Research Overview
My research examines how different components of the Earth system—and different regions of the climate system—interact to shape variability and change. A primary focus of my work is understanding how polar warming and sea-ice loss influence global climate. A major theme of my current research is leveraging high-resolution models to advance both climate and weather research. I currently co-lead the Polar Amplification Model Intercomparison Project (PAMIP) Phase 2 and serve as an Executive Editor for Climate Dynamics .
Key Research Areas
Arctic Amplification & Sea-Ice Loss
Understanding how Arctic warming and sea-ice loss influence large-scale atmospheric circulation, including the roles of the stratosphere and ocean–atmosphere coupling, and how these responses depend on model state and resolution. My work uses targeted modeling experiments to quantify the forced response and separate it from internal variability. Learn more →
Solar Climate Intervention
Investigating how stratospheric aerosol injection (SAI) may influence U.S. severe convective weather using convection-permitting WRF simulations. Building on the Pseudo-Global Warming (PGW) framework, I developed parallel Pseudo-SAI (PASI) experiments to assess future convective extremes with and without solar climate intervention. Learn more →
High-resolution Earth System Modeling
Using regionally refined and global storm-resolving models to improve the representation of climate and weather processes. This includes Arctic-refined CESM, slab-ocean eddy-resolving CESM, and CESM3–MPAS DYAMOND simulations. Learn more →