CIRES Research Scientist II
at the
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories, Physical Sciences Laboratory
Mailing Address: Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
University of Colorado, 216 UCB, Boulder CO 80309-0216
E-Mail: Leslie.M.Hartten@noaa.gov Phone: (303) 497-7052
1993 | Ph.D. | University of Wisconsin - Madison (Atmospheric Science) |
1988 | M.S. | University of Wisconsin - Madison (Meteorology) |
1984 | B.S. with Highest Honors | State University of New York - College at Oneonta (Meteorology) |
- Synoptic and dynamic meteorology, especially over the tropical oceans and adjacent land masses;
- The interaction of the tropical atmosphere with both the ocean and global climate;
- Atmospheric boundary layers;
- The comparability of data collected by collocated platforms;
- The response of wind-profiling radars to atmospheric processes;
- How science is done, and by whom.
1997-present | Research Scientist II and Research Associate |
CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder (at Physical Science Division of NOAAs Earth System Research Laboratories, formerly part of NOAAs Aeronomy Laboratory) |
1993-1997 | Research Associate | CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder (at NOAAs Aeronomy Laboratory) |
1985-1992 | Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant |
Department of Meteorology, University of Wisconsin - Madison |
1984 | Visiting Summer Student | Large-Scale Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado |
1983 | Forecaster | Universal Weather and Aviation, White Plains, New York |
2017 | Employee of the Year Award from CIRES (group award) |
2017 | Bronze Medal Award for Scientific/Engineering Achievement from CIRES (group award) |
2017 | U.S. Dept. of Commerce Bronze Medal (joint organizational award) |
2016 | Employee of the Year from NOAA Research (group award) |
2016 | EEO/Diversity Award for Exemplary Service from NOAA Research |
2011 | Premier recipient of the Director's Diversity Award from CIRES |
2010 | Ten Years of Service award from SOARS® |
1984-1985 | Fellowship, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation |
1982-1983 | Scholarship, Oneonta Alumni Association |
1981-1984 | National Merit Scholar |
2016 | El Niño Rapid Response (ENRR) Field Campaign: Spent five weeks on Kiritimati Island, Republic of Kirbati collecting surface meteorological data and launching twice-daily radiosondes. |
2000, 2007 | Trans-Pacific Profiler Network (TPPN): In 2000, spent several days at our sites on Manus, Papua New Guinea and on Nauru, collecting and verifying site metadata and assisting with routine maintenance. In 2007, spent several days collecting and verifying site metadata and dismantling our equipment on San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. |
2013 | Principal Investigator (Co-PI Cécile Penland, Co-I Christopher W. Fairall) | Diagnosis of Multiscale Interactions Involving Air-Sea Fluxes during the MJOs Initiation Phase (from NOAAs Climate Program Office, ESS; $351,400; 3 years) |
2009, 2010, 2011 | Co-Principal Investigator (PI Joey Comeaux, Co-PI Neal Lott) |
Surface Data for San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands (from NOAAs Climate Data Modernization Program; no local funding -- all moneys directly allocated to pay costs of scanning, key entering, and quality controlling data) |
2007 | Principal Investigator |
Variability of Daily Cycles during the North American Monsoon: Observations, Analyses, and Simulations (from NOAAs Office of Global Programs, CPPA; $285,200; 3 years) |
2004 | Co-Principal Investigator (PI Clark W. King, Co-PI Robert J. Zamora, Co-Is Kenneth S. Gage and F. Martin Ralph) |
Boundary Layer, Flux, and Soil Moisture Studies for NAME, Including Deployment of a NOAA UHF Wind Profiler Array (from NOAAs Office of Global Programs, PACS-GAPP; $440,200; 3 years) |
2003 | Principal Investigator (Co-PIs Kenneth S. Gage and Paul E. Johnston) |
Continuing Observations and Analysis of Lower-Tropospheric Dynamics Over the Eastern Pacific (from NOAAs Office of Global Programs, PACS; $291,917; 3 years) |
2002 | Principal Investigator (Co-PIs Kenneth S. Gage and George N. Kiladis) |
Intraseasonal and Interannual Variability of Lower-Tropospheric Winds Over the Tropical Pacific (from NOAAs Office of Global Programs, CLIVAR-Pacific; $247,539; 3 years) |
2000 | Co-Investigator (PI Kenneth S. Gage, Co-I George N. Kiladis) |
A Trans-Pacific Profiler Network for Climate Observations (from NOAAs Office of Global Programs, CLIVAR-Pacific; $640,000; 3 years) |
1997 | Co-Principal Investigator (PI Kenneth S. Gage, Co-PI Nicholas A. Bond) |
Lower-Tropospheric Dynamics Over the Eastern Pacific (from NOAAs Office of Global Programs, PACS; $137,123; 3 years) |
2018 | Spoke about A Meteorologists Journey from Connecticuts Woodlands to the Tropical Pacific at the Symposium welcome (The GLOBE Programs 2018 Southwest Regional Student Science Symposium, Boulder, Colorado) |
2016 | One of seven presenters/panelists for My Career Trajectory (U.S. Department of Commerce - Boulder Labs Poster Symposium, Workshop, and Networking Event, Boulder, Colorado) |
2016 | One of five presenters/panelists for Whats Your Passion? Skill-Based Careers in Meteorology: Research (American Meteorological Society's 15th Annual Student Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana) |
2015 | Gave a 5-minute IGNITE-style talk, What Mentoring Means to Me, at the PROGRESS Workshop (October 2015 PROmoting Geoscience Research, Education, & SuccesS Workshop, Estes Park, Colorado) |
2014 | Gave a 30-minute Weather Briefing for interested attendees on the final morning of the Internet2 Global Summit Annual Meeting (2014 Internet2 Global Summit, Denver, Colorado) |
2011 | Presented remarks on Joanne Simpson and the Narratives of Womens Lives as a panelist at the AMSs Women in Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon (91st Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Seattle, Washington) |
2010 | Presented Encouraging Young Scientists in the American Meteorological Society at the Roundtable of Representatives from Federal Agencies and Professional Societies (Framing Issues and Strategies: Where We Stand--Postdoctoral and Early Career Researchers, held by The National Acadamies' Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine (CWSEM), Washington, D.C.) |
2018-present | Co-representative from PSD, Boulder (DOC) Labs Library Advisory Committee |
2018 | Member, CIRES Culture Survey Committee |
2016-present | Member, AMS History Committee |
2009-2017 | Regular presenter, ESRL/Global Systems Laboratorys Daily Weather Briefing |
2009 | Past Chair, AMS Board on Women and Minorities |
2007-present | Co-Point-of-Contact, ESRL Integrating Theme: Information Systems |
2007-2008 | Chair, AMS Board on Women and Minorities |
2007 | Member, Organizing Committee, 2008 AMS Annual Meeting |
2005-present | Member, ESRL/Physical Science Divisions Workplace Advisory Committee |
2005-2006 | Member, Local Organizing Committee, 7th International Symposium on Troposperic Profiling: Needs and Technologies |
2004-2005 | Member, CIRES Career Track Guidelines Committee |
2003-2009 | Member, AMS Board on Women and Minorities |
2000 | Member, Max Eaton Award Selection Committee, AMS 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida |
1997-present | Reviewed manuscripts for Atmosphere-Ocean, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, JGR-Atmospheres, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Journal of Climate, Monthly Weather Review, and Radio Science |
1994-present | Reviewed proposals for the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Science, the National Science Foundation, and the NOAA Office of Global Programs |
2018 | NOAA representative and poster reviewer for the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) program 2018 Southwest Regional Student Science Symposium |
2016, 2017 | Co-presenter, in-person and web-based mentor training for the PROGRESS (PROmoting Geoscience Research, Education, & SuccesS) program |
2016 | Wrote three short pieces for the El Niño Rapid Response blog : |
2014 | Served as the Science Co-Mentor for two students in UCAR/NCAR's PRE-College Internship Program (PRECIP®) : |
2013 | Served as the Writing and Communications Mentor for a student in the Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research and Science (SOARS®) program: |
2009 | Mentor and research supervisor for a student enrolled in an LUC (Learning Unit Contract) at New Vista High School, Boulder, CO |
2001-2012, 2015-2017, 2019 | Served as the Science Research Mentor each summer for a student in the SOARS® program: |
2001 | Online Weather Specialist, Kids as Global Scientists program |
2000 | Served as the Mentor for a student in the Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) internship program run by the Graduate School at the University of Colorado - Boulder: |
1999-2000 | Scientific mentor for a student enrolled in the Science Research Seminar class at New Vista High School, Boulder, CO |
1999 | Provided experiment design and instrumentation suggestions for the Earthworks secondary-teacher training course run by CIRES, Balarat, CO |
1998-2002 | Created displays for the Limon Heritage Museum, Limon, CO: The Climate of the Eastern Plains (1998), El Niño, La Niña, and Limon (1999-2000), Climate Variations over Colorados Eastern Plains (2001-2002) |
1997-1999, 2003-2010, 2012-2013 | Science Fair judge, Boulder, CO |
1997 | Online mentor for the SUCCEED camp, run by Shodor Educational Foundation |
2006-present | Earth Science Women's Network (ESWN) |
2005-2007 | Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) |
1989-2002 | European Geophysical Society (EGS) |
1986-present | American Geophysical Union (AGU) |
1982-present | American Meteorological Society (AMS) |
2017 | Understanding Generational Differences, Diversity 101, and Emotional Intelligence (webinars comprising the NOAA Research EEO "Diversity & Inclusion Training Series") |
2015-2017 | Align Your Time with Your Priorities, Mastering Academic Time Management, How to Write Proposals that Get Funded and Papers that Get Cited, Writing as Metaphor: Discovering a Writing Process that Works for You, Everything You Need to Know About Grantwriting, How to Develop and Sustain Healthy Partnerships with Co-Authors, and others (webinars presented by the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity) |
2010 | MATLAB Fundamentals (4-day e-Learning training conducted by The MathWorks) |
2008 | NCL Workshop (4-day training, combining lecture and hands-on labs, conducted by staff from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder) |
2005 | Advanced Leadership Workshop (3-day workshop sponsored by Leadership Education for Advancement and Promotion,, Univ. of Colorado - Boulder) Strategic Thinking for Future Leaders (seminar/workshop sponsored by Leadership Education for Advancement and Promotion, Univ. of Colorado - Boulder) Success through Mentoring: A Workshop on Mentoring Research and Practice (one-day workshop conducted by MentorNet in conjunction with the SACNAS National Conference) |
2003 | Scientific Inquiry in the K-12 Classroom (one-day workshop sponsored by various affiliates of the University of Colorado - Boulder) |
2003-2008, 2014 | CU Women Succeeding: Faculty Development Symposium (one-day, system-wide symposium held annually and sponsored by various Univ. of Colorado organizations) |
2003 | She Said/He Said: Gender Differences in the Workplace (seminar/workshop sponsored by Leadership Education for Advancement and Promotion, Univ. of Colorado - Boulder) |
2001 | Selecting and Interviewing Student Employees (training offered by Organizational and Employee Development, Univ. of Colorado - Boulder) Fundamentals of Supervision (training offered by Organizational and Employee Development, Univ. of Colorado - Boulder) |
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