Resume

    Education

     University of California Berkeley, 2002-2006
      -B.A. Computer Science
      -B.A. Earth and Planetary Science-Atmospheric Science, Department Citation


     University of Washington
      -M.S. Atmospheric Sciences Fall 2009
      -PhD Atmospheric Sciences March 1, 2013

    Research

     Advisor: Robert Wood
    Research emphasis: understanding controls on variability of cloud properties in the southeast Pacific (using/developing WRF-Chem model in conjunction with satellite data, reanalysis, and VOCALS field data)
    VOCALS
    Papers:
     -Subseasonal variability of low cloud radiative properties over the southeast Pacific Ocean

     -Development and impact of hooks of large droplet concentration on remote southeast Pacific stratocumulus

    Contributed to
     -Southeast Pacific stratocumulus clouds, precipitation and boundary layer structure sampled along 20 S during VOCALS-REx

     -Southeast Pacific atmospheric composition and variability sampled along 20 S during VOCALS-REx

     -Impacts of aerosol particles on the microphysical and radiative properties of stratocumulus clouds over the Southeast Pacific ocean

    Undergraduate Research

    Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
        Arecibo Observatory, Puerto Rico, Summer 2005
        Project: Retrieving Meteor Information from Incoherent Scatter Data
        Advisors: Mike Sulzer and Diego Janches

    Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in Atmospheric Chemistry and Air-Forest Exchange
        University of Michigan Biological Station, Summer 2004
        Project: A Comparison of Photolytic Converters for the Measurement of NO2
        Advisor: Mary Anne Carroll

    Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
        University of Santa Clara Chemistry, Summer 2003
        Project: Sound to light to water treatment, an application of sonoluminescence
        Advisor: Julie Mueller

    Conferences/Meetings Attended

    International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP)
        Leipzig, Germany, July 2012
        Poster: Sources of variability in southeast Pacific stratocumulus

    Gordon Research Seminar and Gordon Research Conference: Radiation and Climate
        Colby College, Maine, July 9-15, 2011
        Poster: The influences of synoptic, microphysical and aerosol variability on southeast Pacific stratocumulus

    3rd VOCALS Science Meeting
        Miami, FL, March 2011
        Presentation:Using WRF-Chem to understand interactions between synoptic and microphysical variability during VOCALS

    American Meteorological Society (AMS) Meeting
        Seattle, WA, January 2011
        Poster: Using WRF-Chem to understand interactions between synoptic and microphysical variability over the southeast Pacific

    2nd VOCALS Science Meeting
        Seattle, WA, July 2009
        Presentation: Subseasonal variability of low cloud radiative properties in the Southeast Pacific  

    VOCALS All-Hands Science Meeting
        Arica, Chile, November 2008
        Presentation: Synoptic variability in the VOCALS region  

    International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP)
        Cancun, Mexico, July 2008
        Presentation: The influence of aerosols on cloud properties and albedo variability in the Southeast Pacific  

    American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual meeting
        San Antonio, Texas, January 2007

     U.S. National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) National Radio Science Meeting
        Boulder, Colorado, January 2006
        Presentation: Retrieving Meteor Information from Incoherent Scatter Data

    Coupling, Energetics and Dynamics of Atmospheric Regions (CEDAR)Workshop
        Santa Fe, New Mexico, June 2005

    Fellowships

    American Meterological Society Graduate Fellowship: SAIC, 2006-2007
    Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Seattle Chapter “Light” Award Fellowship in honor of Barbara Goesling, 2006

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