People
Director
– 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 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
CW3E Employees (CW3E funded personnel at UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography):
- Douglas Alden (Lead Engineer) UC San Diego/Scripps
- William (Ty) Brandt, PhD. (Post Doc) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Forest Cannon, PhD. (Atmospheric Science Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Christopher Castellano, MS. (Meteorology Staff Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Alison Cobb, PhD. (Post Doc) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Ava Cooper, MS. (Field Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Tom Corringham, PhD. (Post Doc) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Mike Deflorio, PhD. (Subseasonal to Seasonal Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Laurel Dehaan (Programmer Analyst) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Carly Ellis, MS. (Field Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Ganesh Gopalakrishnan, PhD. (Project Scientist) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Kristen Guirguis, PhD. (Project Scientist) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Chad Hecht, MS. (Meteorology Staff Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Brian Kawzenuk, MS. (Applications Programmer) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Nora Mascioli, PhD. (Post Doc) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Allison Michaelis, PhD. (Post Doc) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Patrick Mulrooney, (Domain Science Programmer) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Caroline Papadopoulos, PhD. (Programmer Analyst) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Lillian Perry (Program Coordinator) UC San Diego/Scripps
- David Pierce, PhD. (Climate Scientist) UC San Diego/Scripps
- John (Jack) Ritchie (Info Sys Analyst)UC San Diego/Scripps
- Tamara Shulgina, PhD. (Project Scientist) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Daniel Steinhoff, PhD. (Senior Mesoscale Modeler) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Edwin Sumargo, PhD. (Post Doc) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Rachel Weihs, PhD. (Mesoscale Modeler) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Zhenhai Zhang, PhD. (Atmospheric Science Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
- Minghua Zheng, PhD. (Data Assimilation Researcher) UC San Diego/Scripps
Students
Current Graduate Students:
- Maryam Asgari-Lamjiri UC San Diego/Scripps (advisor: F. Martin Ralph)
- Will Chapman UC San Diego/Scripps (advisor: F. Martin Ralph; co-advisor: Shang-Ping Xie)
- Reuben Demirdjian UC San Diego/Scripps (advisor: F. Martin Ralph)
- Meredith Fish UC San Diego/Scripps (advisor: F. Martin Ralph; co-advisor: Art Miller)
- Wen-Shu Lin UC San Diego/Scripps (co-advisors: Joel Norris and F. Martin Ralph)
- Tashiana Osborne UC San Diego/Scripps (co-advisors: Joel Norris and Art Miller)
- Cody Poulsen UC San Diego/Scripps (advisor: F. Martin Ralph)
- Mike Sierks UC San Diego/Scripps (advisor: F. Martin Ralph)
- Kara Voss UC San Diego/Scripps (advisor: Amato Evan)
Graduated: (primary supervisor indicated)
- 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.)
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 Graduate student, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Science and Policy
- 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).