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CURRICULUM VITAE
Jasper F. Kok, Ph.D.
NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University
1121 Bradfield Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
Email: *********@*******.***; Phone: +1-734-***-****
Website: http://sitemaker.umich.edu/jasperkok
EDUCATION
2009 Ph. D. (received Distinguished Dissertation Award), Applied Physics,
Advisor: Nilton Renno, University of Michigan, USA
Professional Science Master s Degree (PSM), Applied Physics,
2003
Advisor: Donald Huffman, University of Arizona, USA
2001 B.S., Physics, Leiden University, The Netherlands
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (Post Ph. D.)
07/2013 - Assistant professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of
California Los Angeles
09/2011 - National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Natalie Mahowald at
06/2013 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
08/2009 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Study Program (ASP), National Center for Atmospheric
08/2011 Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO
05/2009- Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences,
08/2009 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
AWARDS AND HONORS
2011 Awarded a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in
Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences
2010 Received the 2009 Distinguished Dissertation Award from the University of Michigan
(1 of 8 university-wide out of 792 dissertations)
2010 Selected as University of Michigan nominee for the 2010 Council of Graduate Schools
National Distinguished Dissertation Award (1 of 2 university-wide)
2009 Awarded an Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National
Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
2008 Received Predoctoral Fellowship from the Horace H. Rackham graduate school
2007 Received Outstanding Student Paper Award at American Geophysical Union Fall
Meeting
2006 Received the Thomas M. Donahue Memorial Student Award for best student paper at
the Michigan Geophysical Union conference
2005 Award for best oral presentation at the Michigan Geophysical Union conference
2004 Awarded the Pieter Beijer Fellowship from the Dutch Prince Bernhard Culture Fund
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PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS
Numbers in brackets denote number of peer-reviewed citations from ISI Web of Science
23. P. Nabat, F. Solmon, M. Mallet, J. F. Kok, and S. Somot, Dust emission size distribution impact
on aerosol budget and radiative forcing over the Mediterranean region: a regional climate model
approach, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, 12, 17835-86.
22. Kok, J. F., E. J. R. Parteli, T. I. Michaels, and D. Bou Karam, The physics of wind-blown sand
and dust, Reports on Progress in Physics, 75, 106901 (72 pp). [0]
21. Kok, J., Planetary science: Martian sand blowing in the wind, Nature, 485, 312-3. [0]
20. P htz, T, J. F. Kok, and H. J. Herrmann (2012), The apparent roughness of a sand surface blown
by wind from an analytical model of saltation, New Journal of Physics, 14, 043035. [0]
19. Yizhaq, H., I. Katra, J. F. Kok, and O. Isenberg (2012), Transverse instability of megaripples,
Geology, 40, 459-62. [0]
18. Ito, A., J. F. Kok, Y. Feng, and J. E. Penner (2012), Does a theoretical estimation of the dust size
distribution at emission suggest more bioavailable iron deposition?, Geophysical Research
Letters, 39, L05807. [0]
17. Kok, J. F. (2011), Does the size distribution of mineral dust aerosols depend on the wind speed at
emission?, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 10149-56. [2]
16. Kok, J. F. (2011), A scaling theory for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols suggests
climate models underestimate the size of the global dust cycle, Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 108(3), 1016-021. [9]
(Featured in The Economist, 398 (8715), 79-80, 2011)
15. Isenberg, O., H. Yizhaq, H. Tsoar, R. Wenkart, A. Karnieli, J. F. Kok, and I. Katra (2011),
Megaripple flattening due to strong winds, Geomorphology, 131, 69-84. [2]
14. M. Mehta, N. O. Renno, J. Marshall, M. R. Grover, A. Sengupta, N. A. Rusche, J. F. Kok, R. E.
Arvidson, W. J. Markiewicz, M. Lemmon, and P. H. Smith (2011), Explosive erosion during the
Phoenix landing exposes subsurface water on Mars, Icarus, 211, 172-194. [2]
13. Kok, J. F. (2010), An improved parameterization of wind-blown sand flux on Mars that includes
the effect of hysteresis, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L12202. [4]
12. Kok, J. F. (2010), Difference in wind speeds required for initiation versus continuation of sand
transport on Mars: Implications for dunes and dust storms, Physical Review Letters, 104, 074502.
[16] (Featured on the 2/13/2010 edition of All Things Considered on National Public Radio)
11. N. O. Renno,, J. F. Kok, (2009), Possible physical and thermodynamical evidence for
liquid water at the Phoenix landing site, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 114, E00E03.
[27]
10. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2009), A comprehensive numerical model of steady-state saltation
(COMSALT), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 114, D17204. [21]
9. Ruf, C., N. O. Renno, J. F. Kok, E. Bandelier, M. J. Sanders, S. Gross, L. Skjerve, B. Cantor
(2009), The emission of non-thermal radiation by a Martian dust storm, Geophysical Research
Letters, 36, L13202. [15]
(This paper was selected by the editors as an American Geophysical Union Journal Highlight)
8. Kok, J. F., and D. J. Lacks (2009), Electrification of granular systems of identical insulat ors,
Physical Review E, 79, 051304. [16]
7. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2009), Electrification of wind-blown sand on Mars and its
implications for atmospheric chemistry, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L05202. [17]
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6. Rasmussen, K. R., J. F. Kok, and J. P. Merrison (2009), Enhancement in wind driven sand
transport by electric fields, Planetary and Space Science, 57, 804-808. [5]
5. Renno, N. O., and J. F. Kok (2008), Electrical activity and dust lifting on Earth, Mars, and
beyond, Space Science Reviews, 137(1-4), 419-434. [21]
4. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2008), Electrostatics in wind-blown sand, Physical Review Letters,
100, 014501. [34]
(This paper was the subject of a News & Views article in Nature, 451, 773-4, 2008)
3. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2008), The effects of electric forces on dust lifting: Preliminary
studies with a numerical model, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 142, 012047. [1]
2. Renno, N. O., J. F. Kok, H. Kirkham, and S. Rogacki (2008), A miniature sensor for electrical
field measurements in dusty planetary atmospheres, Journal of Physics Conference Series, 142,
012075. [1]
1. Kok, J. F., and N. O. Renno (2006), Enhancement of the emission of mineral dust aerosols by
electric forces, Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L19S10. [22]
(This paper was selected by the editors as an American Geophysical Union Journal Highlight)
PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION
P htz, T, J. F. Kok, E. J. R. Parteli, and H. J. Herrmann, Flux saturation in bedload sediment
transport, Physical Review Letters, to be submitted.
Kok, J. F., and N. M. Mahowald, A physically-based parameterization for the vertical flux of dust
aerosols, in preparation.
HIGHLIGHTS OF MEDIA COVERAGE OF FIRST-AUTHOR PUBLICATIONS
A fistful of dust, The Economist, 398 (8715), 79-80, 2011.
(http://www.economist.com/node/17848493)
Dust in the wind behaves likes broken glass, Discovery Channel News, January 5th, 2011.
(http://news.discovery.com/earth/dust-atmosphere-climate-glass-110105.html)
Climate models miss effects of wind-shattered dust, Wired, December 30th, 2010.
(http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/dust-shatters-like-glass/)
Scientists seek climate clues in shattered glass, Reuters (syndicated to several major news
outlets, including the Washington Post and ABC news), December 28th, 2010.
(http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6BR0AK20101228)
Martian grains keep on bouncing, PhysicsWorld, March 2nd, 2010.
(http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/41888)
Dunes on Mars: How sand shifts without wind, National Public Radio (All Things Considered),
February 13th, 2010.
(http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123694108 )
Bouncing sand explains Mars rippled surface, ScienceNews, February 10th, 2010.
(http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/56221/title/Bouncing_sands_explain_Mars_rippled_surface )
Static in Motion, Nature, 451, 773-4, 2008.
Blowing Desert Sand Highly Electrically Charged, FOX News, January 14th, 2008.
(http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,32 2585,00.html)
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Electric Sand Findings Could Lead To Better Climate Models, ScienceDaily, January 7th, 2008.
(http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080*********.htm)
Electricity keeps flying sand grains aloft, New Scientist, 2631, 20, 2007.
Study: Dust storms are electric, Discovery Channel News, August 17, 2006.
(http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2006/08/17/dust_pla.html?category=earth&guid=200*********** )
RESEARCH GRANTS
2011 Estimating the dust climate feedback by developing and using an improved parameterization
of dust aerosol emission, National Science Foundation (Atmospheric and Geospace
Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship Program), awarded, $172,000 (PI: Jasper F. Kok;
hosting scientist: Natalie M. Mahowald at Cornell University).
Aerosols-Climate Interactions: Characterization of Saltation, Dust Lifting, and Dust
Electrification in Important Dust Source Regions, National Science Foundation (Physical
and Dynamical Meteorology), awarded (PI: Nilton O. Renno; Collaborators: Jasper F.
Kok, Brian Russell, Earle Williams)
Aeolian Sand ripples on Earth and Mars Integrating Mathematical Models, Field
2010
Experiments and Grain Size Analyses, United States Israel Binational Science
Foundation, Declined Very Good, but no funds available to be revised and
resubmitted (PIs: Haim Tsoar, Katra Itzhak, James R. Zimbelman; Co-Is: Jasper F. Kok,
Hezi Yizhaq)
Sensor for in-situ measurement of aeolian sediment transport in future NASA planetary
missions, NASA Planetary Instrument Definition and Development program, Declined to
be revised and resubmitted (PIs: Vic Etyemezian, John Gillies; Co-Is: Jasper F. Kok
Ronald Greeley)
CURRENT COLLABORATORS
Natalie Mahowald (postdoctoral mentor), Cornell University, New York, USA
Alma Hodzic, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Colorado, USA
Hezi Yizhaq and Haim Tsoar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Thomas P htz and Hans Herrmann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Eric Parteli, University of Erlangen, Germany
Robert Sullivan, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University
Ito Akinori, Research Institute for Global Change, Japan
Eric Parteli, University of Erlangen, Germany
Fabian Solmon and Pierre Nabat, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy
Jack Gillies, Desert Research Institute, Nevada, USA
Nilton Renno, University of Michigan, USA
SELECTED SEMINARS AND ORAL PRESENTATIONS
2012 Dust shatters like glass: Implications for the climate forcing of mineral dust aerosols,
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign.
(Invited)
Dust shatters like glass: Implications for the climate forcing of mineral dust aerosols,
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar, McGill University. (Invited)
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Dust shatters like glass: Implications for the climate forcing of mineral dust aerosols,
Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar, University of California Los Angeles.
(Invited)
How does sand move on Mars? Solutions to some long-standing mysteries, Earth and Space
Sciences Seminar, University of California Los Angeles. (Invited)
2011 The size distribution of mineral dust aerosols: Implications for climate, American Geophysical
Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco (Invited talk, presented as second author).
Dust shatters like glass: Implications for the climate forcing of mineral dust aerosols, Earth
System Sciences Seminar, University of California Irvine. (Invited)
A scaling theory for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols, Minerva Gentner
Symposium on Aeolian Processes, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. (Invited)
Dust shatters like glass: Implications for the size distribution of mineral dust aerosols and their
radiative forcing, Gordon Research Conference on Radiation & Climate, Colby College.
The size distribution of mineral dust aerosols and implications for global climate, NSF review
of the NCAR Earth System Laboratory (NESL), National Center for Atmospheric Research.
(Invited)
Researching broken glass for clues to the climate forcing of desert dust aerosols, JILA
seminar, University of Colorado Boulder. (Invited)
The size distribution of mineral dust aerosols and implications for regional and global climate,
Atmospheric Chemistry Division Seminar, National Center for Atmospheric Research.
2010 A scaling theory for the size distribution of emitted dust aerosols with implications for
regional and global dust modeling, International Conference on Aeolian Research VII,
Santa Rosa, Argentina.
Sand transport and dust emission on Earth and Mars, Seminar in the Atmospheric, Oceanic,
and Space Sciences department, University of Michigan.
Transport and electrification of dust and sand on Mars, Seminar at the Southwest Research
Institute, Boulder, CO.
2009 Physical constraints on the emission of mineral dust aerosols from theory and modeling of
saltation, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco. (Invited)
Massive hysteresis in Martian wind-blown sand, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting,
San Francisco.
A comprehensive numerical model of steady-state saltation (COMSALT), International
Symposium on Multi-Phase Flow in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Lanzhou University,
China. (Invited)
The electrification of granular systems of identical insulators: Is it applicable to thunderstorm
charging?, Conference on electrification of water drops and ice particles, Telluride,
Colorado. (Invited)
A comprehensive numerical model of wind-blown sand and its application to Mars, Comphys-
Group seminar, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. (Invited)
A comprehensive numerical model of wind-blown sand to study dust aerosol emission,
European Geosciences Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria.
2008 Understanding wind-blown sand: Implications for dust emission and dune formation on Earth
and Mars, Desert Dust Seminar, Cornell University. (Invited)
Towards a physical understanding of the emission of atmospheric dust aerosols, Climate &
Global Dynamics Seminar, National Center for Atmospheric Research.
2007 Physically based numerical model of wind-blown sand suggests deficiencies in classical
saltation theory, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco (Received
Outstanding Student Paper Award from American Geophysical Union)
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WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
January 2011: NCAR Command Language (NCL) workshop, National Center for Atmospheric
Research, Boulder, Colorado.
Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model tutorial, National Center for
July 2010:
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.
August 2009: Electrification of water drops and ice particles: Through simulations, in the
laboratory and in the natural environment, Telluride Science Research Center,
Telluride, Colorado (Invitation only)
Community Atmosphere Model (CAM) Modeling Tutorial, Advanced Study
July 2009:
Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.
Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences, On the Cutting Edge,
July 2008:
National Weather Center, University of Oklahoma.
Advanced Numerical Methods for Global Atmospheric Models, Advanced Study
June 2008:
Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado.
TEACHING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE EXPERIENCE
01/2008(9) Voluntary Teaching Assistant, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space
04/2008(9) Sciences at the University of Michigan
Assisted teaching a graduate course on the science and policy of climate change by
developing and presenting two 1.5 hour lectures on the energy sector and the
associated worldwide and historical emissions of greenhouse gases (lectures
available on my website).
03/2007 Voluntary Science Tutor, New Beginnings Academy, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
04/2007 Mentored a group of underprivileged K-12 children in weekly 2-hour meetings
leading up to a Science Olympiad competition in the local school district.
11/2004 Voluntary GED tutor, SOS Community Services, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
12/2006 Tutored single mothers in a homeless shelter towards obtaining a GED high school
equivalency diploma (2 hour sessions every 2-3 weeks).
05/2004 Teaching Assistant, Dutch Final High School Exam Workshop, Leiden University.
Taught groups of ~30 high school seniors in several intensive, 3-day workshops
that prepared students for the Dutch final high school exam in math.
02/2004 Voluntary Science Tutor, Education Store, Leiden, The Netherlands.
06/2004 Tutored predominantly underprivileged immigrant children in math and reading.
08/2003 Tutor, Instituut Blom, Leiden, The Netherlands
12/2003 Tutored groups of high school students in math and physics.
08/2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Physics dept. at the University of Arizona, Tucson
05/2003 Guided and supervised senior undergraduate students in performing various
physics experiments in an Advanced Laboratory course. Also graded notebooks
and tutored struggling students in the physics help room.
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PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Member: American Geophysical Union, European Geosciences Union, American Physical
Society
Journal Aeolian Research; Applied Physics Letters; Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics;
Reviewer: Atmospheric Environment; Boundary-Layer Meteorology; Earth Surface Processes
and Landforms; Environmental Research Letters; European Journal of Physics E;
Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography; Geomorphology; Geophysical
Research Letters; Icarus; International Journal of Multiphase Flow; Journal of
Geophysical Research Atmospheres; Journal of Geophysical Research Planets;
Nature; New Journal of Physics; Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological
Society; Physical Review E; Physical Review Letters; Space Science Reviews
Proposal Israeli Science Foundation; Mars Fundamental Research Program (NASA); National
Reviewer: Science Foundation (Climate & Large-scale Dynamics)
Miscellaneous: Scientific advisor for the documentary Black Blizzard on the History Channel
(http://www.history.com/genericContent.do?id=60648)
Committees: Advanced Study Program seminar committee and Thompson Lecture Series
committee
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