Group

Current Members

- Dr. Hyerim Kim (Research Prof., 2023 Dec-): Climate engineering

- Dr. Cheng Zheng (Research Scientist, 2024 Jan-): Subseasonal forecast

- Dr. Minju Kim (Post-Doc, 2024 Mar-): Extreme weather

Alumni

- Jiabao Wang, PhD (~2021)

Dissertation title: PNA-like MJO teleconnections: metrics, dynamical processes, and future change

Current position:  Research data analyst at UC San Diego

- Yang Zhou, PhD (~2019, Best PhD Dissertation award winner of the school)

Dissertation title: Life cycle of Atmospheric Rivers over the North Pacific: identification, processes, and intraseasonal variability

Current position: Research Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

https://www.yangzhouscholar.net

- Haikun Xu, PhD (~2017, co-advised with Prof. Janet Nye)

Dissertation title: Understanding and predicting the effects of climate variability and change on Southern New England yellowtail flounder population dynamics 

Current position: Senior Scientist at IATTC

Undergarduate/High school student research

- Yujay An (2022, Ward Melville High School)

* Y. An and H. Kim, "Understanding the predictability of the U.S. Seasonal Surface Temperature with Convolutional Neural Networks trained on CESM2 LENS" (submitted).

- Lillian Huynh (2022, Stony Brook Univ.)

project: ENSO teleconnections

- Shaun Laurinaitis (2021, SUNY Oswego)

project: The link between snowfall variation in the NE US and the Arctic oscillation 

- Grace Woodruff (2019, Suffolk County Community College)

project: The impact of MJO on Central Park snowfall

- Claire Bush  (2019, Suffolk County Community College)

project: Contribution of tropical storm to seasonal precipitation in Central park, New York

- Taylor Grandfield (2018, Suffolk County Community College)

project: The affect of ENSO on California’s Atmospheric Rivers

- Kathleen Folan (2018, Stony Brook Univ.)

project: The role of atmospheric rivers in the recent Arctic amplification

- Brittney Herold  (2017, Suffolk County Community College)

project: Seasonal trends of urban, coastal and inland locations around New York City

- Dutch Cortese (2017-2018, Kings Park High School)

project: ENSO and Hurricane

- Balima Djamila (2013, Stony Brook Univ.)

project: Dust variability in the Sahel linked with ENSO