One Fully-Funded Graduate Research Assistantship
Starting Summer or Fall 2025

Ph.D. Program:

Development and evolution of cold pool substructures in relation to hail swath properties.
The selected student will have the opportunity to particiapte in the May - June 2025 ICECHIP field campaign, to contribute to collection of the data they will analyze as part of their dissertation research.
I encourage interested students to reach out discuss your interests related to these topics!

The student will have hands-on experience operating a Windsond radiosonde system, in addition to other instrumentation during ICECHIP.
Beyond ICECHIP, the student will have opportunities to work with my group's mobile mesonet, sUAS, and other equipment on future campaigns. They develop expertise in field campaign experiment design and will be licensed to operate sUAS.
The graduate student will also have the opportunity to gain experience mentoring undergraduate meteorology students at CMU.
Idealized modeling experiments performed to compliment field data will enable the student to develop expertise working with atmospheric models (e.g., WRF and/or CM1).
The student will enhance their written and oral communication skills through preparation of papers and conference presentations.
Funds are in place to support participation in at least one conference per year, with at least one of those conferences occurring internationally.

Priority will be given to students who have completed their M.S. in atmospheric sciences or meteorology, or will complete it prior to their start date.
Experience programming (e.g., Python, Matlab, etc.) is required.
Students with experience in either field research or running atmospheric models are encouraged to apply.
Contributions to published research will be considered an asset.