The Atmospheric Turbulence & Diffusion Division (ATDD) is one of the oldest research laboratories within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Air Resources Laboratory. Since 1974, ORAU has provided staff and expertise to ATDD, which focuses on critical national research in the fields of air quality, atmospheric dispersion, and climate science.
ORAU is accepting applications for its annual Education Grants program for 2025, offering $30,000 in grant funding for teachers in Anderson, Campbell, Morgan, Roane and Scott counties.
Joey Pasterski, Ph.D., is not your traditional scientist. He took piano and voice and avoided science at all costs until he went back to school in his later twenties. Today, Pasterski is a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow researching laser desorption mass spectrometry for the Dragonfly mission, which will land a rotorcraft on various locations on Titan, Saturn's moon. During this conversation, Pasterski talks to host Michael Holtz about why studying Titan is important, how the moon is like a bizarro earth, and how the trajectory of his life changed when he discovered a love for science.
