Group Alumni
Former Students & Postdocs
Graduate Alumni
Dr. Kwesi Quagraine (Ph.D. 2025, Indiana University)
- Ph.D. thesis: “Investigating the Drivers of Co-Occurring Weather Phenomena and Atmospheric Rivers, and Their Effects on Precipitation”
- M.S. thesis: “Atmospheric River Detection Algorithms Detect Different Phenomena - An Assessment of Detection Algorithms to Understand the Underlying Phenomena for Atmospheric Rivers Using Atmospheric Rivers Tracking Methods Intercomparison Project Catalog”
John P. O’Brien (Ph.D. 2019, UC Santa Cruz)
- Ph.D. thesis: “The Quantification of Co-occurring Meteorological Extremes and the Anthropogenic Contribution to Hydrometeorological Variation”
Héctor Inda-Díaz (Ph.D. 2022, UC Davis)
- Ph.D. thesis: “Using Long Term Composites and Objective Tracking to Assess The Spatiotemporal Characteristics, Variability, and Future Changes in Atmospheric Rivers”
Mohammad Rubaiat Islam (M.S. 2023, IU)
- Thesis: “Spatiotemporal Distribution and Meteorological Signatures for the Co-Occurrence of Atmospheric Rivers and Tropical Cyclones”
Sarahí Arriaga-Ramirez (M.S. 2020, UC Davis)
Postdoctoral Alumni
Dr. Alex Charn (2021-2023, IU)
Dr. Yang Zhou (2019-2022, LBNL)
Dr. Nicholas Cavanaugh (2014-2016, LBNL)
Undergraduate Alumni
Varin Radia (2023-2024, IU)
Ethan Steward (2023-2024, IU)
Mason Knotts (Spring 2022, IU)
Thomas Burkle (2020-2022, IU)
Miguel Contramaestre (2021-2022, IU)
Libby McKesson (2021-2022, IU)
Hannah Isaacson (Fall 2020, IU)
Thomas Trapp (Summer 2020, IU)
Michael Krauter (Summer 2020, IU)
Ankur Mahesh (2017-2019, LBNL intern)
Mikayla Asher (Summer 2019, LBNL intern)