Name: Marybeth Arcodia Program/Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Email: marcodia@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Ben Kirtman Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Climate Variability and Predictability
Intraseasonal, tropical, variability, teleconnections, tropical-extratropical interactions
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
Name: Kurt Hansen Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Email: kah52@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Sharan Majumdar Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Sub-seasonal Tropical Cyclone
Hurricane, Tropical Cyclone, Sub-seasonal, Interseasonal, SUBX, Prediction
Name: Kelsey Malloy Program / Degree: Atmospheric Sciences / PhD Email: kelsey.malloy@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Ben Kirtman Research Topic: Research Keywords:
Predictability of warm-season extreme precipitation from southerly low-level jets
climate variability, extreme weather, precipitation, subseasonal prediction, seasonal prediction
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: Research Keywords:
Enhancing resilience of Caribbean coral juveniles through manipulation of early symbiont communities
coral reef, symbiosis, coral restoration, assisted evolution, resilience, climate change,
coral bleaching, coral recruitment
Name: Simge Bilgen Program / Degree: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD Email: sbilgen@rsmas.miami.edu Advisor: Dr. Benjamin Kirtman Research Topic: Research Keywords:
The Role of Ocean Eddies in the Southern Ocean Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing
Coupled Modeling, Air-Sea Interaction, Southern Ocean
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: Research Keywords:
Large-Scale Ocean Circulation, Repeat Hydrography, Ocean-Atmosphere Climate Dynamics
Circulation, Hydrography, Oceanography, Physical, Climate, Climate change
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: Research Keywords:
Influence of Western Boundary Currents on Coastal Sea Level
Sea Level, Coastal Variability, Brazil Current, Hydrography, Physical Oceanography