CIMAS Student Directory

• Arcodia, Marybeth

  

  Name: Marybeth Arcodia

  Program/Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

  Email:  marcodia@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman

  Research Topic:
  Climate Variability and Predictability

  Research Keywords:
  Intraseasonal, tropical, variability, teleconnections, tropical-extratropical interactions

• Besong, Kayla

  

  Name: Kayla Besong

  Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

  Email:  kab226@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman

  Research Topic: Atmospheric Blocking

  Research Keywords: Blocking, variability, teleconnections, predictability, subseasonal

• Hansen, Kurt

  

  Name: Kurt Hansen

  Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

  Email:  kah52@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Sharan Majumdar

  Research Topic:
  Sub-seasonal Tropical Cyclone

  Research Keywords:
  Hurricane, Tropical Cyclone, Sub-seasonal, Interseasonal, SUBX, Prediction

• Malloy, Kelsey

  

  Name: Kelsey Malloy

  Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

  Email:  kelsey.malloy@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman

  Research Topic:
  Predictability of warm-season extreme precipitation from southerly low-level jets

  Research Keywords:
  climate variability, extreme weather, precipitation, subseasonal prediction, seasonal prediction

• Williamson, Olivia (Liv)

  

  Name:  Olivia (Liv) Williamson

  Program / Degree:  Marine Biology and Ecology / PhD

  Website:  livwilliamson.com/

  Email:  omw10@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:   Dr. Andrew Baker

  Research Topic:
  Enhancing resilience of Caribbean coral juveniles through manipulation of early symbiont communities

  Research Keywords:
  coral reef, symbiosis, coral restoration, assisted evolution, resilience, climate change,
  coral bleaching, coral recruitment

• Bilgen, Simge

  

  Name:  Simge Bilgen

  Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

  Email:  sbilgen@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:   Dr. Benjamin Kirtman

  Research Topic:
  The Role of Ocean Eddies in the Southern Ocean Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing

  Research Keywords:
  Coupled Modeling, Air-Sea Interaction, Southern Ocean

• Chomiak, Leah

  

  Name:  Leah Chomiak

  Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

  Email:  leah.chomiak@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:   Denis Volkov (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM)

  Research Topic:
  Large-Scale Ocean Circulation, Repeat Hydrography, Ocean-Atmosphere Climate Dynamics

  Research Keywords:
  Circulation, Hydrography, Oceanography, Physical, Climate, Climate change

• Pita, Ivenis

  

  Name:  Ivenis Pita

  Program / Degree:   Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

  Website:   https://ivenispita.github.io/science_mode/

  Email:  ivenis.pita@rsmas.miami.edu

  Advisor:   Dr. Gustavo Goni (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM)

  Research Topic:
  Influence of Western Boundary Currents on Coastal Sea Level

  Research Keywords:
  Sea Level, Coastal Variability, Brazil Current, Hydrography, Physical Oceanography

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