July Employee Update

July
July

We congratulate those in SNR with new appointments beginning July 1:
- Mark Kuzila – Acting Interim Director of SNR
- Andrew (Andy) Suyker – Micrometeorologist and Associate Professor

We thank Tala Awada for her work, dedication, and support of SNR in the past year as Interim Director.

We congratulate those faculty in SNR who have received a promotion as of July 1:
- Song Feng to Research Associate Professor
- Ayse Kilic to Associate Professor (received tenure as well)
- Mark Pegg to Professor

Farewell from SNR
We say farewell and good luck to several members of SNR. We thank them all for their hard work and dedication to the School.

Elaine Connelly, Nebraska Maps and More and SNR Office Associate for Sales retired on June 28. She has served UNL for many years in several departments throughout the University.

Christopher (Chris) Jorgensen, Rainwater Basin joint Venture Coordinator, had his last day with SNR on June 28. He will be staying in the area and doing contracting work related to his field.

Liyin Liang, Post-doc with Diego Riveros-Iregui, had his last day with SNR on June 28. He has accepted a position at the University of California – Riverside.

Diego Riveros-Iregui, will be leaving SNR on July 31. He has accepted a position in the Geography Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Michelle Rubin, SNR Communications Specialist, had her last day on June 28. She and her husband will be moving to Berkeley, CA where he will be pursuing his PhD at the University of California – Berkeley.