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Dr. Norma Froelich is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences at Northern Michigan University (NMU), where she has taught since 2013. Her research focuses on physical geography, weather and climate systems, and the interaction between forests and the atmosphere. She holds a B.Sc. from The University of Western Ontario, an M.S. and Ph.D. from Indiana University, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Environment Canada's Climate Research Division.
Her teaching responsibilities include courses such as Earth's Climate: Past, Present, and Future, Weather and Climate, and Energy & The Environment. Her publications emphasize forest-atmosphere interactions, carbon/water flux modeling, and microclimate dynamics, with a focus on advancing understanding of forest ecosystem responses to environmental changes. Dr. Froelich's work bridges meteorology, ecology, and environmental science, contributing to both theoretical and applied research in climate modeling and forest ecology.
Her research trends highlight interdisciplinary approaches to studying forest ecosystems, including the use of chlorophyll content as a proxy for photosynthetic activity and the role of canopy dynamics in regulating carbon and energy fluxes. She has collaborated extensively on projects analyzing temperate-boreal forest transitions and nocturnal cooling phenomena. Dr. Froelich is based in Weston Hall, Room 3117, and can be reached at nfroelic@nmu.edu.
