Personal statement

I pride myself on being a great collaborator, motivated by any chance that I am able to improve my scientific communication, especially public speaking, leading laboratory sections as a teaching assistant, and spearheading small and large group conversations as the president of the UW-Madison Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences Mentorship Program. I take every chance available for outreach within local and rural communities. I am a dependable, hard-working, and highly self-driven worker with the ambition and persistence necessary for success.

Through my academic career, I am confident that I have gained the necessary foundation and experience to continue expanding my research portfolio. During my undergraduate career at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I conducted research on snow-to-liquid water ratio variations surrounding midlatitude cyclones with Dr. Mark Anderson while earning my bachelor’s degree. As a PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I collaborated with Dr. Jonathan Martin to perform potential vorticity inversion analysis on precursors to cyclonic development, all while also earning my master’s degree with Dr. Martin in 2021. Now as a postdoctoral research scholar at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach, I am further sharpening my research prowess and investigating the intersection between marine heatwaves, humid heatwaves over land, and extreme precipitation events over the Southeastern United States under Dr. Shawn Milrad. This extensive research background has allowed and will continue to allow for fruitful data analysis, conduction of literature reviews, and development of research procedures. In addition to these skills I have built, I am also proficient in computer programming with ample knowledge of data visualization tools and programming languages such as FORTRAN, MATLAB, NCL, and Python.

Together, all of my experience is a testament to my self-motivation, dedication to service, and willingness for all modes of scientific exploration. Most importantly, I am passionate about team collaboration within an environment in which I can spread my curiosity for exploring the weather and climate to those around me.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science - Meteorology-Climatology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Magna Cum Laude, Minors: Mathematics and Physics

Lincoln, Nebraska, 2015-2019

Master of Science - Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Thesis: "Applications of Quasi-Geostrophic Analysis Methods to Investigation of a Case of Rapid Cyclogenesis"

Wahl Award for Outstanding Performance as a Teaching Assistant in Undergraduate Courses

Madison, Wisconsin, 2019-2021

Doctor of Philosophy - Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dorothy Powelson Teaching Assistant Award

UW-Madison Teaching Academy Inductee, Future Faculty Partner

Madison, Wisconsin, 2021-2025

Postdoctoral Research Scholar - College of Aviation, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Daytona Beach, Florida, 2025-2027

PublicationS

Beaty, P. T., J. E. Martin, A.C. Winters, and G. M. Lackmann, 2025: An Unusual Case of Rapid Cyclogenesis in the northeast Pacific Basin. Synoptic Overview and Potential Vorticity Inversion. Mon. Wea. Rev., 154,(1625–1649), https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-24-0198.1.

Martin, J. E., P. T. Beaty, A.C. Winters, and G. M. Lackmann, 2025: An Unusual Case of Rapid Cyclogenesis in the northeast Pacific Basin. The Development and Influence of an Upper Level Jet/Front on Rapid Cyclogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., (In preparation).

Beaty, P. T. and J. E. Martin 2025: An Unusual Case of Rapid Cyclogenesis in the northeast Pacific Basin. Ensemble-Based Sensitivity Analysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., (In preparation).

Pettersen, C. A……, P. T. Beaty, ….., 2025: S2noCliME Field Campaign. BAMS. (In preparation.)

INTERESTS

Midlatitude Synoptic/Dynamics and Winter Weather

Teaching and Scientific Communication

Computer Programming