Faculty Mentors

Nikolay Balashov

Nikolay Balashov
Carbon cycle, CH4 emission analysis, air quality, time series analysis, applied statistics, air quality prediction, ozone
Email: nvb5011@psu.edu

Xingchao (XC) Chen

Xingchao (XC) Chen
Tropical cyclones and sea-surface temperature
Email: xzc55@psu.edu

Ken Davis

Ken Davis
Boundary layer meteorology, terrestrial carbon and hydrologic cycles, remote sensing using lidar, flux measurement methods, climate change ethics
Email: kjd10@psu.edu

Jenni Evans

Jenni L. Evans
Tropical cyclones, monsoon variability and sensitivity to climate, extratropical transition of tropical cyclones
Email: evans@meteo.psu.edu

Steven Feldstein

Steven Feldstein
Low-frequency variability, teleconnections, wave dynamics, baroclinic wave life cycles, eastern Mediterranean precipitation
Email: sbf1@meteo.psu.edu

Sha Feng

Sha Feng
Mesoscale meteorology, numerical weather prediction, carbon cycling
Email: sfeng@psu.edu

Chris Forest

Chris Forest
Uncertainty of climate projections, climate system feedbacks, regional climate change
Email: ceforest@psu.edu

Katherine Freeman

Katherine Freeman
Organic geochemistry, isotopic biogeochemistry, paleoclimate, astrobiology
Email: khf4@psu.edu

Miriam Freedman

Miriam Freedman
Interaction of radiation with aerosol particles, processing of aerosol particles in the environment, interactions between aerosol particles and clouds
Email: maf43@psu.edu

Jose Fuentes

Jose D. Fuentes
Atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric boundary layer, pollutant deposition, biogenic hydrocarbons, carbon sequestration
Email: jdfuentes@psu.edu

Alex Kowaleski

Alex Kowaleski
Tropical meteorology
Email: amk429@psu.edu

Gregory Jenkins

Gregory Jenkins
Regional climate change, numerical modeling, Saharan dust effects on climate and health
Email: gsj1@psu.edu

Thomas Lauvaux

Thomas Lauvaux
Carbon cycle data assimilation systems for Earth sciences
Email: tul5@psu.edu

Sukyoung Lee

Sukyoung Lee
Global climate, general circulation of atmosphere, mid-latitude storm tracks, westerly jets, polar amplification of surface temperature
Email: sl@meteo.psu.edu

Michael Mann

Michael E. Mann
Global warming, paleoclimate reconstruction, decadal climate variability, climate downscaling, climate impacts on disease
Email: mann@psu.edu

Alfonso Mejia

Alfonso Mejia
Floods and droughts, hydrometeorology, urban-water systems, ecohydrology, geomorphology, water resources sustainability
Email: amejia@engr.psu.edu

Ray Najjar

Raymond G. Najjar, Jr.
Marine carbon cycle, marine biogeochemistry, coastal processes, regional climate change
Email: najjar@meteo.psu.edu

Jon Nese

Jon Nese
Pennsylvania climatology, weather forecasting, broadcast meteorology, weather and risk
Email: j2n@psu.edu

Sandip Pal

Sandip Pal
Atmospheric boundary layer, carbon cycle, turbulence and mixing, Lidar, clouds and climate, eddy covariance techniques
Email: sup252@psu.edu

Erica Smithwick

Erica Smithwick
Landscape and ecosystem ecology, spatial patterns and ecosystem function, pyrogeography, soil biogeochemistry, carbon storage
Email: smithwick@psu.edu

Caitlin Spence

Caitlin Spence
Water resources engineering, flood risk management, hydrology, climate adaptation, decision making under uncertainty
Email: caitlinmspence@gmail.com

David Stensrud

David Stensrud
Predictability, North American monsoon, data assimilation and ensembles
Email: david.stensrud@psu.edu

David Titley

David Titley
Climate risk and security, climate communications, changes in jet stream due to climate change, storm surge
Email: dwt12@psu.edu

Tiffany Troxler

Tiffany Troxler
Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, global environmental change, ecosystem carbon assessment, carbon-water interactions, wetland restoration
Email: troxlert@fiu.edu

Fuqing Zhang

Fuqing Zhang
Atmospheric predictability and data assimilation, ensemble forecasting, gravity waves, tropical cyclones, baroclinic waves, severe storms
Email: fzhang@psu.edu

Jerry Zhang

Jerry Zhang
Tropical cyclones, mesoscale convective systems, ensemble-based data assimilation and numerical weather prediction
Email: yuz31@psu.edu