Mission Areas

 

Research Topics

  • Artificial intelligence
  • Autonomous systems
  • Data analytics
  • Earth system modeling
  • Photonics/optical sensors
  • Satellite remote sensing
  • Sensors
  • UAV research
  • Wireless communication

The Atmospheric and Environmental Research (AER) Lab, formerly known as the ARROMA Lab, studies the impacts of aerosol pollution on air quality, weather, and climate. Research approaches include satellite remote sensing and use of numerical models to study atmospheric composition, agriculture, Earth systems, and climate change.


 

Director

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Jun Wang, PhD

Title/Position
Lichtenberger Family Chair in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
DEO and Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Assistant Director, Iowa Technology Institute
Director, Atmospheric and Environmental Research Lab

Featured Research

Forest Fire Detection and Visibility

Smart and Connected Low-Cost Environmental Sensors

Unified Linearized Vector Radiative Transfer Model

AER Lab News

p3 awards

ITI affiliates turns P3 seed funding into $9.4M in NASA grants

Wednesday, November 27, 2024
The University of Iowa’s P3 grant program has had a transformative impact on Earth observation research in the College of Engineering, leading to faculty hires, new graduate students, critical infrastructure, and nearly $10 million in recent NASA awards for Iowa Technology Institute affiliates Jun Wang and Matt McGill.
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Jun Wang elected American Meteorological Society fellow

Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Jun Wang, a University of Iowa engineering professor, was recognized as an expert in how atmospheric composition affects climate has been elected as a fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).