Former graduate students:

Jeremiah Otero (UAlbany, PhD)

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:

Marissa McGuire (UAlbany, BS)

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)

Nicholas Johnson

Nicholas's research seeks to understand tropical cyclone ventilation: the injection of cool, dry environmental air into sheared storms. A combination of observations from reconnaissance and satellites, along with output from operational models, are used to examine these processes. Nicholas participated in NASA's Convective Processes Experiment - Cabo Verde field project and the Naval Research Enterprise Intern Program. He is also a Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology fellow.

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 current research seeks to understand the development of tornado-scale vortices in the boundary layer of the tropical cyclone eyewall. A CM1 large eddy simulation is used to study the structure and evolution of these features.

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.

Stefano Giove

Stefano’s research seeks to evaluate how environmental conditions and mesoscale processes affect tropical cyclone strength and track during downshear reformation, when a secondary storm center forms downshear and takes over as the new low-level storm center. He aims to understand how the new center development is governed by relevant factors employing WRF r eal-case simulations and Cloud Model 1 (CM1) idealized simulations.

Evan Belkin

Evan's research focuses on evaluating the influence of atmospheric rivers on heavy precipitation events in the eastern United States. While many cyclones involve the poleward advection of moisture, he aims to quantify the contribution of atmospheric rivers. To achieve this, Evan will study the seasonality and forcing mechanisms of extreme precipitation events, aiming to improve the predictability of East Coast atmospheric river events.

Jake Vile

Jake plans to conduct research on the ventilation patterns of tropical cyclones. Particularly focusing on the effects of drier air that can sometimes surround tropical cyclones, he seeks to find out if current theories surrounding ventilation patterns within tropical cyclones are supported by data from previous field campaigns. Jake has previously been involved in multiple field projects, including PERiLS (Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms) and MITTEN-CI (Maritime to Inland Transitions Towards Environments for Convective Initiation).