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          Research Group

Grace Kirkpatrick, ATOC PhD Student, 2023-present

Dissertation Research : New pathway of Indonesian Throughflow -as part of global thermohaline conveyor- in the Indian Ocean: Mechanisms & role in transporting heat & freshwater

Education: B.A. 2023, Physics, Religion, Bowdoin College,Brunswick,ME  

Contact: grace.kirkpatrick@@colorado.edu

 

Erin Guderian, ATOC PhD student, Jan 2022-present

Research : Indian Ocean decadal variability and interbasin interaction

Education: PhD student 2019-2021, Geogia Institute of Technology  

                     B.S. 2016, Environmental Science, University of South Carolina  

Contact: Erin.Guderian@colorado.edu

 

Will Kamp, ATOC PhD Student, 2020-present

Dissertation Research : Indian Ocean sea level extremes under the influence of climate variability and change

Education: B.S. 2015, Double majored in Chemistry and Wildlife Ecology, the University of Wisconsin-Madison  

Contact: William.Kamp@colorado.edu

 

Danni Du, ATOC PhD Student, 2019-present (Co-advised with Prof. Aneesh Subramanian)

Dissertation Research : Role of the Indian Ocean in the generation and prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation

Education: B.S. 2019, Hydrology, Tsinghua University, China  

Contact: Danni.Du@colorado.edu

 

Dr Yingli Zhu, Postdoctal Research Associate, 2021-present

Postdoc, University of Delaware, 2019-2021

Education: PhD 2019: Marine Science, University of South Florida  

                    MS 2010, Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China  

                    BS 2007, Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China

Research : Sea level variability and change, ocean mesoscale dynamics & internal waves, and decadal ocean & climate variability

Contact :Yingli.Zhu@colorado.edu

 

Dr Suhas Dasenahalli Lingaraju, Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2024-present

Postdoc, University of California, Berkeley, 2021-2023

Education: PhD 2021: Atmospheric Science, Indian Institute of Science  

                     MTech 2014, Climate Science, Indian Institute of Science  

                    BEng 2012, Electrical Engineering, Visvesvaraya Technological University

Research : Geophysical fluid dynamics, extreme events, climate change, machine learning

Contact :TBD

 

Dr Flavia Noronha Dutra Ribeiro, visiting scientist from University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 2023 - Feb 2024

Research : Small coastal cities: ocean-land-urban interactions

Contact : flaviaribeiro@usp.br

 

Yuewen Ding, visiting PhD student from Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of sciences, Sep 2023- Sep 2024

Research : Decadal climate variability over the Indo-Pacific basin

Contact : Yuewen.Ding@colorado.edu

 

          Former Students and Postdocs

Dr Lei Zhang, Professor/senior scientist, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Postdoc Research Associate: 2017-2022: the University of Colorado at Boulder  

Education: PhD 2015: Meteorology, University of Hawaii  

                    MS 2011, Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China  

                    BS 2008, Atmospheric Science, Ocean University of China

 

Jason West, Science Data Analyst, NASA Precipitation processing System

Education: PhD, 2019, ATOC, the University of Colorado  

                    M.S. 2008: Materials Science and Engineering, the University of Maryland  

                    B.S. 2005: Aerospace Engineering, the University of Maryland  

Dr. Jessica Kenigson, data scientist

Postdoc Research Associate: 2018-2020: Yale University  

Education: PhD, 2018, ATOC, the University of Colorado  

                    M.S. 2012: Applied Mathematics, the University of Colorado at Boulder  

                   B.S. 2009: Mathematics, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville  

Dissertation Research : Identifying the causes of the recent sea level change along the east coast of North America.

 

Dr Gang Wang, data Scientist

Postdoc Research Associate: 2016-2018: the University of Colorado at Boulder  

Education: PhD 2015: Atmospheric Science, Monash University, Australia  

                    B.S. 2012: Marine Science, Ocean University of China  

Research : Climate variability, coupled ocean-atmosphere dynamics

 

Dr Yuanlong Li,  Professor/senior scientist, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Postdoc Research Associate: 2012-2017: the University of Colorado at Boulder  

Education: PhD 2012: Physical Oceanography, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences  

                    MS 2010: Physical Oceanography IOCAS  

                    B.S. 2005: Marine Science, Ocean University of China  

Research : Indo-Pacific ocean circulation, dynamics, air-sea interaction, water mass

 

Andreas Schlueter,  Stanford University

Education: MS, Forestry and Forest Ecology, University of Geottingen, Germany, 2015    

                    BS, Meteorology, Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany  

Research : Seasonal forecast for drought-prone food production areas in Tanzania

 

Jih-Wang Wang,  Research Scientist, CIRES/NOAA

Education: PhD, 2012, ATOC/CU  

                    M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University (CSU)  

                    B.S. National Taiwan University

Dissertation Research : Impacts of tropical cyclones on the Bay of Bengal heat budget

 

Laurie L. Trenary,  Research Assistant Professor, Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University

Education: PhD, 2012, ATOC/CU  

                    M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Colorado State University  

                    B.E.: Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University

Dissertation Research : Multi-timescale variability of Indian Ocean vertical warming structure, sea level and thermocline depth

 

Benet E. Duncan ,  Managing Director, Western Water assessment, the U. of Colorado at Boulder

Education: PhD 2011, ATOC/CU 

Education: B.S. 2005, UC Davis 

Dissertation Research : Intraseasonal variability of the Indian Ocean 

Wei Yu,   NOAA

Education: PhD 2011, ATOC/CU 

Education: M.S. in both Meteorology and Computer Sciences, Florida State University 

Dissertation Research & Working Experience: Impacts of atmospheric intraseasonal oscillations in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans; Meso-scale weather forecasting system development, Data Assimilation,  

WRF-Hydro system development, CCSM testing and porting, and parallel computation  

Carl W. Drews,  National Center for Atmospheric Research

Education: M.S. 2009, ATOC/CU 

Education: B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford University 

Thesis Research : Wind-driven storm surge  

Daria J. Halkides,  Research Scientist, Earth and Space Research, Seattle, WA

Education: PhD 2005, ATOC/CU 

Education: B.S. 1998, Physics and astrophysics, Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges, PA 

Dissertation Research :The effects of seasonal cycle on interannual SST variability in the Indian Ocean 

          Former Visiting Students and Scholars

Dr. Ke Huang, visiting scientist from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of sciences, Sep-Dec 2023

Research : Indian Ocean circulation dynamics and air-sea interaction

 

Dr Yilong Lyu, visiting scientist from Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jan 2023 - Dec 2023

Research : Changes in Indian Ocean heat content, climate variability & interbasin interaction

 

Dr. Jia Wei, Postdoc, College of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University

Visiting PhD student: 2019-2020: the University of Colorado at Boulder  

Education: PhD 2022: Hohai University  

                    M.S. M.S. 2017, Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, China  

                    B.S. 2014: Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, China  

Shoichiro Kido, Researcher, JAMSTEC

Visiting Student: 2018: the University of Colorado at Boulder  

Education: PhD 2020, Earth and Planetary Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan  

                    MS 2017, Earth and Planetary Physics, the University of Tokyo, Japan  

 

Jian Zheng,  Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Associate Researcher.

Visiting PhD student: 2011-2013: the University of Colorado at Boulder  

Education: PhD, Ocean University of China, 2014  

Dr Yun Qiu,  Senior Scientist, Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Sciences, Xiamen, China

Visiting Scholar: 2017-2018: the University of Colorado at Boulder  

Education: PhD 2007: Physical Oceanography, Xiamen Univeristy, PR China

Research : Ocean circulation and large scale air-sea interaction in the tropical Indian Ocean.

 

Dr Gengxin Chen,  Senior Scientist, South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Visiting Scholar: Sep 2013, 2015-2016: the University of Colorado at Boulder  

Education: PhD 2011: Physical Oceanography, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS)  

                    BS 2006: Mathematics, Hohai University  

Research : Indo-Pacific ocean circulation and dynamics