Research Interests

• climate and climate change
• the use of simple models to understand the general circulation
• annular modes in models and observations
• dynamics of eddy-mean flow feedbacks
• stratosphere/troposphere coupling

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Education

Graduate school (current)
PhD candidate
Expected Graduation: February, 2012
Advisor: Dr. Dennis Hartmann
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Washington - Seattle

Undergraduate
B.S. Mathematics
B.S. Physics
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, 2007
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities