August employee update

We would like to welcome those new to SNR, say farewell to those who are leaving and congratulate those with birthdays in July and August.
We would like to welcome those new to SNR, say farewell to those who are leaving and congratulate those with birthdays in July and August.

Welcome to SNR
- Crystal Bergman has joined SNR and HPRCC as a post-doc working with Martha Shulski. She will be doing climatological work. Crystal received her Ph.D. from SNR this past May. Contact info: HarH 704, cbergman2@unl.edu, 402-472-8208.

- Aidi Huo will be joining SNR as a visiting scientist. He will be working Xun-Hong Chen. Contact info: HarH 621, HarH 622 in early September.

- Lindsey Messinger is the new Hunter Survey Specialist for the Coop Unit. She is also currently pursuing her master's degree with SNR. Contact info: HarH 510, lmessinger2@unl.edu, 402-472-7074.

- Victor Moutinho, a visiting scientist with Tala Awada, will be visiting SNR from mid-August through early October. Contact info: HarH 727.

- Juan Diego Otero Sarimento, a visiting scientist with Guillermo Baigorria will be visiting SNR from late August through January 2015. Contact info: HarH 243 #3.

- Abby Stilwell has joined SNR as a post-doc working with Art Zygielbaum. She will be doing remote sensing work. She received her Ph.D. from UNL in Entomology in 2009. Contact info: HarH 301, astilwell2@unl.edu.

- Jun Wang has been granted a Courtesy Associate Professor appointment with SNR. He is a member of the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences faculty. Contact info: HarH 314 or 303 Bessey Hall, CC 0340, jwang7@unl.edu, 402-472-3597.

- Weifeng Yue has joined SNR as a visiting scientist working with Xun-Hong Chen. Contact info: HarH 622, yuewf2009@gmail.com.

- We welcome all the new students joining the SNR Team both graduate students and undergraduates.

Farewell
- Yuanyang Huang, a visiting scientist with Xun-Hong Chen, will be concluding his visit on September 3.

- Lucas Kowalewski will be leaving SNR and the Coop Unit on August 28. He has taken a position with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.

- Supantha Paul, a visitor with Bob Oglesby, concluded his visit on July 29.

- Best wishes and congratulations to our students, both graduate and undergraduate who will be graduating on August 16.

Happy Birthday to those who celebrated birthdays in July:
Jim Brandle
Nick Cole
Ken Dewey
Lois Erickson
Gregg Hutchison
Karla Jarecke
Cody Knutson
Matthew Marxsen
Shannon Moncure
Jeff Nothwehr
Valerie Schoepfer
Maggi Sliwinski
Andrei Snyman
Colleen Steele
Tsegaye Tadesse
Natalie Umphlett
Stephen Vantassel
Jessie Winter

Happy Birthday to those who celebrated birthday in August:
William Ballesteros
Becky Buller
Caryl Cashmere
Hong Chen
Pat DeStefano
Jordan Dornbierer
Al Dutcher
Paul Hanson
Ayse Kilic
Jinfu Leng
Rusty Low
Dustin Martin
Martha Shulski
Julie Stuckenschmidt
Drew Tyre
Dan Uden
Jiayi Wang
David Wishart
Wayne Woldt

If you had a birthday in either of those months and were not on the list, please let Karen Jensen know at kjensen4@unl.edu.