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Master’s Students


Dante Grasso

Advisor: Dr. Christina Karamperidou
Research: North American Monsoons, with interests in tropical cyclones and ENSO
Email: dgrasso@hawaii

Matthew Miller
(Matt)

Advisor: Dr. Giuseppe Torri
Research: Cut-off low dynamics
Email: mille285@hawaii

Frederike Monte
(Rike)

Advisor: Dr. Steven Businger
Research: Weather-related aviation accidents over the Hawaiian Islands
Email: fmonte@hawaii


Hope Oberg

Advisor: Dr. Christina Karamperidou
Research: Atmospheric blocking
Email: heoberg@hawaii


Mya Sears

Advisors: Dr. Alison Nugent, Dr. YinPhan Tsang
Research: Extreme rainfall and flooding on Kaua’i, atmospheric disturbances near Hawai’i, and communicating scientific information.
Email: msears8@hawaii


Tong Tong

Advisor: Dr. Pao-Shin Chu
Email: tongt@hawaii

PhD Students

Katherine Ackerman
(Katie)

Advisor: Dr. Alison Nugent
Research: Sea salt aerosol production along tropical coastlines and their role in tropical aerosol-cloud-precipitation processes.
Email: klackerm@hawaii


Po-Cheng Chen

Advisor: Dr. Fei-Fei Jin
Research: Dynamics and socioeconomic impacts of climate change
Email: pocheng@hawaii

Terrence J. Corrigan
(TJ)

Advisor: Dr. Steven Businger
Email: tjc21@hawaii


David Hitzl

Advisor: Dr. Yi-Leng Chen
Email: hitzl@hawaii


Jiakun Liang

Advisor: Dr. Jennifer Griswold
Research: Satellite remote sensing of clouds and aerosol
Email: jiakun@hawaii


Bo-Yi Lu

Advisor: Dr. Pao-Shin Chu
Research: Climate variability in Hawaii under ENSO
Email: luboyi@hawaii

Madeline K. McKenna
(Maddie)

Advisor: Dr. Christina Karamperidou
Research: ENSO impacts on atmospheric blocking
Email: mmck@hawaii

Zachary Menzo
(Zach)

Advisor: Dr. Christina Karamperidou
Research: Analyze ENSO flavors using a high-resolution global climate model (MPAS-A) under Contemporary and Paleoclimate conditions
Email: zmenzo@hawaii


Audrey Nash

Advisor: Dr. Giuseppe Torri
Research: Investigating relationships in shortwave radiation patterns across the Hawaiian Islands
Email: aanash@hawaii

Mingyue Tang
(Melody)

Advisor: Dr. Giuseppe Torri
Research: Cold pool dynamics, organization of convective clouds related to the Madden-Julian Oscillation.
Email: mingyue@hawaii

Manrui Xue
(Mary)

Advisor: Dr. Tim Li
Research: ENSO Impacts on Tropical Climate
Email: mxue@hawaii


Tianqi Zuo

Advisor: Dr. Alison Nugent
Research: Investigating mechanisms that control extreme rainfall around Taiwan, mountain meteorology
Email: tianqi@hawaii