Contributors
The following people have volunteered to contribute continuously to the Weather Thoughts category to initiate conversations around weather modification.
Dr. Cecilia Martinez is the Director of the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. She is also a Senior Policy Fellow at the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy,
University of Delaware. Shalini Gupta is a 2008 Archibald Bush Foundation Leadership Fellow investigating equitable climate change policies. As part of her Bush Fellowship, Shalini is a visiting Fellow-in-Residence with the Center for Earth, Energy and Democracy at IATP. They work at the intersection of energy-environment and community-social development, promoting solutions that are democratic, sustainable and socially just. Key areas of their work include climate change policy, environmental justice and community economic development. www.iatp.org/ceed.
Dr. Mark Seeley is a professor in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, University of Minnesota, where he has worked since 1978. He has done weekly commentary for Minnesota Public Radio and written the weekly newsletter “Minnesota WeatherTalk” since 1992. His extension educational programs relate weather/climate impacts to Minnesota agriculture, transportation, energy, tourism, and natural resources. Seeley edited a successful series of children’s books called the “Amazing Science Series” and recently authored a 200-year history of Minnesota weather called “Minnesota Weather Almanac.” He has been awarded the Sigma Xi Science Communication and Education Award, the Mn/DOT Research Partnership Award for his work with the deployment of living snow fences, and most recently the Extension Director’s Award for Distinguished Faculty
Aniccha Arts
The primary artists and contributors from this group are Mark Fox, Jennifer Jurgens, Mike Westerlund and Pramila Vasudevan.
