Former graduate students:

Nathalie Rivera-Torres (UAlbany, MS)

Brian Filipiak (UAlbany, MS)

Emily Paltz, (UAlbany, MS)

Josh Alland, (UAlbany, PhD)

Tomer Burg, (UAlbany, MS)

Dylan Card (UAlbany, MS, PhD)

Sarah Ditchek (UAlbany, PhD)

Michael Fischer (UAlbany, PhD)

Casey Peirano (UAlbany, PhD)

Stephanie Stevenson (UAlbany, PhD)

Molly Smith (UAlbany, MS)

Adrian Mitchell (UAlbany, MS)

Sergio Abarca  (UCLA, PhD)

Kathryn Shontz (UCLA, MS)

Former undergraduate students:

Trey Ryan (UAlbany, BS Honors)

Megan Schiede (UAlbany, BS Honors)

Christina Talamo (UAlbany, BS Honors)

Kurt Hansen (UAlbany, BS Honors)

Jason Keefer (UAlbany, BS Honors)

Jeremiah Piersante

Jeremiah’s research aims to understand the mechanisms behind diurnal pulsing within tropical cyclones. In particular, Jeremiah modifies simulations of recent storms to evaluate the impact of various physical parameterizations and processes on the tropical cyclone diurnal cycle. He is also involved in work trying to understand and predict season tropical cyclone activity and tracks in the North Atlantic basin.

Nicholas Johnson

Nicholas’s research seeks to understand processes that affect tropical cyclone intensity such as ventilation: the injection of cool, dry environmental air into sheared storms. A combination of observations from aerial reconnaissance and satellites along with simulations from operational models are used to examine these processes.

Alex Mitchell

Alex is currently researching the intraseasonal variability and governing dynamics of eastern North Pacific tropical cyclones. With a broad interest in large-scale dynamics and variability, Alex aims to enhance the prediction of synoptic-scale phenomena and extreme weather on subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) timescales in future research.

Emily Lucy

Atmospheric research in many areas interests Emily, from midlatitude mesoscale to synoptic and tropical meteorology. Her research as an undergraduate involved terrain influences on convective storms during the RELAMPAGO field project. She hopes to continue to diversify her research experiences with work on tropical cyclones.

Luis Hernandez

Luis is currently focused on researching tropical cyclone structure, involving vortex realignment and its relation to rapid intensification timing. The use of the AOML Hurricane Model Viewer and other observational products will help in future model simulations in determining realignment preceding rapid intensification.