معرفی
Michael Jensen is Distinguished Meteorologist and Group Leader for Cloud Processes & Measurement Science at Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Environmental Science and Technologies Department, and an active lecturer at Stony Brook University. He has led two major DOE field campaigns—MC3E (2011) and TRACER (2021-22)—and currently directs the PASCCALS Science Focus Area, all aimed at understanding cloud lifecycle and aerosol interactions.
Education
- Ph.D. Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University
- M.S. Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University
- B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Research Interests
Jensen’s research integrates state-of-the-art radar and lidar observations with high-resolution numerical modeling to investigate cloud microphysics, aerosol–cloud interactions, and convective lifecycle dynamics. His work spans deep continental convection, marine boundary-layer clouds, and coastal urban environments, with recent extensions toward predicting weather-induced power outages.
Scientific Awards & Distinctions
- Distinguished Meteorologist – Distinction of Tenure (2025–present)
- Meteorologist – Distinction of Tenure (2022–2025)
- Principal Investigator, MC3E (2011) and TRACER (2021-2022) DOE field campaigns
- Lead ARM Infrastructure Translator (2009–2016)
- Member, American Meteorological Society & American Geophysical Union
Grants & Leadership Roles
Jensen has served as PI on multi-million-dollar DOE projects including the Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E) and the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions Experiment (TRACER). He currently manages the Process-level Advancements of Coupled Cloud and Aerosol Lifecycle Studies (PASCCALS) Science Focus Area.
Laboratory & Field Teams
He leads the Cloud Processes & Measurement Science Group within Brookhaven’s Environmental Science and Technologies Department, coordinating observational facilities for DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility and mentoring post-docs and graduate researchers in field campaign logistics, radar analysis, and modeling studies.
