Effective August 2, 2007, Dr. Beat Schmid will take on the position of Technical and Mission Science Director of the ARM Aerial Vehicle Program (AVP). Dr. Schmid is replacing Dr. Jim Mather as the lead for the ARM AVP and is responsible and accountable for the successful overall management of its activities.
Beat brings an extensive background in aerosol and atmospheric radiation measurements using airborne, space, and surface-based instrumentation to the position. He has been involved as a participant or leader in more than 10 large aircraft campaigns and has personally performed research aboard 7 different aircraft. Beat has been involved with ARM Climate Research Facility field campaigns since 1997, became an ARM PI in 2003, and has been leading the ARM Aerosol Working Group (AWG) since 2005. Beat also represents the AWG as a member of the ARM Science Team Executive Committee and the ARM Science Board. Beat earned both his M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Bern in Switzerland.