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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Dear Potential Ph.D. and M.S. Students,</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">On behalf of my colleagues in the Earth and Atmospheric Science Department at Indiana University, Bloomington,
we invite you to consider joining our department to pursue a graduate degree in Atmospheric Science!</span></p>
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</span><a href="https://earth.indiana.edu/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">EAS department at IU Bloomington</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400"> includes
</span><a href="https://earth.indiana.edu/directory/faculty/index.html?disciplines=Atmospheric%20Sciences"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">6 faculty actively
teaching and researching a range of topics in climate and atmospheric science</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">, including: extreme weather and climate, climate variability and change, global circulation
and the hydrological cycle, tropical cyclone predictability, and wind energy. Climate modeling and big data analysis are common factors across these research themes, both of which take advantage of
</span><a href="https://kb.iu.edu/d/alde"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">high-performance computing resources available for free</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400"> to
the IU research community. The atmospheric science group at IU is closely integrated with
</span><a href="https://earth.indiana.edu/directory/faculty/index.html"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">other faculty in the Earth sciences</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">,
providing the opportunity to pursue a holistic approach to understanding our changing world. Our research is done in collaboration with numerous other world class departments, schools, and institutes at Indiana University, including the
</span><a href="https://luddy.indiana.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400"> and
the </span><a href="https://oneill.indiana.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">We have multiple openings for M.S. and Ph.D. students fully funded by research and teaching assistantships.
Potential topics include:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Coastal climate and extremes</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Tropical waves and stratospheric moisture</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Hadley cell dynamics and drought</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Jet stream dynamics</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Climate engineering</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span>Tropical cyclone dynamics and modeling</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">We seek students from all backgrounds with (1) general curiosity about weather and climate, (2) demonstrated
quantitative skills, and (3) a drive to learn and develop innovative mathematical and/or computational solutions to challenging research problems in weather and climate. If this excites you, we would love to hear from you!</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">You can learn more about our department and IU Bloomington here:
</span><a href="https://go.iu.edu/3jha"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">https://go.iu.edu/3jha</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Bloomington is recognized as
</span><a href="https://livability.com/best-places/2021-top-100-best-places-to-live-in-america/top-100-2021-bloomington-in/"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:400;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">one
of the best places to live in the US</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">, with a vibrant, active community that benefits from the metropolitan qualities of a large city and the easy pace of a small town.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">Sincerely,</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">-Travis-</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">For more information about potential graduate positions in Fall 2023, please reach out to Professors:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://earth.indiana.edu/directory/faculty/kieu-chanh.html"><span style="color:#1155cc;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Chanh Kieu</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://earth.indiana.edu/directory/faculty/kravitz-ben.html"><span style="color:#1155cc;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Ben Kravitz</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://earth.indiana.edu/directory/faculty/obrien-travis.html"><span style="color:#1155cc;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Travis O’Brien</span></a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://earth.indiana.edu/directory/faculty/staten-paul.html"><span style="color:#1155cc;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Paul Staten</span></a></p>
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