Team

Actively looking for motivated graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Please contact Dien via dien.wu at colostate.edu. You don’t have to own a cat to join the group though. =)

PI: Dien Wu, CV

As an atmospheric scientist, Dien has been intrigued by complex land-atmosphere interactions and how they are changing in the face of anthropogenic forcing. She enjoys developing atmospheric (chemical) transport models, inverse techniques (top-down perspective), and empirical/machine-learning models (bottom-up perspective) to help interpret varied remotely sensed products of atmospheric compositions and land surface properties. She has been a member of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO-2 & OCO-3) Science Team since 2016. 🛰️ She loves hiking and playing racquetball. You can likely find her in the woods 🌲 or other platforms of Linkedin, GScholar, and GitHub.

Current Group Members

Graduate Research Assistants (GRA)

Megan Marra (M.S. student, Fall 2025 - )

Megan will be working on NASA’s CMS-Fire project in investigating fire weather and pyrogenic emissions of carbon and particulate matters worldwide. She earned her BS in Applied Statistics from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in New York. While at RIT, she discovered a passion for investigating climate risks, data modeling, and machine learning algorithms. Before enrolling at CSU, she worked as a full-time Technical Information Specialist at the Library of Congress. She further developed her data analysis, technical writing, and general research skills at the Library. Outside work and school, she enjoys long walks, hikes, jogging, and kickboxing. She also loves spending time with her cat, Joan of Arc.

Staff Scientists

Dr. Schemer

As an amateur atmospheric scientist and a professional gymnast, Schemer practices “toy bird” chasing and has a keen research interest in “food security”.

Joan of Arc

Joany is an early-rising birdwatcher who enjoys exploring the mechanisms of her automatic feeder in her free time. She hopes to program the device herself to ensure she has an unlimited supply of breakfast.