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I am an atmospheric physicist, beginning my second year of PhD studies at the University of Miami, RSMAS. My current work includes studying cloud microphysics in hurricanes using numerical modeling and radar simulation. Though a work in progress, this website will include a variety of my research, funding opportunities, and LGBTQ in STEM resources.

About Me

I am an atmospheric physicist, wrapping up my second year of PhD studies at the University of Miami, RSMAS. Beyond coding, my wife and I enjoy goofing off with our pups and traveling. This evolving website will include a variety of my research, funding opportunities, and various Diversity in STEM…Continue reading “About Me”

Quotes that inspire me…

Live fully, love wastefully, and be all that you are capable of being.

John Shelby Spong

The moment we choose to love, we begin to move against domination, against oppression.

Bell Hooks

It doesn’t interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you from the inside when all else falls away.

Oriah

Research Interests…

Interests

26 Jul 201928 Jul 2019

My research interests lie at the intersections of radar observations and numerical weather modeling. Currently, I am using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model and the CR-Sim Radar Simulator (Brookhaven…

Idealized Case Study…

Impact of Cloud Microphysics on Idealized Hurricane Intensity

7 Feb 20207 Feb 2020

Impact of Cloud Microphysics on Idealized Hurricane Intensity Microphysics in Idealized Hurricanes In order to better tease out the dependencies of hurricane growth and intensity on various ice microphysics, my…

Machine Learning…

Summer 2018

14 Aug 201914 Aug 2019

Estimating Tropical Cyclone Intensity in Passive Microwave Images Using Deep Learning Models In Summer 2018, I interned at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, in the Earth Science Office. While there,…

SOARS 2017

13 Aug 201915 Aug 2019

Evaluating Tropical Cyclones Simulated by a Global Convection-Permitting Model Global models traditionally have low resolutions (~15 km) that impede accurate tropical cyclone intensity forecasts. Recent breakthroughs in global convection-permitting numerical…

Hurricane Patricia…

18th Cyclone Workshop

11 Aug 201915 Aug 2019

A Numerical Study on the Extreme Intensification of Hurricane Patricia (2015) In October 2015 Hurricane Patricia stormed through the eastern Pacific, taking its place as the strongest hurricane in recorded…

Hurricane Patricia…

SOARS 2016

10 Aug 201915 Aug 2019

Behind the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Patricia In October of 2015, Hurricane Patricia stormed through the eastern Pacific to become the strongest recorded hurricane in history. Within a twenty-four hour…

Student Research Symposium

9 Aug 201915 Aug 2019

Identifying Downdrafts in Convective Organization Making better predictions of cloud systems like fast-acting hurricanes, or the longer-lasting Madden Julian Oscillation require improved understanding of cloud development. Cloud resolving models are…

Writing

26 Jul 201914 May 2020

My writing includes a range of scientific articles, academic fellowships, organizational and training resources, and special interest stories. If you are looking for research collaborators, I am skilled with microphysics,…

Diversity

26 Jul 201923 Jun 2020

As the leader of an international Diversity and Inclusion volunteer team, my time outside of school for the last several years has been dedicated to actively improving participation in and…