Faculty and Research

Full-Time Graduate Faculty

Gary M. Barnes

• Ph.D., Virginia.  Mesometeorology, hurricanes, and boundary layer meteorology.
• gbarnes@hawaii.edu
• Research statement + recent publications

Steven Businger

Undergraduate Advisor

• Ph.D., Washington.  Mesoscale and synoptic meteorology, satellite meteorology, storm structure and dynamics.
• businger@hawaii.edu
• Storm Evolution and Energetics Research (SEER) Group Page

Yi-Leng Chen

• Ph.D., Illinois.  Mesoscale meteorology, heavy rainfall.
• yileng@hawaii.edu
• Meteorology Dept. Page | Rain and Wind Study Group Page

Pao-Shin Chu

Graduate Chair and State Climatologist

• Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison.  Climate variability and natural hazards, tropical cyclones, climate prediction.
• chu@hawaii.edu
• Pao-Shin Chu's Home Page | Hawai‘i State Climate Office

Kevin P. Hamilton

• Ph.D., Princeton.  Dynamical meteorology, climate dynamics. 
• kph@hawaii.edu
• Meteorology Dept. Page | IPRC Page

Fei-Fei Jin

• Ph.D., Academia Sinica. Dynamical meteorology, climate dynamics. 
• jff@hawaii.edu

Tim Li

• Ph.D., Hawaii.  Climate dynamics and coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling.
• timli@hawaii.edu
• Meteorology Dept. Page | IPRC Page

Vaughan T.J. Phillips

• Ph.D. Manchester. Cloud physics, nucleation processes, aerosol-cloud interactions in climate change, storm electrification 
• vaughanp@hawaii.edu

Thomas A. Schroeder

Department Chair and JIMAR Director

• Ph.D., Purdue.  Mesometeorology — severe local storms, flash flood meteorology, interactions of island with synoptic environments.
• tas@hawaii.edu
• Research statement + recent publications | JIMAR

Duane E. Stevens

• Ph.D., Harvard.  Atmospheric dynamics, numerical weather prediction. 
• dstevens@hawaii.edu
• Meteorology Dept. Page | Hawai‘i Weather and Climate Modeling Ohana

Bin Wang

• Ph.D., Florida State.  Climate dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, and tropical meteorology.
• wangbin@hawaii.edu
• Meteorology Dept. Page | IPRC page

Yuqing Wang

• Ph.D., Monash (Australia).
• Atmospheric dynamics and physics, tropical  meteorology, tropical cyclones, global and regional climate modeling.
• yuqing@hawaii.edu or yqwang@soest.hawaii.edu
• Meteorology Dept. Page | IPRC Page

Shang-Ping Xie

• Ph.D., Tohoku (Japan).  Large-scale ocean-atmosphere interaction, climate dynamics. 
• xie@hawaii.edu
• Meteorology Projects Page | IPRC Page

Other Departmental Faculty

Jingxia Zhao

Assistant Researcher

• Ph.D., UCLA. Atmosheric chemistry and physical meteorology.
• jingxiaz@hawaii.edu

Cooperating Graduate Faculty

H. Annamalai

Associate Researcher, International Pacific Research Center

• Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Tropical climate dynamics, climate variability and prediction.
• hanna@hawaii.edu
• IPRC Page

Antony D. Clarke

Researcher, Oceanography Dept., UH-Manoa

• Ph.D., Washington. Marine aerosols, biogeochemical cycles, and optical properties.
• tclarke@soest.hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

Barry J. Huebert

Professor, Oceanography Dept., UH-Manoa

• Ph.D., Northwestern. Atmospheric chemistry.
• huebert@hawaii.edu
• Oceanography Dept. Page

John N. Porter

Associate Researcher, Hawaii Instit. of Geophysics & Planetology, UH-Manoa

• Ph.D., Hawaii. Satellite and ground-based optical sensing of atmospheric aerosols.
• johnport@hawaii.edu
• HIGP Projects Page | LIDAR Page | Satellite Images