Christina Karamperidou
Associate Professor
PhD: Columbia University, 2012
MSc: Environmental Protection & Sustainable Development, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2007
MSc: Hydraulics & Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2006
BSc: Civil & Environmental Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Madeline McKenna
PhD student
Education
M.A. Climate and Society, Columbia University, 2016
B.S. Environmental Science, Northeastern University, 2014
Research Interests:
ENSO dynamics & teleconnections, tropical-extratropical interactions, and connections between ENSO and extreme weather phenomena.
Zachary Menzo
PhD student
Education
MA: Climate Science and Policy, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, UCSD, 2017
BS: Earth & Environmental Science, University of Michigan, 2013
Research Interests
Climate change, extreme weather, biogeochemical cycles, science communication, atmospheric chemistry, geoengineering
Chaowat Siwapornchai
Masters Student
Education
BS: Earth Sciences, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Research Interests
Climate change & variability, ENSO, climate modeling and forecasting
Michael Ito
Undergraduate Student (Information & Computer Sciences)
Education
BA: Information & Computer Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Research Interests
Deep learning with Graphs and Networks for Climate Applications, Bioinformatics and Microbiomes, Solar Physics and Astronomy, Deep learning theory
Former students
Jan van der Veken
Masters Student
Education
BS: Meteorology, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests
Tropical Cyclones, lightning, climate modeling and downscaling, weather risk management
Jil Kiefer
PhD candidate
Education
M.Sc. Marine Geosciences, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Germany
B.Sc. Geophysics/Physical Oceanography, University of Hamburg, Germany
Research Interests:
ENSO dynamics and impacts, climate variability, paleoclimate and paleoclimate variability
Nicholas Modar
Undergraduate student
Education
MS: Earth & Climate Sciences, San Francisco State University
BS: Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawaii at Mānoa, May 2019
AA: Social Science, American River College
Research Interests
Climate change, wildfire dynamics, predictability of wildfire weather, role of fire in global earth system processes.