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M.S. and Ph.D. Student Directory

Please contact Andrew Geniesse Elmore (agelmore@miami.edu) and Sean Kennelly (sean@rsmas.miami.edu) to make any updates to your student profile.

Atmospheric Sciences

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  • Chaja, Hanna

    Chaja, Hanna

    Name:  Hanna Chaja

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  hxc907@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Brian Mapes

    Research Topic: 
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    Research Keywords: 
    Gravity Waves, Troposphere, Stratocumulus Clouds, Satellite Imagery

  • Chamhitt, Shanna

    Chamhitt, Shanna

    Name:  Shanna Chamhitt

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  Sxc2720@miami.edu

    Advisor:  David Nolan

    Research Topic: 
    Tropical Cyclone Outflow Layer.

    Research Keywords: 
    Outflow layer, gravity waves, stratospheric interactions

  • Christie, James

    Name:  James Christie

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  jac89554@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Cassandra Gaston

    Research Topic: 
    Oxidant production from nighttime interactions of dinitrogen
    pentoxide and chlorinated aerosols.

    Research Keywords: 
    Air Quality, Aerosol, Halogens, NOx, Chlorine

  • Downs, Will

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    Name: Will Downs

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  will.downs@earth.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Sharan Majumdar

    Research Topic: 
    Formation and Early Organization of Tropical Cyclones

    Research Keywords: 
    Tropical Cyclones, Tropical Cyclogenesis, Hurricanes, Machine Learning, Modeling

  • DiPietro, Sophia

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    Name: Sophia DiPietro

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  sophia.dipietro@earth.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Amy Clement

    Research Topic: 
    Climate Change

    Research Keywords: 
    Climate, extreme events, extreme heat, climate impacts

  • Englert, Kerri

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    Name:  Kerri Englert

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  Kxe210@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Sharan Majumdar

    Research Topic: 
    Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification

    Research Keywords: 
    Cyclone, storm, hurricane, rapid, intensification, cloud

  • Ephraim, Samuel

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    Name: Samuel Ephraim

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  soe10@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Paquita Zuidema

    Research Topic:
    Cold air outbreaks

    Research Keywords:
    Meteorology, clouds, arctic, dynamics, microphysics, boundary layer, ice, snow

  • Johnston, Lily

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    Name: Lily Johnston

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  lilyjohnston@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    Subseasonal-Interannual Prediction

    Research Keywords:
    ENSO, NMME, Climate Variability, High Resolution Modeling, Intraseasonal-to-Interannual prediction

  • Kaiser, Josiah

    Kaiser, Josiah

    Name: Josiah Kaiser

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  jmk433@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    Regional Climate Change

    Research Keywords:
    Climate, Environment, Atmosphere, Pollution, Models, Dynamics

  • Looney, Lev

    Name: Lev Looney

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  lbl21@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    Tropical Cyclone - Ocean Interactions; Emerging Technology to
    Observe Tropical Cyclones

    Research Keywords:
    Hurricanes, Technology, Saildrones, Tropical Cyclones, observations

  • Mahoney, Aidan

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    Name: Aidan Mahoney

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  aidan.mahoney@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Brian Soden

    Research Topic:
    Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change

    Research Keywords:
    tropical cyclones, climate change, hurricanes, thermodynamics

  • Martinez, Cait

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    Name:  Cait Martinez

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  caitmartinez@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic: The role of atmospheric noise on ENSO predictability

    Research Keywords: 
    climate variability and predictability, ENSO, ML

  • Nebylitsa, Samantha

    Nebylitsa, Samantha

    Name: Samantha Nebylitsa

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  samantha.nebylitsa@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Sharan Majumdar and Dave Nolan

    Research Topic:
    Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones

    Research Keywords:
    Tropical Cyclones, Rapid Intensification, Wind, Shear, Moisture, Modeling, Observations, Storm Size/Structure

  • Papazian, Karen

    Karen Papazian

    Name: Papazian, Karen

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  Kxp210@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    Understanding Cold Air Outbreaks in Idealized Models

    Research Keywords:
    Cold Air Outbreaks, Climate Dynamics, Idealized Modeling,
    Changing climate, Subseasonal

  • Park, Chanyoung

    Park Chanyoung

    Name: Chanyoung Park

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  chanyoung.park@miami.edu

    Website:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1bK9Q1MAAAAJ&hl=ko

    Advisor:  Dr. Brian Soden

    Research Topic:
    Constraining model simulations of aerosol-cloud interactions using
    satellite observations

    Research Keywords:
    Aerosol-cloud interaction, Climate sensitivity

  • Perez, Michael

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    Name: Michael Perez

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  michaelperez@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Paquita Zuidema

    Research Topic:
    Arctic Cloud Radiative Properties

    Research Keywords:
    Arctic clouds, ARCSIX, Radiative Equilibrium, Climate Change, the New Arctic

  • Pine, Cameron

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    Name:  Cameron Pine

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  cmp284@earth.miami.edu

    Advisor:  David Nolan

    Research Topic:
    An observational study of the processes that link TC vortex
    alignment to future intensity change

    Research Keywords:
    Tropical Cyclones, Vortex, Wind Shear, Precession, Tilt,
    Ground Radar, Tail-Doppler Radar, Dealiasing

  • Phoa, Theresia

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    Name: Theresia Phoa

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  tbp32@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    Climate Extremes

    Research Keywords:
    climate change, climate extremes, applied meteorology

  • Samantaray, Snigdha

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    Name: Snigdha Samantaray

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Email:  sxs3853@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Brian Mapes

    Research Topic:
    Water Vapor Lakes in Western Equatorial Indian Ocean

    Research Keywords:
    tropical meteorology, cloud and convection processes

  • Schoenwald, Victoria

    Victoria Schoenwald

    Name: Victoria Schoenwald

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  vks16@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    Sea level rise and coastal flooding events caused by natural and anthropogenic forcing.

    Research Keywords:
    Sea level rise, coastal flooding, seasonal to decadal prediction, climate models

  • Schuler, Christina


    Name: Christina Schuler

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  ct123@miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    How ENSO and NASH impact North Atlantic tropical cyclone genesis and tracks.

    Research Keywords:
    ENSO, NASH, Gulf Stream, hurricanes, storms, cyclones, storm tracks, North Atlantic.

  • Tatro, Tyler

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    Name: Tyler Tatro

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  tyler.tatro@miami.edu

    Advisor:   Paquita Zuidema

    Research Topic:
    Biomass burning and aerosol-cloud interactions in the southeast Atlantic.

    Research Keywords:
    Aerosol-cloud interactions, low clouds, climate change, biomass burning

  • Wellmeyer, Evan

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    Name: Evan Wellmeyer

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  ewellmeyer@miami.edu

    Advisor:   Brian Soden

    Research Topic:
    Machine Learning in Atmospheric Sciences.

    Research Keywords:
    Machine Learning, Climate, Atmospheric Science, Prediction, Climate Change, Tropical Cyclones

  • Wilson, Alexis

    Alexis Wilson

    Name: Alexis Wilson

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  avw30@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Sharan Majumdar

    Research Topic:
    Tropical Cyclogenesis and African Easterly Waves

    Research Keywords:
    Tropical Cyclones, Hurricanes, Cyclogenesis, Atlantic, African Easterly Waves, AEWs

Environmental Science and Policy

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Marine Biology and Ecology

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Marine Geosciences

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  • Agobian, Jorge

    Jorge Agobian

    Name:  Jorge Agobian

    Program / Degree:   Marine Geosciences / PhD

    Website:  https://jnagobian.wixsite.com/rsmas

    Email:  jagobian@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Keir Becker

    Research Topic:
    Hydrothermal circulation in spreading centers: fluid recharge vs. discharge
    @ edges of abyssal hills

    Research Keywords:
    hydrothermal circulation, fluid discharge, fluid recharge, abyssal hills, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Pond

  • Ling, Anna

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    Name: Anna Ling

    Program / Degree:  Marine Geology and Geophysics / PhD

    Website:  alingrsmas.wordpress.com

    Email:  a.ling@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Gregor Eberli

    Research Topic:
    Influence of Ocean Currents on Carbonate Platform Drowning

    Research Keywords:
    Ocean Currents, Nutrients, Carbonate, Platform Drowning, Phosphorus,
    Nitrogen, Microfacies

  • Turino, Valeria

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    Name:  Valeria Turino

    Program / Degree:   Marine Geosciences / PhD

    Email:  valeria.turino@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Adam Holt

    Research Topic:
    Numerical modeling of subduction zones

    Research Keywords:
    subduction zones, subduction dynamics, geodynamics, numerical modeling

  • Vinarski, Elizabeth

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    Name: Elizabeth Vinarski

    Program / Degree:  Marine Geology and Geophysics / PhD

    Email:  ekv5@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Guoqing Lin

    Research Topic:
    Seismicity of Kilauea 2020 Eruption

    Research Keywords:
    seismicity, hawaiian vulcanism, earthquake relocation, forecasting

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Meteorology and Physical Oceanography

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  • Bilgen, Simge

    Simge Bilgen

    Name:  Simge Bilgen

    Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Email:  sbilgen@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Benjamin Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    The Role of Ocean Eddies in the Southern Ocean Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing

    Research Keywords:
    Coupled Modeling, Air-Sea Interaction, Southern Ocean

  • Chomiak, Leah

    Chomiak, Leah

    Name:  Leah Chomiak

    Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Email:  leah.chomiak@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Denis Volkov (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM)

    Research Topic:
    Large-Scale Ocean Circulation, Repeat Hydrography, Ocean-Atmosphere Climate Dynamics

    Research Keywords:
    Circulation, Hydrography, Oceanography, Physical, Climate, Climate change

  • Ge, Jimmy

    Jimmy Ge

    Name:  Jimmy Ge

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Email:  jimmy.ge@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. David Nolan

    Research Topic:
    Relative humidity evolution during tropical cyclogenesis

    Research Keywords:
    Hurricanes, tropical cyclogenesis, relative humidity, satellite meteorology,
    remote sensing

  • Jia, Chong

    Name:  Chong Jia

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Email:  chong.jia@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Peter J Minnett

    Research Topic: Improved Satellite Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature at High Latitude

    Research Keywords:  Satellite Remote Sensing, SST, Algorithm, Arctic

  • Looney, Lev

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    Name:  Lev Looney

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Email:  lbl21@miami.edu

    Advisor: Gregory Foltz (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM)

    Research Topic:
    The driving forces of hurricane-induced ocean cooling

    Research Keywords:
    Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones, Air-Sea Interactions, Physical Oceanography, Numerical Modeling

  • Lu, Yueyang

    Lu Yueyang

    Name:  Yueyang Lu

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Website:  https://yueyanglu.github.io/

    Email:  yueyang.lu@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Igor Kamenkovich

    Research Topic:
    Mesoscale eddy-induced transport in the ocean: significance, mechanism, and parameterization

    Research Keywords:
    Oceanic eddies, tracer transport, numerical models, parameterization

  • Pita, Ivenis

    Ivenis Pita

    Name:  Ivenis Pita

    Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Website:   https://ivenispita.github.io/science_mode/

    Email:  ivenis.pita@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Gustavo Goni (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM)

    Research Topic:
    Influence of Western Boundary Currents on Coastal Sea Level

    Research Keywords:
    Sea Level, Coastal Variability, Brazil Current, Hydrography, Physical Oceanography

  • Samantaray, Snigdha

    Snigdha Samantaray

    Name:  Snigdha Samantaray

    Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Website:   https://snigsam.github.io/

    Email:  sxs3853@miami.edu

    Advisor:   Brian Mapes

    Research Topic:
    Water Vapor Lakes in Western Equatorial Indian Ocean

    Research Keywords:
    Tropical Meteorology, Cloud and Convection Processes

  • Xia, Junfei

    Junfei Xia

    Name:  Junfei Xia

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Website:  http://junfeixia.com

    Email:  junfei.xia@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Tamay M Ozgokmen

    Research Topic:
    ML and DL applications in physical oceanography: interpolation and classification

    Research Keywords:
    Machine Learning; Deep Learning; Drifter data; SAR image classification; Dynamic Systems; Submesoscale ocean motion

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Ocean Sciences

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  • Cartwright, Paloma

    Cartwright, Paloma

    Name:  Paloma Cartwright

    Program / Degree:  Applied Marine Physics / PhD

    Website:  https://palomacartwright.github.io/

    Email:  palomacartwright@earth.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Lisa Beal

    Research Topic: Florida Current and Sea Level

    Research Keywords: Sea Level Rise, Physical Oceanography, Ocean Heat, Florida Current

  • Dawson, Madeleine

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    Name:  Madeleine Dawson

    Program / Degree:  Ocean Sciences / PhD

    Email:  madeleine.dawson@rsmas.miami.edu

    Website:  https://www.madeleinedawsonphd.com/

    Advisor:   Dr. Hans Graber

    Research Topic: Machine Learning Sea Ice Feature Extraction and Characterization from Synthetic
    Aperture Radar Image

    Research Keywords: Remote Sensing, SAR, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Machine Learning

  • Elliott, Hope

    Name: Hope Elliott

    Program / Degree:   Ocean Sciences / PhD

    Email:  hee21@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Cassandra Gaston

    Research Topic:
    Nutrient deposition in the marine environment from aerosols/mineral dust

    Research Keywords:
    mineral dust, Saharan dust, iron limitation, phosphorus limitation, aerosol chemistry, geochemistry

  • Ricche, Gabrielle

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    Name:  Gabrielle Ricche

    Program / Degree:  Applied Marine Physics / PhD

    Email:  gxr544@miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Hans Graber

    Research Topic: Detection and quantification of icebergs and their response to wind and currents using SAR imagery

    Research Keywords: remote sensing, icebergs, physical oceanography, climate, machine learning

  • Tan, Peisen

    Peisen Tan

    Name:  Peisen Tan

    Program / Degree:  Ocean Sciences / PhD

    Email:  peisen.tan@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Brian Haus

    Research Topic: Air-sea interaction and momentum transfer

    Research Keywords: Air-Sea Interaction, Waves, Coastal Resilience, Physical Oceanography,
    Experimental Physics

  • Yanuskiewicz, Elizabeth

    Elizabeth Yanuskiewicz

    Name: Elizabeth Yanuskiewicz

    Program / Degree:  Ocean Sciences / PhD

    Email:  e.yanuskiewicz@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Hilary Close

    Research Topic:
    Composition and transformation of particulate organic matter in the
    water column.

    Research Keywords:
    Biogeochemistry, naturally occurring stable isotopes, organic matter

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