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M.S. and Ph.D. Student Directory



Please contact Andrew Geniesse Elmore (agelmore@miami.edu) and Sean Kennelly (sean@rsmas.miami.edu) to make any updates to your student profile.

Atmospheric Sciences

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  • Collins, Cait

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    Name: Cait Collins

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Website:  https://www.caitrocks.com/

    Email:  caitcollins@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic: 
    Climate variability intrinsic to the coupled atmosphere-ocean system and ENSO predictability.

    Research Keywords: 
    climate variability, ENSO, predictability

  • Dobracki, Amie

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    Name: Amie Dobracki

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  aad59@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Paquita Zuidema

    Research Topic: 
    Chemical, Physical, and Optical Properties of Aged African Biomass Burning

    Research Keywords: 
    Biomass burning, Aerosols, Organic Aerosol, Smoke, Aerosol Mass Spectrometer

  • Downs, Will

    will downs

    Name: Will Downs

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  will.downs@earth.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Sharan Majumdar

    Research Topic: 
    Formation and Early Organization of Tropical Cyclones

    Research Keywords: 
    Tropical Cyclones, Tropical Cyclogenesis, Hurricanes, Machine Learning, Modeling

  • Lawton, Quinton

    Lawton Quinton

    Name: Quinton Lawton

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Website: quintonlawton.com

    Email:  quinton.lawton@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Sharan Majumdar

    Research Topic:
    Predictability of Tropical Cyclogenesis

    Research Keywords:
    tropical cyclones, hurricanes, tropical cyclogenesis, predictability, African easterly waves, kelvin waves

  • Lawton, Quinton

    Lawton Quinton

    Name: Quinton Lawton

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Website: quintonlawton.com

    Email:  quinton.lawton@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Sharan Majumdar

    Research Topic:
    Predictability of Tropical Cyclogenesis

    Research Keywords:
    tropical cyclones, hurricanes, tropical cyclogenesis, predictability, African easterly waves, kelvin waves

  • Nebylitsa, Samantha

    Nebylitsa, Samantha

    Name: Samantha Nebylitsa

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  samantha.nebylitsa@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Sharan Majumdar and Dave Nolan

    Research Topic:
    Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones

    Research Keywords:
    Tropical Cyclones, Rapid Intensification, Wind, Shear, Moisture, Modeling, Observations, Storm Size/Structure

  • Papazian, Karen

    Karen Papazian

    Name: Papazian, Karen

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  karen.papazian@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    Climate Variability and Predictability

    Research Keywords:
    Variability, Climate, Intraseasonal

  • Park, Chanyoung

    Park Chanyoung

    Name: Chanyoung Park

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  chanyoung.park@miami.edu

    Website:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1bK9Q1MAAAAJ&hl=ko

    Advisor:  Dr. Brian Soden

    Research Topic:
    Constraining model simulations of aerosol-cloud interactions using
    satellite observations

    Research Keywords:
    Aerosol-cloud interaction, Climate sensitivity

  • Rosamond, Luke

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    Name: Rosamond, Luke

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  lxr968@miami.edu

    Advisor:  David Nolan

    Research Topic:
    Convective Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere

    Research Keywords:
    Gravity Waves, Supercells, Stratosphere, Numerical Modeling, Convection, Mesoscale Convective Systems

  • Schoenwald, Victoria

    Victoria Schoenwald

    Name: Victoria Schoenwald

    Program / Degree:  Atmospheric Sciences / PhD

    Email:  vks16@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Ben Kirtman

    Research Topic:
    Sea level rise and coastal flooding events caused by natural and anthropogenic forcing.

    Research Keywords:
    Sea level rise, coastal flooding, seasonal to decadal prediction, climate models

Environmental Science and Policy

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Marine Biology and Ecology

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Marine Geosciences

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  • Agobian, Jorge

    Jorge Agobian

    Name:  Jorge Agobian

    Program / Degree:   Marine Geosciences / PhD

    Website:  https://jnagobian.wixsite.com/rsmas

    Email:  jagobian@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Keir Becker

    Research Topic:
    Hydrothermal circulation in spreading centers: fluid recharge vs. discharge
    @ edges of abyssal hills

    Research Keywords:
    hydrothermal circulation, fluid discharge, fluid recharge, abyssal hills, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, North Pond

  • Bakker, Anna

    Anna Bakker

    Name: Anna Bakker

    Program / Degree:  Marine Geosciences / PhD

    Email:  annabakker@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Sam Purkis

    Research Topic:
    Remote sensing of coral reefs

    Research Keywords:
    remote sensing; coral reefs; spatial maps; resilience index

  • Ling, Anna

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    Name: Anna Ling

    Program / Degree:  Marine Geology and Geophysics / PhD

    Website:  alingrsmas.wordpress.com

    Email:  a.ling@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Gregor Eberli

    Research Topic:
    Influence of Ocean Currents on Carbonate Platform Drowning

    Research Keywords:
    Ocean Currents, Nutrients, Carbonate, Platform Drowning, Phosphorus,
    Nitrogen, Microfacies

  • Lopez-Gamundi, Cecilia

    Lopez-Gamundi

    Name: Cecilia Lopez-Gamundi

    Program / Degree:  Marine Geosciences / PhD

    Email:  Cecilia.Lopez-Gamundi@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Sam Purkis

    Research Topic:
    Sediment budget and hydrodynamics of the Great Bahama Bank

    Research Keywords:
    Carbonate sedimentology, sediment transport, hydrodynamics, Great Bahama Bank,
    remote sensing

  • Turino, Valeria

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    Name:  Valeria Turino

    Program / Degree:   Marine Geosciences / PhD

    Email:  valeria.turino@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Adam Holt

    Research Topic:
    Numerical modeling of subduction zones

    Research Keywords:
    subduction zones, subduction dynamics, geodynamics, numerical modeling

  • Vinarski, Elizabeth

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    Name: Elizabeth Vinarski

    Program / Degree:  Marine Geology and Geophysics / PhD

    Email:  ekv5@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Guoqing Lin

    Research Topic:
    Seismicity of Kilauea 2020 Eruption

    Research Keywords:
    seismicity, hawaiian vulcanism, earthquake relocation, forecasting

  • Vitek, Brook

    Brook Vitek

    Name:  Brooke Vitek

    Program / Degree:  Marine Geology and Geophysics / PhD

    Email:  brooke.vitek@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. R. Pamela Reid

    Research Topic:
    Multiscale Morphogenesis of Hamelin Pool Stromatolites

    Research Keywords:
    Stromatolites, geobiology, petrography, remote sensing, morphometric analysis

Meteorology and Physical Oceanography

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  • Bilgen, Simge

    Simge Bilgen

    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

    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

  • Ge, Jimmy

    Jimmy Ge

    Name:  Jimmy Ge

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Email:  jimmy.ge@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. David Nolan

    Research Topic:
    Relative humidity evolution during tropical cyclogenesis

    Research Keywords:
    Hurricanes, tropical cyclogenesis, relative humidity, satellite meteorology,
    remote sensing

  • Jia, Chong

    Name:  Chong Jia

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Email:  chong.jia@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Peter J Minnett

    Research Topic: Improved Satellite Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature at High Latitude

    Research Keywords:  Satellite Remote Sensing, SST, Algorithm, Arctic

  • Looney, Lev

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    Name:  Lev Looney

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Email:  lbl21@miami.edu

    Advisor: Gregory Foltz (NOAA AOML), and Dr. Benjamin Kirtman (UM)

    Research Topic:
    The driving forces of hurricane-induced ocean cooling

    Research Keywords:
    Hurricanes, Tropical Cyclones, Air-Sea Interactions, Physical Oceanography, Numerical Modeling

  • Lu, Yueyang

    Lu Yueyang

    Name:  Yueyang Lu

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Website:  https://yueyanglu.github.io/

    Email:  yueyang.lu@miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Igor Kamenkovich

    Research Topic:
    Mesoscale eddy-induced transport in the ocean: significance, mechanism, and parameterization

    Research Keywords:
    Oceanic eddies, tracer transport, numerical models, parameterization

  • Pita, Ivenis

    Ivenis Pita

    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

  • Xia, Junfei

    Junfei Xia

    Name:  Junfei Xia

    Program / Degree:  Meteorology and Physical Oceanography / PhD

    Website:  http://junfeixia.com

    Email:  junfei.xia@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:  Dr. Tamay M Ozgokmen

    Research Topic:
    Machine Learning for Submesoscale Characterization, Ocean Prediction, and Exploration

    Research Keywords:
    Machine Learning; Drifter; Submesoscale; Modeling; Ocean Prediction

Ocean Sciences

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  • Cartwright, Paloma

    Cartwright, Paloma

    Name:  Paloma Cartwright

    Program / Degree:  Applied Marine Physics / PhD

    Website:  https://palomacartwright.github.io/

    Email:  palomacartwright@earth.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Lisa Beal

    Research Topic: Florida Current and Sea Level

    Research Keywords: Sea Level Rise, Physical Oceanography, Ocean Heat, Florida Current

  • Dai, Hanjing

    Hangjing Dai

    Name:  Hanjing Dai

    Program / Degree:  Applied Marine Physics / PhD

    Email:  hdai@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Brian Haus

    Research Topic: Wind waves, their generation and propagation on the ocean surface.

    Research Keywords: Air-sea interaction, Wind waves, Surface oil transport, Gravity-capillary
    waves, Ocean surface roughness

  • Dawson, Madeleine

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    Name:  Madeleine Dawson

    Program / Degree:  Ocean Sciences / PhD

    Email:  madeleine.dawson@rsmas.miami.edu

    Website:  https://www.madeleinedawsonphd.com/

    Advisor:   Dr. Hans Graber

    Research Topic: Machine Learning Sea Ice Feature Extraction and Characterization from Synthetic
    Aperture Radar Image

    Research Keywords: Remote Sensing, SAR, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Machine Learning

  • Elliott, Hope

    Name: Hope Elliott

    Program / Degree:   Ocean Sciences / PhD

    Email:  hee21@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Cassandra Gaston

    Research Topic:
    Nutrient deposition in the marine environment from aerosols/mineral dust

    Research Keywords:
    mineral dust, Saharan dust, iron limitation, phosphorus limitation, aerosol chemistry, geochemistry

  • Henderson, Lillian

    Henderson, Lillian

    Name:  Lillian Henderson

    Program / Degree:   Ocean Sciences

    Email:  lillian.henderson@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Hilary Close

    Research Topic:
    Origin and transformations of organic matter in the water column

    Research Keywords:
    Biogeochemistry, stable isotopes, particulate organic matter, carbon and nitrogen cycling

  • Ricche, Gabrielle

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    Name:  Gabrielle Ricche

    Program / Degree:  Applied Marine Physics / PhD

    Email:  gxr544@miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Hans Graber

    Research Topic: Detection and quantification of icebergs and their response to wind and currents using SAR imagery

    Research Keywords: remote sensing, icebergs, physical oceanography, climate, machine learning

  • Tan, Peisen

    Peisen Tan

    Name:  Peisen Tan

    Program / Degree:  Ocean Sciences / PhD

    Email:  peisen.tan@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Brian Haus

    Research Topic: Air-sea interaction and momentum transfer

    Research Keywords: Air-Sea Interaction, Waves, Coastal Resilience, Physical Oceanography,
    Experimental Physics

  • Wojtal, Paul

    Wojtal, Paul

    Name: Paul Wojtal

    Program / Degree:  Ocean Sciences / PhD

    Email:  paul.wojtal@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Hilary Close

    Research Topic:
    Amino acid compound specific isotope analysis of organic material in the water column

    Research Keywords:
    Nutrient cycling, biogeochemistry, isotopes, nitrogen, carbon, organic matter

  • Yanuskiewicz, Elizabeth

    Elizabeth Yanuskiewicz

    Name: Elizabeth Yanuskiewicz

    Program / Degree:  Ocean Sciences / PhD

    Email:  e.yanuskiewicz@rsmas.miami.edu

    Advisor:   Dr. Hilary Close

    Research Topic:
    Composition and transformation of particulate organic matter in the
    water column.

    Research Keywords:
    Biogeochemistry, naturally occurring stable isotopes, organic matter