Recent AOS Alumni
Applied Math Student (Advisor: Geoffrey Vallis)
Dissertation: “A Dynamical and Statistical Understanding of the NAO and Annular Modes”
Present Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University
(Advisor: Hiram Levy)
Dissertation: “The Modeling of Tropospheric Photochemistry and Black Carbon Aerosol: Examinations of Radiation, Transformation Concentrations and Emission Reduction Aspects”
Present Affiliation: Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Rutgers University
Applied Math Student (Advisor: Geoffrey Vallis)
Dissertation: “Studies of the General Circulation of the Atmosphere with a Simplified Moist GCM”
Present Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago
Irina Marinov '04
(Advisor: Jorge Sarmiento)
Dissertation: “Controls on the Air-Sea Balance of Carbon Dioxide”
Present Affiliation: Univ of Pennsylvania
(Advisor: Jeff Anderson)
Dissertation: “Observing Network Design for Improved Prediction of Geophysical Fluid Flows-Analysis of Ensemble Methods”
Present Affiliation: Risk Management Solutions, England
(Advisor: Gabriel Lau)
Dissertation: “The Impact of ENSO on Tropical and Extratropical Atmospheric Variability on Intraseasonal and Synoptic Time Scales as Inferred from Observations and GMC Simulations”
Present Affiliation: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Climate Center, South Korea
(Advisor: Jorge Sarmiento)
Dissertation: “Biogeochemical Constraints on the Modern and Glacial Oceanic Nitrogen Cycle”
Present Affiliation: Assistant Professor, UCLA
Cara Carwright Henning '03
(Advisor: Geoffrey K. Vallis)
Dissertation: “The Effects of Mesoscale Eddies on the Stratification of the Ocean”
Present Affiliation: Global Risk Assessments, Inc., California
(Advisor: S. George H. Philander)
Dissertation: “The Thermal Structure of the Upper Ocean”
Present Affiliation: Consultant McKinsey & Co., England
(Advisor: S. George H. Philander)
Dissertation: “ENSO Response to Altered Climates”
Present Affiliation: Research Scientist at NOAA-Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
(Advisor: Hiram Levy)
Dissertation: “Transboundary Air Pollution in Asia: Model Development and Policy Implications”
Present Affiliation: Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
(Advisor: S. George H. Philander)
Dissertation: “The Influence of Subtropical Forcing on the Density Structure of the Tropical Ocean”
Present Affiliation: Program Manager at the Office of Naval Research
(Advisor: Jorge L. Sarmiento)
Dissertation: “Sources and Sinks of Atmospheric CO Estimated From Batch Least-Squares Inversions of CO2 Concentration Measurements”
Present Affiliation: Visiting Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research
(Advisor: Issac Held)
Dissertation: “Structural Analyses of Climate Data”
Present Affiliation: Assistant Professor at the California Institute of Technology
(Advisor: Isaac Held)
Dissertation: “Entrophy Budget of an Atmosphere in Radiative- Convective Equilibrium”
Present Affiliation: Assistant Professor at New York University