Maura E Hagan is a Professor Emeritus of Physics and a former Dean of the College of Science at Utah State University.
18 Facts About Maura Hagan
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Maura Hagan is a Fellow of both the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union, and was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2019.
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Maura Hagan earned a bachelor's degree in 1975, before joining Boston College as a graduate student.
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Maura Hagan earned a master's degree in 1980 and a doctorate in 1986.
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In 1992 Maura Hagan was made a Senior Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research High Altitude Observatory.
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Maura Hagan held various roles at NCAR, including acting as Director of the Advanced Study Program, Deputy Director and Interim Director.
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Maura Hagan developed the Global Scale Wave Model, which describes the Rossby waves and solar tides within the Earth's atmosphere.
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Maura Hagan's model incorporated a gravity wave stress parametrisation and adaptions to the atmospheric background using Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite climatologies.
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Maura Hagan is interested in how these atmospheric layers couple together, as well as how they influence tides and Rossby waves.
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Maura Hagan was a member of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite team, studying the dynamic chemical signatures of the middle atmosphere.
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In 1993 Maura Hagan was made Associate Editor of Geophysical Research Letters.
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Maura Hagan is a member of the Aspen Global Change Institute.
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Maura Hagan was appointed to the Committee on Solar Terrestrial Research in 1996.
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Maura Hagan has served on the CEDAR Science Steering Committee.
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Since 2008 Maura Hagan has worked as a Guest Lecturer at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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Maura Hagan was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate in 2014.
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Maura Hagan is Co-Chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Solar and Space Physics.
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Maura Hagan was elected Dean of the College of Science at Utah State University in 2016.