Faculty and Research Staff
Dr. Craig Clements
Mike Voss
Fire Weather Forecasting and Technician
Office: DH 614A
Graduate Students
Taylor Aydell
Graduate Research Assistant
B.S. Atmospheric Science, Monroe State University, 2018.
Taylor joined the lab to study microphysics of wildfire plumes using Ka-band dual-pol radar.
Evan Bradish
Graduate Research Assistant
B.A. Geography/GIS, UCLA, 2012.
Matthew Brewer
Graduate Research Assistant
B.S. Atmospheric Science, SUNY-Albany, 2018
Research: Fire Weather associated with the Camp Fire; UAS applications in the fire environment, Doppler lidar and radar observations.
Heather Kane
Graduate Research Assistant
B.S. Earth System Science, UC Irvine, 2015.
Studying fire weather index performance for large California wildfires.
Currently: Wildfire Meteorologist, Southern California Edison.
Holt Hanley
Graduate Research Assistant
B.S. Earth Sciences, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, 2017.
Scott Purdy
B.S., Geography, Salisbury University, 2016.
Scott is an avid surfer and joined the lab in 2018. Scott is studying Meteorological aspects of fire danger in northern California.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Maritza Arreola Amaya
Liliana Chicas
Melissa Gonzalez-Fuentes
Jackson Yip
Alumni
Dianne Hall, M.S. 2019
Thesis: OBSERVATIONS OF FIRE BEHAVIOR ON A GRASS SLOPE DURING A WIND REVERSAL
Christel Bennese, M.S. 2019
B.S. Meteorology, University of Hawaii, 2012.
Jon on a climb of Mt. Dana, Yosemite.
Bruno Rodriguez, M.S. 2018
Meteorologist, National Weather Service, San Diego WFO.
B.S., Atmospheric Science, Georgia Tech, 2016.
Carrie Bowers
Carrie Bowers, M.S. 2018
Wildfire Meteorologist at SDG&E.
B.S. Kinesiology, San Diego State University.
Thesis: The Diablo Winds of Northern California: Climatology and Numerical Simulations
Jonathan Contezac, M.S. 2018
Meteorologist at AgWeatherNet, Washington State University
B.S. Meteorology, Saint Cloud State University
Thesis: Micrometeorological Observations of Fire-Atmosphere Interactions and Fire Behavior on a Simple Slope
Dr. Neil Lareau, 2014-2016.
Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Now: Assistant Professor at University of Nevada, Reno.
Chris Camacho, M.S. 2017
Now Research Meteorologist, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA.
B.S., Meteorology, SJSU, 2015
Thesis: Mobile Doppler LiDAR Oservations of the Convective Boundary Layer Over California.
Richard installing a 3-d sonic anemometer.
Richard Bagley, M.S. 2017
Now: Meteorologist at PG&E.
B.S. Meteorology, San José State University, 2013
Thesis: Nocturnal Drying in Elevated Coastal Terrain of Central California: A Fire Weather Perspective
Matthew Lloyd, M.S. 2016
Now: Meteorologist at Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah
B.S. Meteorology, University of Utah, 2012
Thesis: Doppler LiDAR Measurements of Boundary Layer Heights Over San Jose, California
Allison Charland
Allison Charland, M.S. 2012
Now Meteorologist at PG&E.
B.S. 2010, Meteorology, San José State University.
Thesis: Doppler Wind Lidar Observations of a Wildland Fire Plume
Daisuke Seto
Daisuke Seto, M.S. 2012
Now at University of Canterbury, NZ Atmospheric Science PhD Program.
Research Associate, 2012-2014.
Thesis:Observations and Analysis of Fire-Atmosphere Interactions during Fire Front Passage
Kevin Clifford
Kevin Clifford, M.S. 2011
Meteorologist at Pacific Gas & Electric
Thesis: WRF-Model Performance for Wind Power Forecasting in the Coast Ranges of Central California
Scott Strenfel
Scott Strenfel, M.S. 2010
Meteorologist at Pacific Gas & Electric
Thesis: Emissions and Impacts from Prescribed Fire in a Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
Caroline Kiefer
Caroline Kiefer, M.S. 2010
Meteorologist at Weather Underground, Inc.
