, Senior Research Associate, High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
2014 - 2019, Editor in Chief, American Geophysical Union Space Weather Journal and Space Weather Quarterly
2009 - 2013, Visiting Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder
2009 - 2010, Senior Research Associate NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center, National Research Council resident at NOAA
1996 - 2008, Professor of Physics, US Air Force Academy, CO
1989 - 1996, Assistant and Associate Professor of Physics, US Air Force Academy, CO
1977 - 1999, US Air Force Officer, Various assignments relating to meteorology and space physics
Awards (selected)
International Baron Marcel Nicolet Medal for space weather and space climate (2019)
Fellow, American Meteorological Society (2019)
American Geophysical Union Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing (2013)
National Research Council Resident Research Associate Fellowship, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (2010)
USAF Academy Professor of the Year (2008)
US Air Force Basic Research Award (1997)
Research Interests
Space environment
Solar wind-geospace coupling
Satellite drag
Data assimilation
Space weather education