About Us

Our research group is an enthusiastic group of scientists interested in scale interaction in our atmosphere. We are interested in meso to planetary spatial scales as well as synoptic to subseasonal time scales of the upper troposphere-lower stratosphere region.

We are part of the Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Our address is:

1400 Washington Ave, ETEC 496
Albany, New York, 12222

People

Andrea Lopez Lang, PhD

Associate Professor

email: alang @ albany . edu
office: ETEC 441
phone: 518 - 442 - 4558
fax: 518 - 442 - 5825

CV: long

Grace Dines

Graduate Teaching Assistant (NOAA/CPO)

email: gdines @ albany . edu
office: ETEC 412
Activities: Stratospheric predictability and uncertainty in impacts in S2S forecasts



Elena Fernandez

Graduate Research Assistant (NSF|NOAA/CPO)

email: emfernandez @ albany . edu
office: ETEC 470
Activities: Troposphere-stratosphere dynamic coupling and assessing predictability of impacts

Brian Filipiak

Graduate Research Assistant (NOAA/NWS)

email: bfilipiak @ albany . edu
office: ETEC 426
Co-advised with Prof. Kristen Corbosiero, Dr. Nick Bassill, and Ross Lazear
Activities: A Machine Learning Tool for Forecasting during Winter Mixed Precipitation Events


Paul Panhans

Graduate Research Assistant (NSF|NOAA/CPO)

email: ppanhans @ albany . edu
office: ETEC 408
Activities: Understanding troposphere-stratosphere dynamic coupling during extreme cold air outbreaks

Cameron Paquette

Graduate Research Assistant (ONR)

email: cpaquette @ albany . edu
office: ETEC 424F
Activities: Understanding the variability of tropopause polar vorticies during extreme stratospheric states


Former Group Members

Mike Main - MS 2020 - Graduate Research Assistant - NSF & NOAA/CPO - Examining the Impact of Synoptic-Scale Waves on Stratospheric Polar Vortex Variability from an Ensemble Forecast Perspective
Now a NWS Meteorologist

Tomer Burg - MS 2019 - Graduate Research Assistant - NOAA/NWS/CSTAR - Applying forecast track and intensity diagnostics to Northeast cyclones
Now a PhD candidate at OU.
web: http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/tburg

Hannah Attard - PhD 2018/MS 2014 - Graduate Research Assistant - NSF|NASA - Synoptic-scale in Troposphere-Stratosphere coupling
Now Asst. Prof. Embry Riddle–Worldwide, DC campus
web: http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/hattard

Jonathan Blufer - MS 2017 - Graduate Research Assistant - NOAA/CPO - Synoptic scale in S2S predictability
Now a Project Lead at California Air Resources Board

Rebecca Steeves - MS 2017 - Graduate Research Assistant - NOAA/NWS/CSTAR V - Transition season Northeast snowstorm research
Now Associate Research Scientist at CIMMS/NSSL
web: http://www.atmos.albany.edu/student/rsteeves

Chelsea Snide - BS 2019 - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Now employed in the energy sector

Chris Cardinale - BS 2016 - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Now a Graduate Student at the University at Albany

Samantha Basile - BS 2013 - Undergraduate Research Assistant
Now a Senior National Climate Assessment Staff Scientist