Zhibo Zhang (Physics) just received a three-year, $620,000 NSF grant to study how dust, pollutants, and water vapor in the atmosphere interact, to increase understanding of their overall effects on the global climate.
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Congratulations, Zhibo and team!
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Zhibo Zhang (front right) and members of his laboratory, including Qianqian Song (front left) and Olivia Norman (front center), who completed work that put the group in a strong position to apply for this new NSF grant. (Marlayna Demond '11/UMBC)