Elisabeth Cohen
Summer2008 WAS*IS

Lis Cohen teaches the Climate Change course at the University of Utah.  She also taught the Severe and Unusual Weather course at the University of Utah in the fall. Lis is finishing her masters degree in meteorology in July at the University of Utah.  Her focus is
clouds' effects on climate.  You can you hear Lis speak about weather and climate on KCPW, Salt Lake City's NPR affiliate.  Lis writes a monthly column for the Satellite Educator's Newsletter.  She recently participated in the Tropical Warm Pool International Cloud  Experiment (TWP-ICE) in Darwin, Australia.   Lis' bachelor's degree was earned at
Cornell University where she double majored in Atmospheric Science and the Science of Earth Systems with a Climate Dynamics concentration. While at Cornell, Lis worked on the  Mars Exploration Rovers and taught about the mission.

Lis was a National Science Foundation GK-12 WEST Fellow for two years. She taught in the Salt Lake City School District as a visiting scientist. Lis worked in the Meteorology Education and Training Center at the University Corporation of Atmospheric Research (UCAR) during the summer of 2005 working on both a community hurricane preparedness
and hurricane strike module. At the Museum of Science in Boston and the Franklin Institute Science Museum Lis worked as a weather and science educator, presenter, and exhibit planner.  She worked as an educator and meteorologist at the Blue Hill Weather Observatory for two years.   Lis shares her passion for science and the outdoors and did so while working as a naturalist ranger in Yellowstone National Park for two summers.

Currently, Lis is the columnist for the monthly Satellite Educator's Newsletter.  She writes about current topics in science and education.  Lis recently starred in a mastercard priceless
ad. In the ad she is the scientist describing the science behind the priceless snow in Utah.

Lis is interested in doing interdisciplinary work relating to climate change and society.  She is interested in meeting others that share an interest for interdisciplinary work as well as learn some methods for doing this effectively. 
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