Experience

Physical Scientist

NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

SL/PBL modeling and ensemble initiatives

Research Scientist

University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies

Led the development of PBL schemes to advance modeling of CI and severe weather

Research Assistant Professor

University of Utah, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Led independent research program related to planetary boundary-layer science

Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies

Led numerical studies of nocturnal low-level jets and stable planetary boundary layers

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Oklahoma, Adanced Radar Research Center

Led numerical studies of turbulence associated with stable planetary boundary layers

Education

Ph.D., Meteorology

Univ of Oklahoma

Downscaling Techniques for Retrieval of Near-surface Meteorological Fields and Turbulence Parameters From Atmospheric Numerical Model Outputs
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M.S., Meteorology

Univ of Oklahoma

Turbulent Transport and Surface Interactions Within Inhomogeneous Atmospheric Environments: An Evaluation of Parameterization Schemes in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model
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B.S., Meteorology

Univ of Oklahoma

Awards
EEO/Diversity Award for Exemplary Service
NOAA Research ∙ December 2022
For chronicling the DEIA work at OAR through the various reports submitted to the Office of Inclusion and Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Department of Commerce.
Douglas Lilly Award
University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology ∙ December 2011
Best peer-reviewed publication by a Ph.D. student.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology ∙ December 2009
Best graduate teaching assistant.