The UW–Madison Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (AOS) is pleased to announce Professors Ángel Adames Corraliza and Mayra Oyola-Merced as the newest Ned P. Smith Distinguished Chairs of Climatology and Meteorology, respectively.
In 2015, support from Ned Smith and John and Tashia Morgridge led to the development of two professorships in AOS. Five years later, another Morgridge match inspired Smith to turn those professorships into distinguished chairs: the Ned P. Smith Distinguished Chair in Meteorology and the Ned P. Smith Distinguished Chair in Climatology. The support of these chairs has been transformational for the department, enabling new frontiers of research.
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