Meet the Team
Principal Investigator
Aneesh Subramanian
Associate Professor
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
Research interests include weather and climate prediction, data assimilation, and geophysical fluid dynamics.
PhD Students
Isaac Davis
PhD Student
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, CU Boulder
Studies extreme weather prediction using machine learning, focusing on US West Coast atmospheric rivers.
Sean Heslin
PhD Student
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, CU Boulder
Primary Advisor: Will Chapman; Co-advisor: Aneesh Subramanian. Evaluates predictive skill of extreme atmospheric rivers in machine-learning weather models.
Lucas Howard
PhD Student
CU Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science
Background in Physics and Civil/Environmental Engineering. Interested in machine learning applications to data assimilation.
Chaehyeong Lee
PhD Student
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, CU Boulder
Primary Advisor: Donata Giglio; Co-advisor: Aneesh Subramanian. Investigates air-sea interaction and marine heatwave evolution.
Ziqi Yin
PhD Student
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, CU Boulder
Focuses on ice sheet-climate interactions and high-resolution Greenland Ice Sheet modeling.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Yuan-Jen Lin
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, CU Boulder
PhD from National Taiwan University (2022). Research focuses on large-scale climate dynamics and climate change.
Suhas Dasenahalli Lingaraju
Postdoctoral Researcher
CU Boulder
Co-mentored by Weiqing Han. PhD in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology from Indian Institute of Science. Research encompasses atmospheric dynamics, climate variability, sea level variability, ocean mesoscale dynamics, and decadal climate variability.
Research Scientists
Mike MacFerrin
Research Associate
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), CU Boulder
Specializes in Greenland ice sheet meltwater interactions and machine learning applications to satellite/airborne remote sensing. Discovered new meltwater runoff mechanism in Greenland (published in Nature). Also teaches Remote Sensing and Introduction to Climate Change at CU Boulder.
Undergraduate Researchers
Aidan Janney
Undergraduate Student
CU Boulder
Major in Physics, minoring in Computer Science and Art. Interests include oceanography, ocean modeling, and nonlinear dynamics.
Brendan Myers
Undergraduate Researcher
CU Boulder
Working on downslope winds in Front Range, collaborating with Gerald Meehl and Christine Shields at NCAR.
Visitors
Mio Matsueda
Visiting Scholar (Fall 2019)
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Associate Professor at University of Tsukuba. Research on ensemble forecasting, weather/climate predictability, weather regimes, and high-resolution climate modeling. Created and hosts TIGGE and S2S museums for forecast diagnostics.
Jithendra Raju Nadimpalli
Visiting Scholar (Spring 2022)
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
Postdoctoral Scholar at Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Research on internal waves, ocean mixing, ocean modeling, and remote sensing.
Paula Lorenzo Sanchez
Visiting Scholar (July-October 2023)
University of Bologna/CMCC
Physics degree from University of Valencia; Master's in Renewable Energies from University of Barcelona. PhD student at University of Bologna/CMCC. Research on machine learning applications to climate variability and forecasting.
PhD Alumni
Danni Du
PhD Graduate (August 2024)
Princeton University/GFDL
Co-advised by Weiqing Han. Research on air-sea interaction and Indian Ocean's role in monsoon dynamics. Currently a Postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University/GFDL.
Tim Higgins
PhD Graduate (May 2025)
CU Boulder
BS in Meteorology/Atmospheric Sciences and Applied Mathematics from University of Miami. Dissertation focus: Predictability and numerical weather prediction improvements at subseasonal through seasonal timescales; atmospheric river dynamics.
Postdoctoral Alumni
Devon Dunmire
Postdoctoral Researcher (2022-2023)
CU Boulder
Research on meltwater in polar regions using climate/snow models, satellite observations, and machine learning.
Ulla Heede
NOAA CVP Postdoctoral Researcher
CU Boulder
PhD in Earth & Planetary Sciences from Yale. Co-mentored by Kris Karnauskas. Research on tropical climate dynamics, tropical Pacific coupled ocean-atmosphere response to anthropogenic forcing. NASA FINESST fellowship recipient.
Lucy Recchia
Postdoctoral Researcher
CU Boulder
PhD in Applied Mathematics from University of Leeds. Expertise in mathematical models for fluid dynamics; applies mathematical tools to atmospheric and oceanic processes.
Ho-Hsuan Wei
Postdoc (2019-Fall 2022)
NOAA-CIRES
PhD from Caltech in Environmental Science and Engineering. Advisor: Simona Bordoni; Co-advised by Kris Karnauskas. Research on seasonally varying tropical convergence zones. Currently a Scientist at NOAA-CIRES.
Yingli Zhu
Postdoc Associate (Alumni)
CU Boulder
Co-mentored by Weiqing Han. BS and MS from Ocean University of China; PhD from University of South Florida (2019). Research on sea level variability, ocean mesoscale dynamics, internal waves, and decadal ocean/climate variability.
Research Scientists Alumni
Rajashree Tri Datta
Research Associate (Alumni)
TU Delft
Currently Faculty at TU Delft. Research on ice sheet and ice shelf surface mass balance; variable-resolution CESM2 modeling; extreme precipitation over Antarctica.
Dave Reynolds
Consultant
CW3E @ SIO/UCSD
Former Meteorologist in Charge at NWS San Francisco Bay Area; Chief of Operations at Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. Interests include Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and climate change impacts in California.
Masters Alumni
Mark Leonard
Master's Graduate (Fall 2022)
Department of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences, CU Boulder
Co-advised by Lori Bruhwiler (NOAA). Research on global carbon cycle using earth system models and data assimilation.
Alex Schein
Master's Graduate
Department of Applied Mathematics, CU Boulder
Research on atmospheric river modeling and data assimilation for earth system models.
Undergraduate Alumni
Zaria Cast
SOARS Protege
CIRES, CU Boulder
BS in Geoscience with Meteorology concentration from University of Tennessee - Martin (2023). Interests include polar climate, climate warming impacts, and sea level rise. Currently at CIRES, CU Boulder.
Jose Chapa
Undergraduate Researcher (Summer 2021)
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Mechanical Engineering major at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Project on Tropical Instability Waves variability (collaborated with Dr. Eddebbar and Danni Du). Interests in machine learning, nanotechnology, eddy behavior, and fluid dynamics.
Frederico Tiago Diogo
Undergraduate Researcher (Summer 2019)
CU Boulder
BS in Geophysical Engineering. Interests in remote sensing, digital signal processing, and machine learning.
Alison Jarvis
Undergraduate Researcher (Fall 2019)
CIRES, CU Boulder
Aerospace Engineering major at CU Boulder. Research on ocean biogeochemistry using machine learning. Interests in ocean biogeochemistry, space physics, exoplanets, and space biology. Currently at CIRES, CU Boulder.
Emily Martinez
SOARS Protege (2021)
Dartmouth College
BA in Engineering Sciences and Environmental Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College. Research on changes in atmospheric river activity over Northeast Pacific. Interests in geophysical fluid dynamics, climate variability, and numerical modeling.
Muntaha Pasha
Undergraduate Researcher (2020)
CU Boulder
Computer Science major at CU Boulder. Anemometer Project (collaborated with Christine Shields and Gerald Meehl at NCAR). Interests in severe thunderstorm formation, cloud dynamics, and extreme weather.