The S3-MAAP Research Team

Six faculty members of Texas Tech University, two staff members and two research assistants from the TTU-Atmospheric Science Division in the Department of Geosciences and TTU-National Wind Institutes formed the S3-MAAP team lead by PI Sandip Pal to fulfill the educational, research and outreach goals and efforts of S3-MAAP. 

Meet the team

The S3-MAAP team share responsibility for the instrument deployment and their scientific use by students and planning of the project work and will also mentor the students for research studies using existing and new data sets. The S3-MAAP team has a history of implementing diversity and inclusion in their research.

Sandip Pal

Principal Investigator

Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Division

Texas Tech University

Tel: (806) 834-1326, Email: Sandip.Pal@ttu.edu

Eric Bruning

Co-Principal Investigator 

Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Division

Texas Tech University

 Email: eric.bruning@ttu.edu


Brian Hirth 

Co-Principal Investigator and POC

National Wind Institute, Texas Tech University

 Email: brian.hirth@ttu.edu

Karin Ardon-Dryer

Co-Principal Investigator 

Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Division

Texas Tech University

 Email: karin.ardon-dryer@ttu.edu


Chris Weiss

Co-Principal Investigator  

Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Division

Texas Tech University

 Email: chris.weiss@ttu.edu

John Schroeder 

Co-Principal Investigator 

Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Division

National Wind Institute

Texas Tech University

 Email: john.schroeder@ttu.edu

Hassanpreet Dhaliwal

Research Assistant

Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Division

Texas Tech University

 Email: hadhaliw@ttu.edu

Diya Das 

Research Assistant

Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Division

Texas Tech University

 Email: diiyyaa28@gmail.com

Jeff Livingston

Research Staff Member

National Wind Institute, Texas Tech University

 Email: jeff.livingston@ttu.edu

Bart Masters

Research Staff Member

National Wind Institute, Texas Tech University

 Email: bart.masters@ttu.edu