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Steve Nesbitt is a Professor and Department Head in the Department of Climate, Meteorology, and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he also holds a joint appointment with the Environmental Sciences Division at Argonne National Laboratory. His research and teaching interests encompass radar meteorology, satellite meteorology, tropical meteorology, mesoscale meteorology, and data science. Nesbitt's work has significantly contributed to the understanding of processes involved in deep convective systems and high-impact weather events, particularly through satellite measurements of global precipitation systems and winter storm dynamics. He has been involved in 20 field experiments, serving as Principal Investigator for the NSF/NOAA/NASA RELAMPAGO field campaign in central Argentina and as Co-Lead Investigator for the DOE CACTI campaign. Nesbitt is a co-author of the 2018 textbook "Radar Meteorology" and has received several awards, including the NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship and the NASA Robert H. Goddard award for scientific achievement. In recognition of his contributions, he was named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society in 2025. His research interests also include mesoscale meteorology, radar meteorology, and cloud precipitation physics.
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