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Bio

Growing up in Greensboro, NC, I became interested in meteorology at a young age because of the impact different weather events had on my life. That interest led to me to NC State to study meteorology and mathematics where I eventually developed an expertise in high-resolution modeling of high-impact weather with a focus on synoptic-scale events.

Prior to joining MEAS, I was a postdoc at the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Environment at Northern Illinois University.

Area(s) of Expertise

My primary research interests involve high-impact weather in the context of climate change and short-term predictability. I utilize high-resolution models to simulate phenomena such as tropical cyclones, extratropical transition events, snow storms, and atmospheric rivers to examine how these systems and their impacts may change 50–100 years from now. I am also interested in short-term predictability challenges such as the formation of mesoscale frontal waves along atmospheric rivers.