In my current role as a Senior Research Scientist and Principal Investigator with the University of Washington’s Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES), I work closely with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) Ocean Climate Stations group to advance knowledge of ocean-atmosphere coupling processes across time scales. I also study the organization of precipitating systems in the Tropics and their influence at higher latitudes. As a PI, I conceive of new project ideas to address gaps in scientific understanding and related observing capabilities, identify funding sources, and manage successful awards. My goals are to work towards sustainable weather & climate monitoring and a deeper physical understanding of the role of air-sea coupling and organized precipitating systems in the global climate system.

Most of my work relies on in situ global observing networks, gridded data sets, and satellite observations. I have also collected field observations as part of targeted process studies and am exploring the development and use of autonomous systems for capturing physical properties of the lowest levels of the atmosphere and upper ocean.