Climate Processes and Predictability Group

Hyemi Kim


"... I think one of the great privileges of being a professor is to be associated with bright young minds, watching them develop through hard work to become shining skeptical scientists." - Peter J. Webster (pers. comm. 2024.12.15)

Hyemi Kim

Professor

Department of Science Education

Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea

hyemi.kim at ewha.ac.kr


Adjunct Associate Professor

School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

Stony Brook University-State University of New York, NY, USA

hyemi.kim at stonybrook dot edu

In the News (since 2015)

-(Feb, 2025) Kim's research published by Nature Communications: "Volcanically forced Madden–Julian oscillation triggers the immediate onset of El Niño" (Ewha news) & (English ver.)

-(Oct, 2024) "북극을 얼려라"…'기후공학'까지 등장" (KBS 2024.10.28.)

-(June., 2021) "Machine Learning Shines In Weather-Forecasting Study" (InnovateLI)

-(May., 2021) Kim's research published by Nature Communications: "Machine Learning may help improve long-range weather forecasting" (SBU news)

-(Aug., 2020) "Improved 3 week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster" (ScienceNews)

-(May., 2020) Yang Zhou received the best PhD thesis award in SoMAS

-(Feb., 2020) Kim's paper chosen as EOS Editor Highlight, "Emerging Controversy in MJO Prediction"

-(Aug., 2019) "How well do models forecast MJO propagation?" (NOAA news)

-(Oct., 2018) "Looking back along the path to improve MJO prediction" (NOAA news)

-(Mar., 2018) "To improve seasonal storm track forecasts, look to the Tropical Stratosphere" (NOAA news)

-(Nov., 2017) Kim, Recipient of NSF CAREER award

-(Nov., 2017) "SoMAS wins $500K grant to protect endangered species" (The Statesman)

-(Oct., 2017) "Researchers to use climate data to better predict Marine distribution in Northeast" (SBU news) 

-(Apr., 2017) "Atmospheric Rivers more frequent and intense during certain phases of ENSO, study says" (NOAA news)

-(Dec., 2016) "SoMAS secures NSF grant to Bolster GeoSciences Education support for Underrepresented Students" (SoMAS news)

-(Apr., 2015) "Stony Brook professors create tropical cyclone prediction model for New York State" (Newsday)