Ann Bryant and Evan Burgess awarded NASA Fellowships

Two Ph.D. students, Annie Bryant and Evan Burgess, have each been awarded a NASA Earth & Space Science (ESS) Graduate Student Fellowship.  This is a competitive and prestigious award that speaks highly of each student's work, as well as their advisors, Tom Painter and Rick Forster respectively.  There were 274 applicants this year for the 62 fellowships granted.  The fellowship is renewable for up to three years totaling $90,000 for each student. 

Annie's project is " Radiative forcing by desert dust in snowmelt-dominated hydrologic systems from coupled satellite and in situ measurements".  Evan's research is “Mechanisms of Alaskan glacier motion through observation of surface velocities and ice thickness”.

The purpose of the Fellowship program is for NASA Earth Science to train a pool of highly qualified scientists in support of NASA's mission to use the vantage point of space to understand and protect our home planet.  NASA understands that the future of Earth science rests with today's students, who will be tomorrow's scientists and engineers.  

Congratulations to both Ann and Evan and to their advisors Tom and Rick, too!

Ann Bryant	Evan Burgess