RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

I am a Research Scientist working at the NOAA/GSL lab in Boulder through CIRES. Prior to joining GSL, I did my Postdoc with the Climate and Atmospheric Sciences group at the Illinois State Water Survey located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2020-2023. I am interested in using the numerical weather prediction models such as Unified Forecast System (UFS) and Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) at high spatial resolutions in order to test and improve the model parameterizations for extreme weather events involving widlfires/emissions.

Benjamin is a senior scientist advisor for a group that focuses on developing the next-generation weather and earth-system models, data assimilation techniques and other research projects aimed at improving seamless prediction of extreme weather from short-range to seasonal time scales.

Dynamical extended-range prediction; extreme large-scale weather and climate events, e.g., major droughts and floods; storm track dynamics and baroclinic wave life cycles; tropical-midlatitude interactions.

Dr. Jimmy Negus completed his Ph.D. in astrophysics at CU Boulder, and he has authored two books: Mysteries of Space: Black Holes Explained and Mysteries of Space: Supernovas Explained. He is also strongly involved in astronomy outreach—he led the campaign to bring a new scale model solar system to CU Boulder's campus, which helps visitors better understand the size and vastness of space.

My name is Noah Brauer and I reside in the Denver area. Previously, my research focused on precipitation microphysics in tropical cyclones using ground radar, space-borne radar, and disdrometer retrievals to better understand the spatial and temporal variability in tropical cyclone precipitation. This involved deploying to 6 landfalling hurricanes throughout the southeastern United States to collect precipitation and wind speed measurements to better quantify precipitation processes. Currently, I serve as an associate editor for the Journal of Hydrometeorology.

Kyra Clark-Wolf is a Research Scientist in CIRES and a co-lead Ecologist in the North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center. Her research integrates perspectives from paleoecology, fire ecology, and climate adaptation science to advance the understanding of ecological transformation in a context of changing climate. Current work centers on the development of ecological scenarios to inform resource management using the Resist, Accept, Direct (RAD) framework under uncertainty about future climate and ecological responses.