Faculty and Research

Research has been central to the department’s activities since its inception. Despite the department’s modest size, an impressive array of research projects are being undertaken by our faculty and students involving field work, experimental work, computer modeling, and theoretical calculations. Our research interests have a primary focus on weather and climate of the tropics, but many projects have application to phenomena of global scope. [ More ]

Full-Time Graduate Faculty

Gary M. Barnes

Ph.D., Virginia. Mesometeorology, hurricanes, and boundary layer meteorology.
emailname gbarnes
Research statement + recent publications

Michael Bell

Ph.D., Naval Postgraduate School. Radar meteorology, tropical cyclones, and mesoscale meteorology.
emailname mmbell
Michael Bell's project page

Steven Businger

Ph.D., Washington. Mesoscale and synoptic meteorology, satellite meteorology, storm structure and dynamics.

emailname businger

Storm Evolution and Energetics Research (SEER) Group Page

Yi-Leng Chen

Ph.D., Illinois. Mesoscale meteorology, heavy rainfall.
emailname yileng
Meteorology Dept. Page | Rain and Wind Study Group Page

Pao-Shin Chu

State Climatologist

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

Kevin P. Hamilton

Ph.D., Princeton. Dynamical meteorology, climate dynamics.
emailname kph
Meteorology Dept. Page | IPRC Page

Fei-Fei Jin

Graduate Chair

Ph.D., Academia Sinica. Dynamical meteorology, climate dynamics.
emailname jff
Meteorology Dept. Page

Tim Li

Ph.D., Hawaii. Climate dynamics and coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling.
emailname timli
Meteorology Dept. Page | IPRC Page

Thomas A. Schroeder

Emeritus

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

Jennifer D. Small

Ph.D., UCSC. Cloud microphysics, aerosols and climate, satellite remote sensing of clouds and aerosols.
emailname smalljen
Curriculum Vitae

Duane E. Stevens

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

Bin Wang

Department Chair

Ph.D., Florida State. Climate dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, and tropical meteorology.

Yuqing Wang

Undergraduate Advisor

Ph.D., Monash (Australia).
Atmospheric dynamics and physics, tropical meteorology, tropical cyclones, global and regional climate modeling.
emailname yuqing
Meteorology Dept. Page | IPRC Page

Shang-Ping Xie

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

Other Departmental Faculty

Jingxia Zhao

Assistant Researcher

Ph.D., UCLA. Atmosheric chemistry and physical meteorology.
emailname jingxiaz

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.
emailname hanna
IPRC Page

Tiziana Cherubini

Associate Researcher, Institute for Astronomy

Ph.D., Rome. Very high resolution numerical weather prediction modeling and meteorological data assimilation.
emailname tiziana
Mauna Kea Weather Center, Institute for Astronomy

Antony D. Clarke

Researcher, Oceanography Dept., UH-Manoa

Ph.D., Washington. Marine aerosols, biogeochemical cycles, and optical properties.
emailname tclarke
Oceanography Dept. Page

Barry J. Huebert

Professor, Oceanography Dept., UH-Manoa

Ph.D., Northwestern. Atmospheric chemistry.
emailname huebert
Oceanography Dept. Page

Axel Lauer

Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center, UH-Manoa

Ph.D., Free University of Berlin (Germany). Aerosols, Clouds, Atmospheric Chemistry, Climate Modeling.
emailname lauera
IPRC 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.
emailname johnport
HIGP Projects Page | LIDAR Page | Satellite Images

Affiliate Graduate Faculty

Jian Ping Li

Affiliate Professor

Ph.D., Lanzhou University, China. Nonlinear climatic dynamics and predictability, dynamics of annular modes and their impacts, monsoon and air-land-sea interaction, numerical methods.
Chinese Academy of Sciences web page