Dan Cziczo received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and has conducted research on cloud microphysics and climate science at a number of prestigious research and academic institutions ever since. Dr. Cziczo is interested in the interrelationship of particulate matter and cloud formation. His research utilizes laboratory and field studies to better understand how small particles interact with water vapor to form droplets and ice crystals, which are important players in the Earth’s climate system. His group's experiments include using small cloud chambers in the laboratory to mimic atmospheric conditions that lead to cloud formation and observing natural clouds from remote mountaintop sites and research aircraft.

Brian Kahn received his Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2004. He is a staff research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and works most closely with the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) group. Dr. Kahn's research focuses primarily on the use of satellite instruments to collect data on clouds, temperature, water vapor, and other atmospheric characteristics and then using these data to improve future climate models.