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Susan Kaspari is a Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at Central Washington University (CWU), where she has served since 2009. She is affiliated with the Murdock Research Laboratory, equipped with advanced instruments for geochemical and environmental analysis. Her research focuses on climate and environmental variability, particularly the role of light-absorbing particles (e.g., black carbon, mineral dust, and colored organics) in snow and ice melt, and their impacts on water resources and Earth’s energy balance. She also studies paleoclimatology and human-driven environmental changes through ice core and snowpack analyses.
Teaching responsibilities include courses in Water and Climate (GEOL 201), Ocean-Atmosphere-Climate Interactions (GEOL 384), Sustainability (SUST 301), and Campus Sustainability Research (ENST 480). She mentors undergraduate and graduate research students, emphasizing fieldwork and laboratory techniques.
Her global fieldwork spans locations such as Antarctica, the Tibetan Plateau, Nepal, Tajikistan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Washington State, and Svalbard. The Murdock Lab, housed in Discovery Hall, provides cutting-edge facilities for sample preparation, geochemical analysis, and environmental monitoring.
