RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A professor at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology has been awarded a fellowship by American Association for the Advancement of Science.

P.V. Sundareshwar (Suhn-dahr-ehsh-wehr) is the state carbon scientist and associate professor in the atmospheric sciences department at the School of Mines & Technology.

He is serving as an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow in the Diplomacy, Security and Development track of the Executive Branch. In this position, he will act as a climate change advisor to the Africa Bureau of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

He is spending a year in the Washington office, and will make several trips to Africa.