Shane D. Mayor
Lecturer and Research Professor
Mailing address:
Department of Physics, Campus Zip 202
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929
Contact info:
Office: Physical Science Building, room 126, 530-898-6337
Lab: Physical Science Building 121B, 530-898-3632
E-mail: sdmayor at csuchico dot edu or sdmayor at gmail dot com
Teaching:
Spring 2013: GEOS 502, Air Pollution Meteorology, cancelled due to low enrollment.
Fall 2012: GEOS 400, Physical Meteorology
Spring 2012: GEOS 501, Dynamic Meteorology
Spring 2012: GEOS 619, Advanced Topics in Meteorology
Fall 2011: GEOS 517, The Atmospheric Environment
Research:
Dr. Mayor conducts research and development in the areas of atmospheric lidar and boundary layer meteorology. He maintains and uses the Raman-shifted Eye-safe Aerosol Lidar (REAL) at Chico State and is principal investigator of several grants from the National Science Foundation's Physical and Dynamic Meteorology program. He recently completed Climate Reality Leadership Corps training. He is an AMS board certified consulting meteorologist.
Background:
Dr. Mayor holds BS and MS degrees in meteorology and a PhD in atmospheric and oceanic sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was post-doctoral fellow in the Advanced Studies Program of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and an atmospheric scientist in NCAR's Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) before coming to Chico in 2008.
Publications (HTML)
Related webpages:
Dr. Anna Petrova-Mayor's webpage
Current Chico Weather (from Western Weather Group)
California State University Chico REAL website
University of Wisconsin-Madison Lidar Group
26th International Laser Radar Conference: 25-29 June 2012, Porto Heli, Greece.
25th International Laser Radar Conference: 5-9 July 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia.
24th International Laser Radar Conference: 23-27 June 2008, Boulder, Colorado.
23rd International Laser Radar Conference: 24-28 July 2006, Nara, Japan.
This page updated 26 August 2012.