Jeff Dozier | |
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| Born | August 14, 1944 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | snow hydrologist, environmental scientist, researcher and academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | B.A., Geography (1968) M.Sc., Geography (1969) Ph.D., Geography (1973) |
| Alma mater | California State University, East Bay University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor | Samuel Outcalt |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Jeff Dozier is an American snow hydrologist, environmental scientist, researcher and academic. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Founding Dean of the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1]
Dozier's research and teaching have focused on snow science, Earth system science, radiative transfer in snow, remote sensing and information systems, image processing, and terrain analysis.[2]
Dozier is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[3] and the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[4] a Distinguished Scientist in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a recipient of the NASA/Department of Interior William T. Pecora Award[5] and of the NASA Public Service Medal. In 2009, he was awarded the Jim Gray Award from Microsoft.[6] He helped explain optical properties of snow to animators of the film Frozen, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. He has led six expeditions to the Hindu Kush range in Afghanistan, where he made a dozen first ascents, and has had a climbing destination, Dozier Dome, in Yosemite National Park named after him.[7]