Sarah Larson (PI)
Assistant Professor My research interests focus on untangling fundamental drivers of climate variability, predictability, and anthropogenically forced trends. To confront these topics, I run state-of-the-art climate models. I specialize in developing novel model methodologies using the Community Earth System Model (CESM). Students in my group will learn how to run CESM, perform experiments by digging into the model code, and critically interpret the results. I received my Bachelor's in Meteorology from the University of South Alabama and my Ph.D. in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. After graduating, I held a NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. |
Mahdi Hasan
Ph.D. student I am a PhD student, working on investigating the interplay between wind-driven ocean dynamics and large-scale atmospheric circulation to better understand their variability. I utilize a combination of observational and climate model datasets, as well as model experiments, in my research. Prior to joining NC State, I earned my Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering with a focus in Computational Fluid Dynamics. |
Henry Goff
Ph.D. student (co-advised with Anantha Aiyyer) AMS Graduate Fellowship, NCSU Provost and Graduate Fellowships I graduated from NCSU in 2022 with a bachelor’s in Meteorology and a minor in Mathematics. Wasting no time, I began my graduate studies that same year on fellowships from NCSU and the AMS. I aim to be at the intersection of climate science, mathematics, and computational science, and my research is centered around climate variability and tropical dynamics. Currently, I’m investigating if and how ENSO modulates other modes of variability in the tropics using CESM2. |
Alyssa Griffin
Ph.D. student (co-advised with Kathie Dello) NCSU Graduate Fellowship I am a first-year graduate student and will be working in collaboration with the North Carolina State Climate Office. My general research interests involve climate dynamics and the societal impacts of weather and climate. |
Kaitlin Karaffa
Ph.D. student (co-advised with Kathie Dello) KIETS Climate Leaders Fellow My research melds the physical and social science of compound events in North and South Carolina. I work in collaboration with the North Carolina State Climate Office to determine the physical impacts of drought and flood events and how these events are being perceived by those residing in the Carolinas. I am a 2023 Keenan Institute of Engineering, Technology & Science Climate Leaders Fellow, and am interning with the City of Raleigh - Stormwater Engineering Services Department. |
Bob Payne
Ph.D. student I am a first year PhD student using CESM2 to study how climate change will affect ENSO's impact on North American teleconnections. I earned my Bachelor's in Physics and Applied Mathematics and am broadly interested in climate science, modeling, and fluid dynamics. During my undergrad, I studied mixing in stratified flows caused by internal beam wave interactions. |
Kay McMonigal
Postdoctoral Scholar 2020-2023 Research Topic: The ocean's role in climate variability and change Current: Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks |
Samantha Michlowitz
SECASC Global Change Fellow M.S. 2023 Thesis: The Role of Ocean Circulation on Externally Forced Trends in the Tropical North Atlantic Current: NWS Louisville |
Margaret Sutton
M.S. 2021 Thesis: ENSO-Driven Impacts on Wintertime Climate Anomalies over North America Current: Data Scientist at Arete |