Class Notes: EAS

Cornell University, A.B. Geological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

In the late stage of a wonderful career with ExxonMobil and thinking about my next challenges. I've spent the last 32 years chasing oil, gas, minerals and coal opportunities around the world. I've been privileged to be part of some big discoveries and have been a part of many (noble?) failures....the nature of exploration. Over the last few years, I have had lots of fun as part of the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Advisory Committee and cherish the yearly opportunities to come back to Cornell and to the department. There is much of my good fortune that I attribute to the solid foundation I gained at Cornell so giving back is very satisfying.

I hope we can use these Alumni Notes to reestablish contacts among the Cornell Earth and Atmospheric Science family. Thanks, Judy, for getting this going.

Cornell University, B.S. Atmospheric Science 2007
University of Oklahoma, M.S. Meteorology 2010
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Ph.D. Meteorology 2014 (expected)
 
I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  I am researching ways to improve hurricane and typhoon intensity forecasts, using analyses of storm structure and large-scale environmental parameters to better understand the phase space between the two sets of conditions. We collaborate with NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, CO and the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Pearl Harbor, HI to improve Pacific Command AOR tropical cyclone forecasts for the U.S. Navy and Air Force.
 
My experience at Cornell, particularly its emphasis on combining academic rigor with extracurricular pursuits, successfully prepared me for graduate school and for leadership in national professional societies.  I had the opportunity to serve as Co-President of the Cornell Chapter of the American Meteorological Society and received the Father James B. Macelwane Award by the AMS.  Outside the classroom I was a Drill Instructor and played trumpet in the Cornell Big Red Marching Band.
 
Since 2011, I have been the National Co-Chair of the AMS Student Conference, and was recently appointed to the AMS Board for Operational Government Meteorologists where I will serve in the year 2013.