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Faculty

William Bristow

  • Professor of Atmospheric Science
wab5217@psu.edu

William H. Brune

  • Distinguished Professor of Meteorology
(814) 865-3286
whb2@psu.edu

Xingchao (XC) Chen

  • Assistant Professor of Meteorology
xzc55@psu.edu

Eugene E. Clothiaux

  • Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
(814) 865-2915
eec3@psu.edu

Kenneth J. Davis

  • Professor of Atmospheric and Climate Science
(814) 863-8601
kjd10@psu.edu

Anthony C. Didlake Jr.

  • Associate Professor of Meteorology
(814) 863-4636
didlake@psu.edu

Jenni L. Evans

  • Director, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, phone: +1 (814) 867-6075
  • Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, phone +1 (814) 865-3240
  • Website: https://icds.psu.edu/director
Jenni.Evans@psu.edu

Chris E. Forest

  • Professor of Climate Dynamics
  • Earth and Environmental Systems Institute Associate
  • Director, Penn State Center for Earth System Modeling, Analysis, and Data (ESMAD)
(814) 865-0710
ceforest@psu.edu

Jose D. Fuentes

  • Professor of Meteorology
(814) 863-1585
jdfuentes@psu.edu

Melissa Gervais

  • Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Faculty fellow of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS)
  • Adjunct Associate Research Scientist Lamont Doherty Earth Institute (LDEO)
(814) 863-3920
mmg62@psu.edu

Steven J. Greybush

  • Associate Professor of Meteorology
  • Associate Director, Center for Advanced Data Assimilation and Predictability Techniques
  • Co-Hire, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
(814) 867-4926
sjg213@psu.edu

John Harlim

  • Professor of Mathematics and Meteorology
  • Faculty Co-Hire, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
(814) 863-9024
jharlim@psu.edu

Jerry Y. Harrington

  • Professor of Meteorology
  • Associate Head, Graduate Program in Meteorology
jyh10@psu.edu

Gregory S. Jenkins

  • Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Geography, and African Studies.
(814) 865-0479
gsj1@psu.edu

Matthew R. Kumjian

  • Associate Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
(814) 863-1581
kumjian@psu.edu

Sukyoung Lee

  • Distinguished Professor of Meteorology
  • John T. Ryan, Jr. Faculty Fellow in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
(814) 863-1587
sxl31@psu.edu

Laifang Li

  • Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Earth and Environmental Systems Institute Associate
  • Faculty Co-Hire of the Institute for Computational and Data Sciences
(814) 867-4750
lfl5240@psu.edu

Kelly Lombardo

  • Associate Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
(814) 865-3241
lombardo@psu.edu

Paul Markowski

  • Distinguished Professor of Meteorology
  • Department Head
(814) 863-3012
pmarkowski@psu.edu

Raymond G. Najjar, Jr.

  • Professor of Oceanography
  • Joint Appointment with the Department of Geosciences
rgn1@psu.edu

Jon M. Nese

  • Associate Head, Undergraduate Program in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Teaching Professor in Meteorology
  • Weather World Host, Feature Writer & Producer
(814) 863-4076
j2n@psu.edu

Ying Pan

  • Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
(814) 865-8077
yyp5033@psu.edu

John M Peters

  • Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
John.M.Peters@psu.edu

Yvette Richardson

  • Professor of Meteorology
  • Senior Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of EMS
(814) 865-7482
yrichardson@psu.edu

David J. Stensrud

  • Professor of Meteorology
(814) 865-0478
david.stensrud@psu.edu

Colin Zarzycki

  • Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Climate Dynamics
(814) 863-6888
czarzycki@psu.edu

Yunji Zhang

  • Assistant Professor
  • Assistant Director, Penn State Center for Advanced Data Assimilation and Predictability Techniques
yuz31@psu.edu

Research and Teaching Faculty and Staff

Benjamin Ahlswede

  • Assistant Research Professor
bja5623@psu.edu

Jill Arriola

  • Assistant Research Professor
jva5648@psu.edu

Zachary R. Barkley

  • Assistant Research Professor
(570) 905-7621
zrb5027@psu.edu

Kevin Bowley

  • Associate Teaching Professor
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
(814) 863-8253
kbowley@psu.edu

Marisa A. Ferger

  • Lecturer in Meteorology
(814) 865-5873
mferger@psu.edu

Maria Herrmann

  • Associate Research Professor
mxh367@psu.edu

Kyle A. Imhoff

  • Assistant Research Professor
  • Pennsylvania State Climatologist
(814) 865-8732
kai5024@psu.edu

Rob Lydick

  • On-Air Meteorologist
  • Researcher
(814) 863-4229
rob.lydick@psu.edu

Natasha L. Miles

  • Research Professor
  • Member of Graduate Faculty
(814) 880-8087
nmiles@psu.edu

David O. Miller

  • Associate Research Professor
(814) 865-3241
dom101@psu.edu

Al Moyle

  • Assistant Research Professor
amm14@psu.edu

Arthur A. Person

  • Assistant Research Professor
(814) 863-1563
aap1@psu.edu

Benjamin Reppert

  • Lecturer
(814) 863-3918
bjr5280@psu.edu

Scott J. Richardson

  • Research Professor
(814) 863-1038
srichardson@psu.edu

Karl Schneider

  • Researcher
kps5442@psu.edu

Steve Seman

  • Assistant Teaching Professor
  • Director, Online Programs in Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Fellow, John A. Dutton e-Education Institute
(814) 863-7205
sas405@psu.edu

William J. Syrett

  • Associate Teaching Professor in Meteorology, New Student Orientation (NSO Adviser), Irvin Hall (E&MS Special Living Option) Adviser, Campus Weather Service and PSU Storm Chase Club Adviser
  • Manager, Joel N. Myers Weather Center
(814) 865-6172
wjs1@psu.edu

Chenli Wang

  • Visiting Scholar
cjw6649@psu.edu

Fan Wu

  • Assistant Research Professor
fvw5116@psu.edu

Pengfei Zhang

  • Assistant Research Professor
  • Member of Graduate Faculty
pfz5053@psu.edu

Robert F. Ziegler

  • Research Technologist
(814) 863-4526
rfz1@psu.edu

Post Doctoral Scholars

Seyi Ajayi

  • Postdoctoral Scholar (working for Ray Najjar)
oaa5061@psu.edu

Jacob Carstens

  • Postdoctoral Scholar (working for Colin Zarzycki and Anthony Didlake)
carstens@psu.edu

Jena Jenkins

  • Postdoctoral Scholar (working for Bill Brune)
jzj76@psu.edu

Gill-Ran Jeong

  • Postdoctoral Scholar (working for Ken Davis)
gvj5135@psu.edu

Yueqi Jiang

  • Postdoctoral Scholar (working for Ken Davis)
yzj5294@psu.edu

Yunsong Liu

  • Post Doctoral Scholar (working for Ken Davis and Natasha Miles)
yzl6376@psu.edu

Andrew Polasky

  • Postdoctoral Scholar (working with Jose Fuentes)
adp29@psu.edu

Chun-Yian Su

  • Postdoctoral Scholar (working for John Peters)
czs6237@psu.edu

Graduate Students

Kiley Allen

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
kza53@psu.edu

Katie Bachli

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
krb5697@psu.edu

Nicholas Barron

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
nrb171@psu.edu

Elissa A. Bartos

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
eas558@psu.edu

Ana Bolivar

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
ajb8224@psu.edu

Samuel Brandt

  • M.S. Graduate Student
sxb1072@psu.edu

Alexandra L. Brosius

  • Student researcher in the Virtual Planetary Laboratory at NASA Goddard
avb5903@psu.edu

Josue Chamberlain

  • M.S. Graduate Student
juc5014@psu.edu

Nicholas Clark

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
nec5299@psu.edu

Abhisek Das

  • Ph.D Graduate Student
apd5662@psu.edu

Amanze Ejiogu

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
aoe5147@psu.edu

Keenan Eure

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
kce115@psu.edu

Da Fan

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
dxf424@psu.edu

Yifei Fan

  • Ph.D. Gradate Student
ybf5107@psu.edu

Kevin Fletcher

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
kjf5511@psu.edu

Eliott Foust

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
wef5056@psu.edu

Brandon Antonio Garcia

  • M.S. Graduate Student
bag5545@psu.edu

Michelle Gore

  • Ph.D Graduate Student
mjg6459@psu.edu

Christopher Hartman

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
cxh416@psu.edu

Laura Helock

  • M.S. Graduate Student
lqh5352@psu.edu

Benjamin Henry

  • M.S. Graduate Student
bsh5393@psu.edu

Jason Horne

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
jph6488@psu.edu

Jingyi Hu

  • M.S. (IUG) Graduate Student
jqh6202@psu.edu

Pin-Chun Huang

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
pkh5218@psu.edu

Benjamin (Kyle) Hunt

  • M.S.Graduate Student
bkh5556@psu.edu

Wing Him (Kinen) Kao

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
wmk5123@psu.edu

Maxwell Katsouros

  • M.S. (IUG) Graduate Student
msk5567@psu.edu

Helen Kenion

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
hck5061@psu.edu

William Kortright

  • M.S. Graduate Student
wjk5338@psu.edu

Grant LaChat

  • Ph.D. Candidate (Graduate Student)
gxl5179@psu.edu

Luke Lebel

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
ljl5305@psu.edu

Yuzhu Lin

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
yxl5930@psu.edu

James Marlow

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
jrm6600@psu.edu

Alexander Massa

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
aym5836@psu.edu

Patrick McFarland

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
pmcfarland@psu.edu

Katherine McKeown

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
kem6245@psu.edu

Ryan McMichael

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
rpm5826@psu.edu

Allen Mewhinney

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
ajm6890@psu.edu

Quinn Mulhern

  • M.S. Graduate Student
qrm5008@psu.edu

Samantha Murphy

  • M.S. Graduate Student
smm8236@psu.edu

Kyle M. Nardi

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
kmn182@psu.edu

Joshua Pan

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
jvp5930@psu.edu

Chin-Hsuan Peng

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
cpp5406@psu.edu

Da-Kai Peng

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
dmp6459@psu.edu

Gwenore Pokrifka

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
gfp5025@psu.edu

Angela Poulos

  • M.S. Graduate Student
anp5571@psu.edu

Elizabeth Rader

  • M.S. Graduate Student
ehr5074@psu.edu

Jordan Rendon

  • M.S. Graduate Student
jjr6491@psu.edu

Bruno Rojas

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
bsr5234@psu.edu

Dixuan Rui

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
dpr5315@psu.edu

Christopher Sala

  • M.S. Graduate Student
cms8477@psu.edu

Vikrant Sapkota

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
vqs5271@psu.edu

Ethan Schaefer

  • M.S. Graduate Student
ems6520@psu.edu

Julian Schima

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
jcs6832@psu.edu

Jon Seibert

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
jjs5895@psu.edu

Lydia Spychalla

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
lks5850@psu.edu

Jack Stone

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
jzs7008@psu.edu

Braedon Stouffer

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
bcs5441@psu.edu

Jacob Tindan

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
jzt5720@psu.edu

Anna VanAlstine

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
aev5019@psu.edu

Matthew Varela

  • Ph.D Graduate Student
mjv5638@psu.edu

Garett R.T Warner

  • Ph.D Graduate Student
grw5056@psu.edu

Matthew Wilcox

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
mfw56@psu.edu

Fan Wu

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
ffw5051@psu.edu

Sarah Wugofski

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
sjw5417@psu.edu

Zhu (Judy) Yao

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
zuy121@psu.edu

Aara'L Yarber

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
auy57@psu.edu

Song Zhang

  • Ph.D. Graduate Student
svz5330@psu.edu

Administrative Staff

Karen Corl

  • Record Specialist 3
  • (Graduate Program Coordinator)
(814) 863-9500
kqc8@psu.edu

Amber DeCosmo

  • Enrollment Services Specialist 2
  • (Undergraduate Program Coordinator)
(814) 863-8565
ale11@psu.edu

Lan N. Lewis

  • Administrative Support Assistant 3
(814) 865-0478
lan5340@psu.edu

Lynn K. Persing

  • Administrative Support Coordinator 5
  • (Office Manager)
(814) 863-8568
persing@ems.psu.edu

Jennifer Renoe

  • Administrative Support Coordinator 4
  • Certified Research Administrator
(814) 863-7326
jrenoe@psu.edu

Christy Wellar

  • Financial Coordinator 3
  • Travel and Purchasing Coordinator
(814) 863-8566
clw461@psu.edu

Affiliate and Courtesy Faculty

George Bryan

  • Senior Scientist, NCAR
  • Affiliate Professor of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Penn State
(303) 497-8989
gbryan@ucar.edu

Guido Cervone

  • Associate Director of the Institute for Computational and Data Science
  • Professor of Geography (Geoinformatics)
  • Courtesy Faculty Appointment with the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
(814) 863-0179
cervone@psu.edu

Sha Feng

  • Assistant Research Professor
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
  • Mentor of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Climate Science
(814) 863-8320
sfeng@psu.edu

Miriam A. Freedman

  • Associate Professor of Chemistry
  • Courtesy Faculty Appointment with the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
(814) 867-4267
maf43@psu.edu

Brian J. Gaudet

  • Affiliate Assistant Research Professor
bjg20@psu.edu

Sue Ellen Haupt

  • Scientific Program Manager, Weather Systems Assessment Program, NCAR and
  • Affiliate Professor of Meteorology, Department of Meteorology
(303) 497-2763
haupt@ucar.edu

Amy K. Huff

  • Affiliate Assistant Research Professor of Meteorology
akh157@psu.edu

Scott A. Isard, Dr.

  • Professor of Aerobiology
  • Departments of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology and Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
(814) 865-6290
sai10@psu.edu

Tim Kane

  • Professor of Electrical Engineering
  • Courtesy Faculty Appointment with the Department of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
  • Senior Research Scientist, Applied Research Laboratory
(814) 863-8727
tjk7@psu.edu

Thomas Lauvaux

  • Research Scientist - Make Our Planet Great Again fellow
  • Academic Affiliate
thomas.lauvaux@lsce.ipsl.fr

Tyler McCandless

  • Machine Learning Scientist, NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
  • Affiliate Assistant Professor of Meteorology
(303) 497-8448
mccandle@ucar.edu

Hugh Morrison

  • Affiliate Assistant Professor of Meteorology
morrison@ucar.edu

Robert Nicholas

  • Assistant Director, Earth & Environmental Systems Institute (EESI)
  • Associate Research Professor, Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science
(814) 865-4484
ren10@psu.edu

Anne M. Thompson

  • Affiliate Professor of Meteorology

David W. Titley

  • Affiliate Professor, Department of Meteorology
  • Affiliate Professor, School of International Affairs
(814) 867-4750
dwt12@psu.edu

Emeritus and Retired Faculty

Peter R. Bannon

  • Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Science
(814) 863-1309
bannon@ems.psu.edu

Craig F. Bohren

  • Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
cfb@psu.edu

John J. Cahir

  • Professor of Meteorology and
  • Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education, Emeritus
jjc2@psu.edu

Toby N. Carlson

  • Professor of Meteorology Emeritus
(814) 863-1582
tnc@psu.edu

Carl R. Chelius

  • Assistant Professor, Retired
crc1@psu.edu

John H. E. Clark

  • Associate Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
j6c@psu.edu

John Diercks

  • Retired Professor of Meteorology
jdw9@psu.edu

John A. Dutton

  • Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
  • Dean Emeritus, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
dutton@ems.psu.edu

Steven B. Feldstein

  • Research Professor Emeritus
sbf1@psu.edu

William M. Frank

  • Professor Emeritus of Tropical Meteorology
wmf3@psu.edu

Alistair B. Fraser

  • Professor Emeritus of Meteorology

J. Michael Fritsch

  • Distinguished Professor of Meteorology Emeritus
jmf6@psu.edu

Lee Grenci

  • Retired Senior Lecturer in Meteorology
lxg17@psu.edu

James Kasting

  • Evan Pugh Professor, Emeritus
  • Department of Geosciences and Meteorology
jfk4@psu.edu

Paul G. Knight

  • Retired
  • Senior Lecturer in Meteorology
  • Weather World Host, Feature Writer & Producer
  • Pennsylvania State Climatologist
pgk2@psu.edu

Dennis Lamb

  • Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
lno@psu.edu

Nelson L. Seaman

  • Retired Professor of Meteorology
seaman@ems.psu.edu

Hampton N. Shirer

  • Associate Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
  • Associate Dean Emeritus for Education, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
hns@psu.edu

David R. Stauffer

  • Research Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
drs8@psu.edu

Dennis W. Thomson

  • Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
thomson@ems.psu.edu

Johannes Verlinde

  • Professor Emeritus of Meteorology and Atmospheric Science
jxv7@psu.edu

John C. Wyngaard

  • Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
  • Joint appointment with the Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Joint appointment with the GeoEnvironmental Engineering Program
jcw9@psu.edu

George S. Young

  • Professor Emeritus of Meteorology
g3y@psu.edu