People

Director

F. Martin Ralph, PhD. – Full CV

CW3E Management

Luca Delle Monache, PhD. CW3E Deputy Director

Julie Kalansky, PhD. CW3E Operations Manager

Kelly Tucker CW3E Financial Analyst

Anna Wilson, PhD. CW3E Field Research Manager

CW3E Employees (CW3E funded personnel at UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

Douglas Alden Lead Engineer	William (Ty) Brandt, PhD. Post Doc	Forest Cannon, PhD. Atmospheric Science Researcher	Christopher Castellano, MS. Meteorology Staff Researcher	Alison Cobb, PhD. Post Doc
Ava Cooper, MS. Field Researcher	Tom Corringham, PhD. Post Doc	Marian De Orla-Barile Lab Assistant	Mike Deflorio, PhD. Subseasonal to Seasonal Researcher	Laurel Dehaan Programmer Analyst
Carly Ellis, MS. Field Researcher	Peter Gibson, PhD. Senior Subseason/Seasonal Weather Prediction Researcher	Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, PhD. Project Scientist	Kristen Guirguis, PhD. Project Scientist	Chad Hecht, MS. Meteorology Staff Researcher
Brian Kawzenuk, MS. Applications Programmer	Ellan Knappe, PhD. Post Doc	Nora Mascioli, PhD. Post Doc	Allison Michaelis, PhD. Post Doc	Patrick Mulrooney Domain Science Programmer
Caroline Papadopoulos, PhD. Programmer Analyst	Kerstin Paulsson Field Researcher	Lillian Perry Program Coordinator	David Pierce, PhD. Climate Scientist	Tamara Shulgina, PhD. Project Scientist
Daniel Steinhoff, PhD. Senior Mesoscale Modeler	Edwin Sumargo, PhD. Post Doc	Rachel Weihs, PhD. Mesoscale Modeler	Peter Yao Lab Assistant	Zhenhai Zhang, PhD. Atmospheric Science Researcher
Minghua Zheng, PhD. Data Assimilation Researcher

Students

Current Graduate Students (advisors (bold) and co-advisors listed):

Will Chapman F. Martin Ralph and Shang-Ping Xie	Jeramy Dedrick Lynn Russel, Art Miller, F. Martin Ralph, and Dan Lubin	Reuben Demirdjian F. Martin Ralph	Meredith Fish F. Martin Ralph and Art Miller	Wen-Shu Lin Joel Norris and F. Martin Ralph
Tashiana Osborne Joel Norris and Art Miller	Cody Poulsen F. Martin Ralph	Trinity Robinson Kim Prather, F. Martin Ralph, and Amato Evan	Shawn Roj Joel Norris, F. Martin Ralph, and Sasha Gershunov	Mike Sierks F. Martin Ralph
Kara Vos Amato Evan

Graduated (primary supervisor indicated):

• Maryam Asgari-Lamjiri UC San Diego/Scripps (F. Martin Ralph)
• Chad Hecht Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Brian Kawzenuk Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Nina S. Oakley University of Nevada – Reno; Desert Research Institute (Brown)
• Klint Skelly Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Chang Sun UC San Diego/Scripps (Norris)
• Allison Young Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Nataliia Zadorkina UC San Diego/Scripps (Ralph, Climate Science and Policy M.A.S.)
  

CW3E Visiting Scientists:

• Jason Cordeira, PhD. (Associate Professor) Plymouth State University – Jan 2017
• Steven Margulis, PhD. UCLA/Civil and Environmental Engineering – 2017-2018
• Richard Rotunno, PhD. NCAR/Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology – 2019

Affiliates (Receives funding from CW3E-led projects):

• Lance Bosart, PhD. (Distinguished Professor) University at Albany, SUNY
• Jason Cordeira, PhD. (Associate Professor) Plymouth State University
• Michael D. Dettinger, PhD. USGS (retired)
• Bin Guan, PhD. UCLA
• Adrian Harpold, PhD. (Assistant Professor) University of Nevada, Reno
• Robert Hartman, Robert K. Hartman Consulting Services
• Ben Hatchett, PhD. (Assistant Research Professor) Desert Research Institute
• Gary Lackmann, PhD. (Professor) North Carolina State University
• Dennis Lettenmaier, Phd. (Distinguished Professor) UCLA
• Andrew Martin, PhD. (Research Assistant Professor) Portland State University
• Hillary McMillan, PhD. San Diego State University
• Lauren Muscatine (Senior Editor) UC-Davis
• Nina S. Oakley, PhD. (Assistant Research Professor) Desert Research Institute
• Arleen O’Donnell Eastern Research Group
• Roger Pierce National Weather Service (retired)
• David Reynolds, PhD. University of Colorado, Boulder
• Larry Schick USACE (retired)
• Soroosh Sorooshian, PhD. (Professor) UC Irvine
• Aneesh Subramanian, PhD. (Assistant Professor) University of Colorado Boulder
• Ryan Torn, PhD. (Professor) University at Albany, SUNY
• Xubin Zeng, PhD. (Professor) University of Arizona

Research Collaborators (*PIs and former PIs):

• Adrian Borsa, PhD. (Assistant Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
• Daniel R. Cayan, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps*
• Bruce Cornuelle, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps & USGS
• Amato Evan, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps
• Sasha Gershunov, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps*
• Jennifer Haase, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps
• John Helly, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps & San Diego Supercomputer Center
• Hari Mix, PhD. (Assistant Professor) Santa Clara University
• Joel Norris, PhD. (Professor) UC San Diego/Scripps
• Kimberly Prather, PhD. (Professor) UC San Diego/Scripps*
• Jonathan Rutz, PhD. NOAA NWS, Western Region Headquarters
• Duane E. Waliser, PhD. NASA/JPL & UC San Diego/Scripps Research Associate*

Partners (Key organizations supporting CW3E):

• California Department of Water Resources
• NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• NOAA/National Weather Service
• Orange County Water District
• Sonoma Water (Host CW3E-North in Santa Rosa, CA)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• Yuba Water Agency

Business Support (Part of Scripps Business Office):

• April Fink (Proposals) UC San Diego/Scripps
• Sean Pfeifer (Communication and Coordination) UC San Diego/Scripps
• Kharyn Loteyro (Human Resources) UC San Diego/Scripps
• Sylvia Robbins (Budget) UC San Diego/Scripps

CW3E Alumni:

• Leah Campbell, PhD. RedCastle Resources Inc.
• Liza Diaz, PhD. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Ali Hamidi, PhD. Hydrologist, Rhodium Group
• Brian Henn, PhD. Insight Data Science Fellow
• Lindsey Jasperse Science Program Manager, Climate Science Alliance
• David Lavers, PhD. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
• Andrew Martin, PhD. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Portland State University
• Scott Sellars, PhD. 2017-2018 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, National Science Foundation
• Nicolas Siler, PhD. Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University
• Aneesh Subramanian, PhD. Assistant Professor of Atmospheric and Ocean Science, University of Colorado Boulder
• Laura Thapa Graduate Student, UCLA

Group photo of Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Shown in photo: 1) Chris Castellano (Meteorology Staff Researcher, UC San Diego/Scripps), 2) Zhenhai Zhang (Atmospheric Science Researcher, UC San Diego/Scripps), 3) Rich Rotunno (Visiting Scientist, NCAR), 4) Andrew Martin (CW3E Affiliate, Portland State University), 5) Reuben Demirdjian (Graduate Student, UC San Diego/Scripps), 6) Brian Kawzenuk (Applications Programmer, UC San Diego/Scripps), 7) Luca Delle Monache (CW3E Deputy Director, UC San Diego/Scripps), 8) Lillian Perry (Program Coordinator, UC San Diego/Scripps), 9) Marty Ralph (CW3E Director, UC San Diego/Scripps), 10) Tom Corringham (Post Doc, UC San Diego/Scripps), 11) Joel Norris (Professor, UC San Diego/Scripps, 12) Dan Steinhoff (Senior Mesoscale Modeler, UC San Diego/Scripps), 13) Patrick Mulrooney (Domain Science Programmer, UC San Diego/Scripps), 14) Cody Poulson (Graduate Student, UC San Diego/Scripps), 15) Tashiana Osborne (Graduate Student, UC San Diego/Scripps), 16) Mike Sierks (Graduate Student, UC San Diego/Scripps), 17) Chad Hecht (Meteorology Staff Researcher, UC San Diego/Scripps), 18) Mike DeFlorio (S2S Researcher, UC San Diego/Scripps), 19) Rui Sun (Post Doc, UC San Diego/Scripps), 20) Rachel Weihs (Mesoscale Modeler, UC San Diego/Scripps), 21) Tom Beucler (Visiting Scientist, Columbia University and UC Irvine), 22) Minghua Zheng (Data Assimilation Researcher, UC San Diego/Scripps), 23) Nora Mascioli (Post Doc, UC San Diego/Scripps), 24) Kristen Guirguis (Project Scientist, UC San Diego/Scripps), 25) Allison Michaelis (Post Doc, UC San Diego/Scripps), 26) Julie Kalansky (CW3E Operations Manager, UC San Diego/Scripps), 27) Caroline Papadopoulos (Programmer Analyst, UC San Diego/Scripps), 28) Alison Cobb (Post Doc, UC San Diego/Scripps), 29) Meredith Fish (Graduate Student, UC San Diego/Scripps), 30) Ava Cooper (Field Researcher, UC San Diego/Scripps), 31) Kara Voss (Graduate Student, UC San Diego/Scripps), 32) Jennifer Haase (Research Collaborator, UC San Diego/Scripps), 33) Carly Ellis (Field Researcher, UC San Diego/Scripps).