U
niversity of Washington Department of Atmospheric
Sciences
I am a research assistant in Dennis Hartmann's
research group studying cloud feedbacks. Currently my work is
toward unravelling the mechanisms that drive the formation of clouds in
the midlatitudes. This is of interest due to the strong negative
feedback seen in this region across Fourth Assesment Report models. My
results to date support total water vapor abundancy being the
driving force behind the optical thickening of these clouds. You can read the details in my master's thesis proposal.
You can read my full Curriculum
Vitae, but in summary, I have a BS in Physics from The New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. I have worked for Dr. Kenneth Minschwaner and Dr. Gloria Manney, who are great people.
I volunteered for a short time at Cuidad Del Niño
in La Chorrera, Panama. It's an excellent NGO and does its best to help
young (K-12) boys who don't really have any sort of family structure.
If you're looking for a humanitarian mission to donate to, I can vouch
for their legitimacy.
Right now I am pursuing a MS/PhD at The University of Washington.
The image at right is of clouds off the coast of Portugal, near Lisbon, credit Michaela Copikova of Ové pictures.