PREFIRE Team

• University of Wisconsin, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, and Space Science and Engineering Center
  • Tristan L’Ecuyer, Principal Investigator
  • Erin Hokanson Wagner, Data Systems Manager
  • Tim Michaels
  • Kyle Mattingly
  • Nate Miller
  • Lori Borg
  • Denis Botambekov
  • Natasha Vos
  • Claire Mundi
  • Carolyn Bean
  • Rena Sletten
  • Caden Schmear
  • Sudhi Sharma
  • Hamish Prince (pre-launch, and until February 2026)
  • Ben Konkel (summer 2025 to May 2026)
  • Prateek Chand (summer 2025 to May 2026)
  • Krishang Mittal (summer 2025 to May 2026)
  • August LePique (May 2025 to January 2026)
  • Erin Duke (January 2025 to May 2025)
  • Cam Bertossa (pre-launch, and until July 2025)
  • Brian Lin (September 2024 to May 2025)
  • Natalie Utomo (June 2024 to May 2025)
  • Greta Schultz (summer 2024 to May 2025)
  • Kevin Hrpcek (pre-launch, and until November 2024)
  • Finn Swanson (summer 2024)
  • Meredith Grames (pre-launch and summer 2024)
  • Callyn Bloch (pre-launch)
  • James Anheuser (pre-launch)
  • Cassidy Johnson (pre-launch)
  • Ethan Nelson (pre-launch)
  • Shouriya Agrouwal (pre-launch)
  • Calvin Sienatra (pre-launch)
• NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
  • Brian Drouin, Deputy Principal Investigator
  • Mary White, Project Manager
  • Brian Kahn, Co-Investigator
  • William Mathews
  • Graziela Keller Rodrigues
  • Qing Yue
  • Chad Greene
  • Baijun Tian (November 2024 to October 2025)
• University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
  • Xianglei Huang, Co-Investigator
  • Aronne Merrelli, Co-Investigator
  • Xiuhong Chen
  • Qikai Hu
  • Alan Schuster
  • Zhenning Yang (pre-launch to spring 2025)
  • Colten Peterson (pre-launch)
  • Yan Xie (pre-launch)
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), Ocean and Cryosphere Division
  • Nicole Schlegel, Co-Investigator
• University of Colorado Boulder, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
  • Jennifer Kay, Co-Investigator
  • Leah Bertrand
  • Ash Gilbert
  • Jonah Shaw (pre-launch to summer 2026)
  • Sarena Padilla (summer 2025)
  • Ethan Durham (August 2024 to summer 2025)