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Gregory Tierney
Postdoctoral Fellow, North Carolina State Univerity (since Sep. 2017)
Ph.D. (2017), University of Michigan
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Research Interests
- Extratropical cyclones
- Sensitivity of idealized extratropical cyclones to changes in the background conditions (using the WRF model)
- Effects of latent heat release on extratropical cyclones
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Contact
Email: getierne@ncsu.edu | NCSU Webpage | former UM Webpage
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Malgorzata Winska
Visiting Assistant Research Scientist (Oct. 2015 - Sep. 2016) (Dekaban fellowship holder from Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), Poland)
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Research Interests
- Geophysical models (atmosphere, ocean, land hydrology) and intercomparisons
- Irregularities of the Earth's rotation
- Low degree gravity changes as determind via NASA's GRACE mission (intercomparison and determination of geophysical excitations)
- Excitations of polar motions
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Contact
Email: mwinska@umich.edu | former UM Webpage
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Allison Hogikyan
Undergraduate Researcher (Sep. 2014 – Dec. 2015)
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Research Interests
- Simplified physical parameterizations: Kessler warm-rain scheme
- Moist idealized tests of GCM dynamical cores: Moist baroclinic waves
- Atmospheric Blocking
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Contact
Email: ahogik@umich.edu
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Diana Thatcher
Computer Scientist, The MITRE Corporation
Ann Arbor, MI (since Feb. 2016)
M.S. degree (2015), University of Michigan
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Research Interests
- Model intercomparisons
- Idealized test cases for GCM dynamical cores: Moist Held-Suarez test
- Variable-resolution modeling with GCMs (CAM Spectral Element model): Extratropical transition of tropical cyclones
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Contact
Email: diana.r.thatcher@gmail.com | former UM Webpage
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James Kent
Lecturer (Mathematics), University of South Wales, U. K. (since Jan. 2015)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan (May 2010 - Dec. 2014)
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Research Interests
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Contact
Email: james.kent@southwales.ac.uk | former UM Webpage | Uni. South Wales Webpage
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Weiye Yao
Data Scientist, Bloomberg, New York City (since May 2017)
Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL),
Princeton, NJ (Jan. 2015 - April 2017)
Ph.D. (2014), University of Michigan
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Research Interests
- Atmospheric dynamics
- Numerical modelling, GCMs
- Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) in the stratosphere
- Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
- Wave-mean flow interactions in the stratosphere
- Impact of gravity wave drag parameterizations on QBO simulations
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Contact
Email: weiyeyao@umich.edu
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Erik Kostrzewa
Undergraduate Researcher, University of Michigan (June - Dec. 2014)
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Research Interests
- Moist baroclinic waves with simplified physics and re-evaporation
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Contact
Email: kostrz@umich.edu
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Colin Zarzycki
NCAR Project Scientist (CGD & MMM divisions, Sep. 2016 onwards)
NCAR Advanced Study Program (ASP) Postdoctoral Fellow (Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2016)
Ph.D. (2014), University of Michigan
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Research Interests
- Tropical cyclones
- Atmospheric General Circulation Models
- Multi-scale modeling with NCAR's Spectral-Element model: variable-resolution computational grids
- Scale dependencies of physical parameterizations in variable-resolution GCMs
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Contact
Email: zarzycki@ucar.edu | Webpage
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Peter Bosler
Staff Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories (since spring 2016)
John von Neumann Postdoctoral Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories (Aug. 2014 - spring 2016)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan (Jun. 2013 - July 2014)
Ph.D. (May 2013), University of Michigan
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Research Interests
- Geophysical fluid dynamics
- Lagrangian particle/panel methods to solve the equations of fluid motion
- Vortex methods for the shallow water equations on the sphere and 3D incompressible flows
- Algorithms for unstructured mesh generation and remapping.
- Scientific computation
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Contact
Email: pabosle@sandia.gov | Webpage
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Paul Ullrich
Associate Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources
University of California, Davis, CA (since Sep. 2017)
Assistant Professor, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources,University of California, Davis, CA (2012-2017)
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan (June 2011 - Aug. 2012)
Ph.D. (May 2011), University of Michigan
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Research Interests
- Climate model dynamical cores for atmospheric simulations
- Test cases for atmospheric models, model intercomparisons
- Numerical methods for hydrodynamic flow problems
- Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR)
- Conservative remapping between grids
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Contact
Email: paullrich@ucdavis.edu | Webpage
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Kevin Reed
Assistant Professor, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Stony Brook University, NY (since Jan. 2015)
NCAR Advanced Study Program (ASP) Postdoctoral Fellow (Sep. 2013 - Dec. 2014)
AGU Congressional Science Fellow, Washington D.C. (Sep. 2012-2013)
Ph.D. (2012), University of Michigan
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Research Interests
- Modeling of idealized tropical cyclones with atmospheric GCMSs
- Impact of GCM dynamical cores and physical parameterizations on tropical cyclone simulations
- Impact of climate change on tropical cylone statistics in high-resolution global models
- Policy impacts of climate change
- Science, technology, and public policy
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Contact
Email:kevin.a.reed@stonybrook.edu | Webpage
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Jared Whitehead
Ph.D. Applied and Interdisciplinary Mathematics (2011)
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whitehead@math.byu.edu
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Research Group Member: |
Summer 2009 - Dec. 2011 |
Current Affiliation: |
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Utah
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Brigham Young University web page: |
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James Kessler
M.S. in Atmospheric Science (2015), BSE Earth System Science and Engineering (2014)
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Email: |
jamkessl@umich.edu
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Research Group Member: |
May 2013 - December 2013 |
Affiliation: |
B.S.E and MS (2014), Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Michael Glotter
BSE in Earth System Science and Engineering (2010)
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Email: |
michaelglotter@gmail.com
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Research Group Member: |
September 2009 - May 2010 |
Current Affiliation: |
since Jan. 2017: Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
AGU Congressional Science Fellow, Washington, D.C., Sep. 2015 - Sep. 2016
Ph.D. (2015), Department of Geophysical Sciences
University of Chicago, IL
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University of Chicago web page: |
former U. Chicago Webpage
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Catalina Oaida
M.S. in Atmospheric Science (2009), BSE in Earth System Science and Engineering (2008)
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Email: |
oaidac@gmail.com
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Research Group Member: |
September 2008 - August 2009 |
Current Affiliation: |
Postdoctoral Scholar at California Institute of Technology /
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA
Ph.D. (2014), Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), CA |
JPL web page: |
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Ilissa Ocko
BSE in Earth System Science & Engineering (2008)
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Email: |
iocko@princeton.edu
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Research Group Member: |
September 2007 - April 2008 |
Current Affiliation: |
Climate Scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
New York City
Ph.D. (2013), Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, NJ
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Web page: |
EDF Homepage
Private Homepage
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Gus Alaka
BSE in Earth System Science & Engineering (2008)
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Email: |
gusalaka@gmail.com
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Research Group Member: |
January 2008 - April 2008 |
Current Affiliation: |
Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Miami, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) Miami, FL
Ph.D. (2014), Department of Atmospheric Science
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
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former CSU Webpage
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