Current Members:
Ph.D. candidate (since 01/2023)
Ifeanyi is studying the impacts of irrigation on climate in the U.S. Great Plains using WRF. Ifeanyi's research is supported by University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative.
Master's student (since 08/2024)
Mitchell is study the development of flash drought in the US. Mitchell is support by the EAS fellowship.
Ph.D. candidate (since 06/2024)
Thomas is studying severe winter weather and its impacts on transportation in Nebraska. Thomas is supported by Nebraska Department of Transportation and the EAS fellowship.
Ph.D. student (since 08/2025)
Vishnu is studying land-atmosphere interactions in flash drought. Vishnu is supported by National Science Foundation.
Undergraduate Student (since 08/2026)
Blake is freshman working on drought data collection and data analysis.
Alumni:
Ph.D. (01/2023 – 08/2026)
Tika studied the hydroclimate over the glacier regions of High Mountain Asia using field observations and climate models. Tika's research was supported by Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute.
Dissertation: High-Resolution Modeling of Lowland Irrigation Impacts on Hydroclimate and Glacier Mass Balance in High Mountain Asia
Undergraduate student (01/2026 – 08/2026)
Tucker worked on precipitation extremes in Nebraska using high-resolution climate downscaling. Tucker was supported by UCARE Undergraduate Research and Nebraska Water Center Undergraduate Student Research Fellowship.
Thesis: Assessment of Precipitation Extremes in the Great Plains Using Two High-Resolution Climate Products
Now: student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Undergraduate student (08/2025 – 05/2026)
Lily worked on drought prediction using artificial intelligence models. Lily was supported by Raikes School Research Studio.
Now: graduate student in Marine and Estuarine Science at Western Washington University
YNS Intern, Lincoln East High School, summer 2025
Samarth studied the Central US flash drought in 2012.
Now: Student at Indiana University
YNS Intern, Lincoln East High School, summer 2024, 2025
Nitya studied the climatology of surface wind in the central and northern Plains using ASOS observations.
Now: Student at University of Nebraska-Lincoln
YNS Intern, Lincoln East High School, summer 2024
Nicholas studied the trend of precipitation in Nebraska.
Now: Student at Harvard College
Master's student (08/2022 – 05/2024)
Thesis: Expansion of the Nebraska Winter Severity Index
Now: Ph.D. student at UNL
Intern, Norris High School, summer 2023
Now: Student at Graceland University
Intern, Lincoln Southeast High School, summer 2023
Undergraduate student, Mitchell College, summer 2022
Paper: Investigating the occurrence of blizzard events over the contiguous United States using observations and climate projections
Now: Ph.D. student at Louisiana State University
Postdoc, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2020-2021
Intern, Central High School, Champaign, summer 2019
Intern, Central High School, Champaign, summer 2019