Ilissa Ocko

Graduate Student

Princeton University

Program in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences

Ph.D. Candidate

Email: ilissa.ocko@noaa.gov

Phone: 609-452-5302

Fax: 609-258-2850

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Education

• 09/2008 - present: Ph.D. Candidate, Program in Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (AOS), Princeton University. Advisor: V. Ramaswamy.
  
• 09/2004 - 04/2008: B.S.E., Earth System Science & Engineering - Climate Physics, Magna Cum Laude, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, Minor in Mathematics, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Research Interests

• Understanding how sulfate and black carbon aerosols are transported from the mid-latitudes to the Arctic
• Determining the main factors involved in aerosol transport to the Arctic - emission, atmospheric circulation, wet deposition
  
• Assessing the radiative forcing imposed on the Arctic climate due to presence of aerosols from foreign sources
  

Awards

• National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Award - 05/2009
  
• American Meteorological Society (AMS) Industry/Government Graduate Fellowship Award - 04/2008
  

Curriculum Vitae

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