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Alexander Ryzhkov

Alexander Ryzhkov

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Senior
Research Scientist

Education

  • PhD, Radiophysics, St. Petersburg State University
  • MS, Physics, St. Petersburg State University

Affiliated CIWRO Team

  • DRARSR

About

Alexander was born in Russia, graduated from St. Petersburg State University in 1977, and worked at the Main Geophysical Observatory. In 1992, he moved to the United States and started working at NSSL as an NRC postdoctorate. In 1995, he joined CIMMS and has since continued with CIWRO.

Alexander has authored 2 books and numerous publications throughout his tenure.

Research Focus

  • Doppler polarimetric weather radar
  • Remote sensing of the atmosphere
  • Cloud physics
  • Propagation of radio waves

CIWRO Research Themes

  • Weather Radar and Observations
Honors and awards
  • The World Meteorological Organization Dr. Vilho Vaisala award (1996)
  • The American Meteorological Society Editor Award (2006)
  • The Outstanding Scientific Paper Awards from the NOAA office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (2007, 2013)
  • The Dean's Award for Outstanding Research (2010)
  • Fellow, American Meteorological Society (2017)
  • The University Vice President Research Award for Exceptional Perfeomance by a Non-Faculty Researcher (2018)
  • Mercator Fellow, German Science Foundation (DFG) (2018)
  • Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) CHOICE award for best book i the field of atmospheric science (2019)
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