Team

Group Lead
Christina Karamperidou
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.

PhD Candidate
Madeline McKenna
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.
Alumni/ae

MS, 2021
Chaowat Siwapornchai
Current Position: Meteorologist at Climate Center, Thai Meteorological Department
MS: Atmospheric Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
BS: Earth Sciences, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Research Interests
Climate change & variability, ENSO, climate modeling and forecasting

BS, 2019
Nicholas Modar
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.