(for email, use “emailname@hawaii.edu”)
Full-Time Graduate Faculty
Steven Businger
- Ph.D., University of Washington.
- Mesoscale and synoptic meteorology, satellite meteorology, storm structure and dynamics.
- emailname businger
- Storm Evolution and Energetics Research (SEER) Group Page
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Yi-Leng Chen
- Ph.D., University of Illinois.
- Mesoscale meteorology, heavy rainfall.
- emailname yileng
- Atmospheric Sciences Dept. Page | Rain and Wind Study Group Page
- Curriculum Vitae
Pao-Shin Chu
State Climatologist
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Madison.
- Climate variability and natural hazards, tropical cyclones, climate prediction.
- emailname chu
- Pao-Shin Chu’s Home Page | Hawai‘i State Climate Office
- Curriculum Vitae
Jennifer D. Small Griswold
Department Chair
Undergraduate Advisor
- Ph.D., University of California – Santa Cruz.
- Cloud microphysics, aerosols and climate, satellite remote sensing of clouds and aerosols.
Christina Karamperidou
Undergraduate Advisor
- Ph.D., Columbia University.
- ENSO dynamics and predictability, extreme events in response to large-scale climate variability and change, paleoclimate, hydro-climate modeling, machine learning applications in environmental science and climate model optimization.
- emailname ckaramp
- Website
- Curriculum Vitae
Fei-Fei Jin
- Ph.D., Academia Sinica (Taiwan).
- Dynamical meteorology, climate dynamics.
- emailname jff
- Atmospheric Sciences Dept. Page
- Curriculum Vitae
Tim Li
Graduate Chair
- Ph.D., University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.
- Climate dynamics and coupled atmosphere-ocean modeling.
- emailname timli
- IPRC Page
- Curriculum Vitae
Alison D. Nugent
Undergraduate Advisor
- Ph.D., Yale University.
- Mountain meteorology and Cloud Physics: Orographic convection and precipitation, shallow cloud dynamics, cloud microphysics, aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions, observations and modeling.
- emailname anugent
- Curriculum Vitae
- Website
Giuseppe Torri
- Ph.D., Imperial College London (England).
- Atmospheric Physics. Precipitating convection, downdraft and cold pool dynamics, severe thunderstorms, and climate change.
- emailname gtorri
- Curriculum Vitae
Yuqing Wang
- Ph.D., Monash University (Australia).
- Atmospheric dynamics and physics, tropical meteorology, tropical cyclones, global and regional climate modeling.
- emailname yuqing
- Atmospheric Sciences Dept. Page | IPRC Page
- Curriculum Vitae
Jingxia Zhao
Assistant Professor
- Ph.D., University of California – Los Angeles.
- Atmospheric chemistry and physical meteorology.
- emailname jingxiaz
- Curriculum Vitae
Cooperating Graduate Faculty and Researchers
H. Annamalai
Affiliate 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
Rashed Chowdhury
Affiliate Researcher
- Ph.D., University of Tsukuba (Japan)
- emailname rashed
- Pacific ENSO Application Center (PEAC)
Emeritus Faculty
Kevin P. Hamilton
- Ph.D., Princeton. Dynamical meteorology, climate dynamics.
- emailname kph
- Atmospheric Sciences Dept. Page | IPRC Page
Thomas A. Schroeder
- Ph.D., Purdue. Mesometeorology — severe local storms, flash flood meteorology, interactions of island with synoptic environments.
- emailname tas
- Research statement + recent publications | JIMAR
Bin Wang
Ph.D., Florida State. Climate dynamics, geophysical fluid dynamics, and tropical meteorology.