GANNET HALLAR portrait
  • Affiliate Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
  • Associate Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
  • Professor, Atmospheric Sciences
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Professional Service

  • UCAR. • Member (2022-present) of Nominating Committee for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. This committee is responsible for presenting candidates at the Annual Members Meeting to be voted on by the member representatives. 01/01/2022 - 01/01/2028
  • AAQR. Editor for Aerosol and Air Quality Research – Open Access Journal (2019-present). 01/01/2019 - 01/01/2027
  • Department of Energy. Role: Committee Member. Member of the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) Aerosols Measurements and Science Group (2016 – 2022). Chair (2022-present) . 01/01/2016 - 01/01/2024
  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Role: Committee Member and Vice Chair. Member (2014-2021) of President’s Advisory Committee on University Relations (PACUR), which builds and reinforces relationships between UCAR management and its membership. 01/01/2014 - 01/01/2021

Honors & Awards

  • Outstanding Teaching Award. College of Mines and Earth Science , 05/03/2019
  • Regents’ Rising Research Award . Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents, 07/25/2012
  • Peter B. Wagner 2011 Medal of Excellence for DRI Scholars in the Early Stages of Career Development. 08/17/2011

Internal Service

  • The Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy. Leadership Team – The Wilkes Center for Climate Science and Policy (2022-present). 01/01/2022 - 06/01/2026. 07/01/2022 - 01/01/2026. University service.
  • Serve as the CMES representative to the Global Change and Sustainability Center Executive Committee. 09/22/2018 - 09/24/2019. University service.
  • Serve on the Executive Committee of the new Society Water and Climate interdisciplinary faculty cluster. Member, 07/01/2017 - 08/01/2019. University service.

Affiliations

  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR ), Affiliate Scientist, 03/01/2019 - 01/03/2026

In the Media

  • https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/cloud-forming-particles/. 01/02/2023.
  • https://attheu.utah.edu/facultystaff/cloud-forming-particles/. 01/02/2023.
  • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/07/220727132653.htm. 07/01/2022.
  • New research found that dust deposition speeds up snowmelt in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. Scientists found that a single dust storm on April 13, 2017, deposited half of all dust for the season. The additional sunlight absorbed by the dust-darkened snow surface led to snow melting a week earlier. 12/21/2018. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/1812...
  • https://unews.utah.edu/rocky-mountain-haze/ . 01/15/2017.