I am a Meteorologist whose research is centered on improving forecasts with data assimilation - a statistical technique aimed at reducing initial condition errors by blending observations with previous forecast output. As a practitioner of data assimilation, I have focused largely on ways to improve the forecasts of tropical cyclones/hurricanes in all stages of their lifecycle. To this end, I experiment with different ways of assimilating novel observations such as tail Doppler radar, radiances from geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites, and radio occultation bending angles. 

My research interests include: 1) ensemble-based data assimilation and its applications, 2) tropical cyclone formation and its predictability, 3) tropical cyclone rapid intensification, and 4) the use of novel observations to improve tropical cyclone forecasts. Please don’t hesitate to stop in and say hello!