People

Director

F. Martin Ralph, PhD. – Full CV

CW3E Management

Duncan Axisa, PhD Program Manager

Jason Cordeira, PhD Atmospheric Science and Applications Manager

Luca Delle Monache, PhD. CW3E Deputy Director

Julie Kalansky, PhD. CW3E Operations Manager

John Sequeira Chief of Staff

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)

Vesta Afzali Gorooh, PhD. Postdoctoral Scholar	Douglas Alden Lead Engineer	Samuel Bartlett, MS. Meteorologist	William (Ty) Brandt, PhD. Post Doc	Qian Cao, PhD. Research Hydrologist
Christopher Castellano, MS. Meteorology Staff Researcher	Alison Cobb, PhD. Atmospheric Researcher	Ava Cooper, MS. Field Research Data Analyst	Tom Corringham, PhD. Research Economist	Mike Deflorio, PhD. Subseasonal to Seasonal Researcher
Laurel Dehaan Programmer Analyst	Chris Delaney Research Engineer	Benjamin Downing, MS. Field Researcher	Mohammadvaghef Ghazvinian, PhD. Post Doc	Lillian Gilmore Program Coordinator
Colin Grudzien, PhD. Data Assimilation Scientist	Kristen Guirguis, PhD. Project Scientist	Kayden Haleakala, PhD. Post Doc	Chad Hecht, MS. Research and Operations Meteorologist	Ivette Hernández Baños, PhD. Data Assimilation Researcher
Weiming Hu, PhD. Post Doc	Lisa Katz, MS. Field Engineer	Brian Kawzenuk, MS. Applications Programmer	El Knappe, PhD. Field Observation Manager	Rosy Luna Niño , PhD. Postdoctoral Scholar
Nora Mascioli, PhD. Atmospheric Modeler	Janel Mayo FIRO Project Manager	Garrett McGurk, MS. Hydrology Engineer	Ethan Morris Research and Development Engineer	Patrick Mulrooney Domain Science Programmer
Deanna Nash, PhD. Postdoctoral Scholar	Luke Odell, PhD. Post Doc	Ming Pan, PhD. Research Data Analyst	Caroline Papadopoulos, PhD. Programmer Analyst	Kerstin Paulsson, MS. Field Research Engineer
David Pierce, PhD. Climate Scientist	Shawn Roj, MS. Research Analyst	Jonathan Rutz, PhD. Atmospheric Scientist	Agniv Sengupta, PhD. Subseasonal to Seasonal Scientist	Matthew Simpson, PhD. Modeler
Daniel Steinhoff, PhD. Senior Mesoscale Modeler	Edwin Sumargo, PhD. Hydrometeorology Researcher	Hart Wanetick Field Engineer	Jia Wang, PhD. Postdoctoral Scholar	Jiabao Wang, PhD. Subseasonal to Seasonal Researcher
Rachel Weihs, PhD. Mesoscale Modeler	Mu Xiao, PhD. Research Hydrologist	Yuan Yang, PhD. Postdoctoral Scholar	Peter Yao, MS. Research Data Analyst	Zhenhai Zhang, PhD. Atmospheric Science Researcher
Minghua Zheng, PhD. Data Assimilation Researcher	Xun (Jerry) Zou, PhD. Post Doc

Students

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

Jeramy Dedrick Lynn Russell, Art Miller, F. Martin Ralph, and Dan Lubin

Wen-Shu Lin Joel Norris and F. Martin Ralph

Sarah Ogle Morgan Levy and Adrian Borsa

Cody Poulsen F. Martin Ralph

Trinity Robinson Kim Prather, F. Martin Ralph, and Amato Evan

Graduated (primary supervisor indicated):

• Maryam Asgari-Lamjiri, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps (Ralph)
• Samuel Bartlett Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Will Chapman, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps (Ralph & Xie)
• Reuben Demirdjian, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps (Ralph)
• Meredith Fish, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps (Ralph & Miller)
• Chad Hecht Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Brian Kawzenuk Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Tashiana Osborne, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps (Norris)
• Joseph Riciotti Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Shawn Roj UC San Diego/Scripps (Norris)
• Mike Sierks, PhD.; UC San Diego/Scripps (Ralph)
• Klint Skelly Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Briana Stewart Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Kristen Stewart Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Chang Sun UC San Diego/Scripps (Norris)
• Kara Voss, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps (Evan)
• Samual Webber Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Allison Young Plymouth State University (Cordeira)
• Nataliia Zadorkina UC San Diego/Scripps (Ralph, Climate Science and Policy M.A.S.)

CW3E Visiting Scientists:

• 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
• 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
• Allison Michaelis, PhD. (Assistant Professor) Northern Illinois University
• Hilary McMillan, PhD. San Diego State University
• Lauren Muscatine (Senior Editor) UC-Davis
• Arleen O’Donnell Eastern Research Group
• 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
• Sasha Gershunov, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps*
• Jennifer Haase, PhD. UC San Diego/Scripps
• Matt Mazloff, PhD. (Associate Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
• 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
• Water Affiliates Group
• 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
• Josh Hufziger (Fund Manager) UC San Diego/Scripps

CW3E Alumni:

• Hillary Beckmeyer; Graduate Student; University of Hawaii Manoa
• Forest Cannon, PhD.; Tomorrow.io
• Leah Campbell, PhD.; RedCastle Resources Inc.
• Marian De Orla-Barile; Graduate Student, UC Santa Barbara
• Liza Diaz, PhD.; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Carly Ellis; Yuba Water Agency
• Peter Gibson, PhD.; National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
• Ali Hamidi, PhD.; Hydrologist, Rhodium Group
• Negin Hayatbini, PhD.; American Express
• Brian Henn, PhD.; Vulcan, Inc.
• Lindsey Jasperse, MS.; Graduate Student, University of California, Berkley
• David Lavers, PhD.; European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
• Andrew Martin, PhD.; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Portland State University
• Jose Martinez Claros, PhD.; Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Allison Michaelis, PhD.; Assistant Professor, Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences, Northern Illinois University
• Scott Sellars, PhD.; 2017-2018 AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, National Science Foundation
• Nicholas 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).