People
Director
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CW3E Management
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CW3E Employees (CW3E funded personnel at UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
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Students
Current Graduate Students (advisors (bold) and co-advisors listed):
![]() F. Martin Ralph and Shang-Ping Xie |
![]() Lynn Russel, Art Miller, F. Martin Ralph, and Dan Lubin |
![]() F. Martin Ralph |
![]() F. Martin Ralph and Art Miller |
![]() Joel Norris and F. Martin Ralph |
![]() Joel Norris and Art Miller |
![]() F. Martin Ralph |
![]() Kim Prather, F. Martin Ralph, and Amato Evan |
![]() Joel Norris, F. Martin Ralph, and Sasha Gershunov |
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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).