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Dear Geography undergrad students; Please see the announcement below from Dr. Henri Grissino-Mayer regarding the upcoming visit of Dr. Bo Svoma, who is being considered for our faculty position in Climate. Dr. Grissino-Mayer provides a helpful summary of Dr. Svoma's work and invited you to attend his talk on Thursday, 3:40 in room 301 BGB. Best wishes, DA Derek H. Alderman, PhD Professor & Head Department of Geography University of Tennessee 303 Burchfiel Geography Building Knoxville, TN 37796-0925 Voice: (865) 974-0406 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://web.utk.edu/~utkgeog/ ________________________________ From: Department of Geography [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Grissino-Mayer, Henri D Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 8:56 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [UTKGEOG] Dr. Bo Svoma Interview tomorrow and Friday All, Tomorrow and Friday, our department will be hosting Dr. Bohumil “Bo” Svoma, a candidate for our open position in Physical Geography and Climatology. A detailed interview schedule was distributed yesterday to faculty and a copy exists on the table in the workroom. Graduate students, you will be meeting with the candidate for a pizza lunch tomorrow from 12:00 to 1:30 in Room 406, arranged by Neil Conner. Dr. Svoma’s talk is at 3:40 tomorrow in Room 301 -- Graduate students, this is a 501 colloquium talk, please remember, and attendance is required. Undergraduate students, let me second the department’s invitation from our department head Derek Alderman to attend this talk! We want you to be a part of this search process! Dr. Svoma is currently a Lecturer and Research Associate in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning at Arizona State University. He received his Ph.D. at Arizona State University in May 2011 working under the eminent climatologist Dr. Randy Cerveny. Dr. Svoma’s research focuses on interannual and interdecadal variability of snow levels in the western United States and his research encompasses climate variability and climate change, climate teleconnections, and hydroclimatology. He has a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and minored in Statistics at ASU, and has gained expertise in quantitative skills and programming languages, bridging climatology with geospatial analyses. Dr. Svoma has 13 peer-reviewed articles in some of the highest ranking journals in the fields of climate science, geography, and geophysics, including: Progress in Physical Geography; Climate Research; Physical Geography; Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research; Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres; Geophysical Research Letters; International Journal of Climatology; Theoretical and Applied Climatology; and Weather and Forecasting. He currently is senior Principal Investigator on four proposals (one submitted already to the NSF and two in revision) totaling over $300,000. His teaching experience includes courses in Meteorology; Climatology; Hydroclimatology; Digital Analysis of Remotely-Sensed Data; Arctic and Alpine Environments; and Introduction to Physical Geography. The title of his talk tomorrow is "Snow Level Elevation: Variability in a Crucial Hydrologic Variable and an Agent for Climate Model Downscaling.” Thank you all! Henri D. Grissino-Mayer Department of Geography University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee 37996 865.974.6029 http://web.utk.edu/~grissino -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To review the archives of CLUBGGY or Join/Leave the list go to: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/clubggy.html