There he studied land-atmosphere interactions for climate change research. In the past 5 years since leaving the University of Michigan in 1995 he developed his skills as a researcher, grant writer and educator through a research position in the Department of Geography at the University Maryland and his current position at the University of Toledo. He is currently the Principle Investigator on 4 and Co-Investigator on 2 federal research grants. The thermal remote sensing research investigates algorithms to derive environmental variables such as temperature, water vapor and soil moisture for biospheric and hydrologic modeling. Educational outreach is a very important aspect of this research program.
Research is most worthwhile when it is applicable to society.
The five-day workshop introduced teachers to the topics of global warming, meteorological observations, land atmosphere interactions through the energy budget and remote sensing. Janet Struble is the educational coordinator who organized the workshop. In addition, two teaching consultants from the Ohio Geographic Alliance presented lessons to the teachers that they could use in their classrooms. Dr. Czajkowski s other research is funded through the OhioView Consortium, a consortium of nine Ohio universities with the goal of spreading the use of remote sensing technology through educational and community outreach. Through a decentralized approach, OhioView is introducing the use of satellite imagery to local and regional government agencies and to the public through educational outreach.