Susan Claire van den Heever is a South African atmospheric scientist who is a professor at Colorado State University.
[2] Originally from South Africa, van den Heever earned her bachelor's degree at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she studied mathematics and physical geography.
[4] Subsequently, van den Heever moved to the United States as a doctoral researcher.
[5] After earning her doctorate, van den Heever worked as a postdoctoral scholar and then research scientist at Colorado State University.
[9] The research that van den Heever conducts primarily focuses on storm systems and the impacts of air pollution on cloud formation.