I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University. I deploy a range of methods to study natural variability and climate change.
Colordo State University | Department of Atmospheric Science | 2022 - Summer 2025
Doctor of Philosophy in Atmospheric Science
Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth A. Barnes
Colorado State University | Department of Atmospheric Science | 2020 - 2022
Masters of science in Atmospheric Sciences
Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth A. Barnes
Ohio University | Honors Tutorial College | 2016 - 2020
Bachelors of arts in Geography with a focus in Meteorology
Minor in Mathematics
Certificate in GIS
Graduate Research Assistant | May 2020 - present
Conducting research at Colorado State University using machine learning
Teaching Assistant for Machine Learning Class (ATS760) | Aug 2023 - Dec 2023
Graded homework, held office hours, and taught two classes
Teaching Assistant for Objective Analysis Class (ATS655) | Jan 2023 - May 2023
Graded homework, held office hours, and taught three classes
Earth System Modeling Education Institute Research Experiences for Undergraduates Project Lead | May 2024 - Aug 2024
Lead a 10 week summer research project with a small team
Lead Research Mentor | May 2023 - Aug 2023
Mentored and advised an undergraduate student for a summer research project
Webmaster | July 2019 - May 2020
Responsible for updating website and managing traffic
Research Assistant | Aug 2018 - May 2020
Retrieve long records of climate data and organize it to be read in coding languages
ESMEI REU Researcher | May 2019 - Aug 2019
Completed a 10 week research project
Resident Assistant | Aug 2018 - May 2019
Planned and implemented educational programs for residence
NEPARS REU Researcher | May 2018 - Aug 2018
Completed a 10 week research project
Leadership Team Member for Cooperative Institute for Research in the in the Atmosphere/Department of Atmospheric Science Mentoring Program
Established the program for atmospheric science graduates at CSU
Participated as a leadership team member for 4-years
Primary creator of the CAMP website and the Alumni Network page
MURALS (Multicultural Undergraduate Research Art and Leadership Symposium)
Participated as a judge for 3-years
Provides the opportunity for undergraduate students with marginalized identities to showcase their scholarly work
Served on an REU application review panel
Participated for 2-years
Responsible for reading applications, holding interviews, and selecting summer interns
Volunteer for the Friends of Scalia
Co-founded Friends of Scalia to fundraise for the Ohio University meteorology undergraduate program
Letters to a pre-scientist
Participated for 1-year
Wrote letters to a grade school student to increase awareness about science careers
2nd place in the Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the AMS
Outstanding Undergraduate Scalia Scholar
Outstanding Graduating Senior
2nd Place Ohio University Student Expo
Hugh Bloemer Memorial Scholarship
Kevin/Melanie Mohr HTC Scholarship