SUSAN C. VAN DEN HEEVER

Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO80523

Phone: (970) 491-8501 Email:

Education and Training

  • University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, Mathematics, B.S., 1988
  • University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, Mathematics, B.S. Hons with distinction, 1990
  • University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, Climatology, M.S., 1995
  • Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, Atmospheric Science, Ph.D., 2001
  • Colorado State University, Fort Collins CO, Atmospheric Science, Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002-2003

Research and Professional Experience

  • 2008 – current: Assistant Professor; Department of Atmospheric Science, CSU
  • 2003 - 2008: Research Scientist; Department of Atmospheric Science, CSU
  • 2002 – 2003: Post-Doctoral Fellow; Department of Atmospheric Science, CSU
  • 1995-2001:Graduate Research Assistant; Department of Atmospheric Science, CSU
  • 1993-1994: Research Scientist, Climatology Research Group, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Awards

  • George T. Abell Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Award, College of Engineering, Colorado State University, 2012.
  • Outstanding Professor of the Year Award “in recognition of exemplary teaching in the Department of Atmospheric Science”, Department of Atmospheric Science graduate students, Colorado State University, 2009.
  • Quarterly Journal Review Award for 2008 - This prize is awarded on the recommendation of the Editors of the Royal Meteorological Society for consistent, distinguished work by reviewers. Award presented at the Royal Meteorological Society Conference Awards Dinner, July 2009, Reading, UK.
  • 2002: NASA’s Group Achievement Award to CRYSTAL-FACE Science Team.
  • 1995: South African Association of the Advancement of Science Award - scientific achievement

10 Recent Related Publications

van den Heever, S.C., G.L. Stephens, and N.B. Wood, 2011: Aerosol indirect effects on tropical convection characteristics under conditions of radiative-convective equilibrium. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 699-718.

Seigel, R.B., S.C. van den Heever, S.M. Saleeby, 2012: Assessing the mineral dust indirect effects and radiation impacts on a simulated idealized nocturnal squall line. Accepted pending revision at Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Storer, R.L., and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: Microphysical processes evident in aerosol forcing of tropical deep convection. In press at J. Atmos. Sci., doi:

Igel, A.L., S.C. van den Heever, C.M. Naud, S.M. Saleeby, and D.J. Posselt, 2012: Sensitivity of warm frontal processes to cloud-nucleating aerosol concentrations. In press at J. Atmos. Sci.,

Seigel, R.B., and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: Mineral dust pathways into supercell storms. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 1453-1473.

Suzuki, K., G.L. Stephens, S.C. van den Heever, and T.Y. Nakajima, 2011: Diagnosis of the warm rain process in cloud-resolving models using joint CloudSat and MODIS observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2655-2670.

Adams-Selin, R.D., S.C. van den Heever and R.H. Johnson, 2012: Impact of microphysics parameterization graupel class in idealized bow echo simulations. In press atMon. Wea.Rev.,

Posselt, D.J., S.C. van den Heever, G.L. Stephens, and M.R. Igel, 2012: Changes in the interaction between tropical convection, radiation and the large scale circulation in a warming environment. J. Clim., 25, 557-571.

Storer, R.L., S.C. van den Heever and G.L. Stephens, 2010: Modeling aerosol impacts on convection under differing storm environments. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3904-3915.

S.M. Saleeby, W. Berg, S.C. van den Heever and T.L’Ecuyer, 2010: Impact of Cloud-nucleating Aerosols in Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations of Warm-Rain Precipitation in the East China Sea. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3916-3930.

van den Heever, S.C., G.G. Carrio, W.R. Cotton, P.J. DeMott, and A.J. Prenni, 2006: Impacts of nucleating aerosol on Florida storms. Part I: Mesoscale simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1752-1775.

Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor

Current Graduate Students

Michal Clavner, AryehDrager, Leah Grant, Joshua King, Adele Igel, Matthew Igel, Clayton McGee, Amanda Sheffield

Current Research Staff:

Steve Saleeby, Steve Herbener

Past Students:

Robert Seigel – NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Miami (Bruce Albrecht)

Rachel Storer– Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (Vince Larson)

Positions, Honors and Synergistic Activities

  • Board Member of the WCRP GEWEX Radiation Panel
  • Board Member of the AMS Committee on Mesoscale Processes
  • Convener or co-convener of several workshops and conference sessions at the AGU, EGU and AMS
  • Convener of the Convection Workshop (2011, 2012, 2013)
  • Field campaign involvement: NASA CRYSTAL FACE field campaign (flight scientist, lead flight scientist); NSF BAMEXfield experiment (ground crew); and NSF ICE-T field campaign (forecasting and flight operations).