Associate Professor, Portland State University, School of Earth, Environment, and Society
Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, Rutgers University
B.S. Meteorology, Rutgers University
Research Interests: Synoptic climatology, weather and climate extremes, climate change science
Email: ploikith@pdx.edu
Office: Cramer Hall 424M
B.S. Climate Science, Oregon State University
Research: Atmospheric rivers, mesoscale frontal waves
M.S. Climate Science, Utah State University
M.A. Geography, University of Minnesota
B.A. Environmental Science, Smith College
Research: Atmospheric ridges over western North America
B.A. Long Island University, Global College
GIS Certificate, Portland Comm. College
M.S. Geography, Portland State University
Research : Atmospheric drivers of extreme precipitation
Currently NSF postdoc fellow at UC Merced
Ph.D. Washington State University
M.S. Geography, Portland State University
B.S. Geography, Portland State University
B.A. Environmental Studies - Chemisty, Reed College
M.S. Geography, Portland State University
Research: Meteorological drivers of winter air pollution events in the Pacific Northwest, persistent cold air pools and air quality
B.A., Rowan University, Geology
B.S., Rowan University, Environmental Science
Currently Postdoctoral Researcher at
Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science, UCAR/GFDL
Ph.D. Earth, Environment, and Society, Portland State University
M.S. Geography, Portland State University
B.S. Physics, St. Olaf College
Joe Riedl - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2025.
Dr. Lais Fernandes - Postdoc at Portland State University from 2022-2025. Now at Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Parker Malek - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2025. Now at ABT Global.
Dr. Graham Taylor - PhD Earth, Environment, and Society, Portland State University, 2024. Now at postdoctoral scholar at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.
Emma Russell - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2024. Now at ABT Global.
Jessica Escobar - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2024.
Yianna Bekris - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2022. Now a Ph.D. student at Columbia University.
Dr. Emily Slinskey - M.S. Geography (2018) and Ph.D. Earth, Environment, and Society (2021), Portland State University. Now a precipitation scientist at University of California San Diego/Scripps Institute of Oceanography.
Ilan Gonzalez - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2021. Now at the Pacific Northwest National Lab.
Abie Valenzuela - B.S. Environmental Science, Portland State University, 2021.
Dr. Arielle Catalano - Postdoc at Portland State University from 2018-2020. Now at Pacific Northwest National Lab.
Valerie Thaler - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2020. Now at the Spokane National Weather Service Forecast Office.
Ellen Koukel - B.S. Environmental Physics, 2020. Now at NOAA PMEL.
Dr. Christina Aragon - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2019. Now at M2Works.
Dr. Dmitri Kalashnikov - M.S. Geography, Portland State University (2019) and Ph.D. Washington State University (2024). Now a NSF Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California Merced.
John Rogers - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2019. Now at Otak.
Judah Detzer - M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2018. Now at Recology.