Lt Col Kyle E. Fitch, PhD

Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science

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Other Experience

Proposal Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation (Switzerland’s largest research funding organization), 2022 & 2024
Authored Space-Based Environmental Monitoring portion of first-ever USAF Arctic Sensing Strategy, 2023-2024
Government Technical Point of Contact (TPOC), US Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II Award/Effort, 2023-2025; government technical SME guiding $1.25M effort
External Review Board Member, US Air Force Academy (USAFA) B.S. in Meteorology, 2023
Lead Organizer, AFIT Atmospheric Science Dayton-area High School Job Shadow Day, 2023
Proposal Review Panel Member, Department of Energy Atmospheric System Research (ASR), 2023
Technical Merit Evaluator, US Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, 2022
Reviewer for the following journals:
1. Nature Communications (2023-present)
2. Remote Sensing (2023-present)
3. Air & Space Operations Review (2023-present)
4. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2022-present)
5. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences (2021-present)
6. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (2020-present)
7. International Journal of Remote Sensing (2016-2018)
Featured in “Dashing through the snow(flakes): Classifying snow photos to learn more about climate change,” Chemistry World, May 2022, https://www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/dashing-through-the-snowflakes/4015706.article
AFIT Graduate School Academic Standards Committee, 2021 – 2024
Presenter, NASA STEM Educational Outreach, Snowflake Growth, Formation, and Classification, 2020-2021
Presenter, Columbia University Earth Institute, Machine Learning for Snowflake Classification (Grades 9-12), 2020
Presenter, Columbia University Earth Institute, Crystal Mysteries: The Secret Lives of Snowflakes (Grades 5-8), 2020
Lead, “Snowflake ID” Citizen Science Crowdsourcing Project reaching 2,688 volunteers and completing 57,880 classifications, Zooniverse, 2019 – present, https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/fitch09/snowflake-id