We are looking for a postdoc to study the effects of climate change on severe convective storms using storm-scale modeling simulations with CM1! Tentative start date of June 1, 2024 (some flexibility). Work with myself and Prof Dan Dawson here at Purdue, in collaboration with Prof Alex Andreson-Frey at U-Washington. To apply, send an email with subject line “Interest in postdoctoral opportunity on severe weather” to both Dan Chavas (dchavas@purdue.edu) and Dan Dawson (dandawson@purdue.edu) with (1) a few sentences about why you are interested in the position, (2) your CV, and (3) a list of names and contact information for three references. A PDF of the full job ad is here.
We are always looking for graduate students and postdocs to research hurricanes or severe thunderstorms and climate. Please email Dan (dchavas@purdue.edu) for more information and/or to ask any questions. I’d love to hear about your background and interests and let you know more about myself, our group, and our department. We need to increase participation from underrepresented groups in our field at every level. Individuals from any such group are especially encouraged to send Dan an email, and are also strongly encouraged to apply for this free 2-day visit to Purdue each year to learn about graduate school in EAPS and at Purdue.
Current Group Members
Jose Sanchez (PhD; CONACYT Fellow)
Research topic: East Pacific tropical cyclones
Started 2022
Lauren Kiefer (PhD)
Research topic: tornadoes and climate
Started 2022
Danyang Wang (Post-doc)
Research topic: tropical cyclone size
Started 2022
Awesome achievements: multiple papers (see "Research")
Jhordanne Jones (Post-doc; 2022 NOAA Climate and Global Change Fellow)
Research topic: seasonal hurricane variability
Started 2021
Awesome achievements:
2022 NOAA Climate and Global Change Fellow
multiple papers (see "Research")
Aaron Kruskie (PhD)
Research topic: heat lows and tropical cyclones
Started 2021
Awesome achievements:
Honorable Mention, Student Presentation Award (oral) at the 2024 AMS Annual Meeting
Outstanding Student Poster award at the 2023 Midwest Student Climate and Atmospheric Research (MSCAR) conference
Kuan-Yu Lu (PhD)
Research topic: tropical cyclone - wave interactions
Started 2019
Awesome achievements:
Outstanding Student Presentation (poster) at the American Meteorological Society 2022 Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology Conference
multiple papers (see "Research")
Past Group Members (see "Research" for their publications)
Funing Li (PhD 2023; now postdoc at MIT working with Talia Tamarin-Brodsky): climate and geographic controls on severe convective storms and tornadoes (thesis)
Zach Johnson (Post-doc 2021-22; now assistant professor at Central Michigan University): seasonal hurricane variability
Jie Chen (PhD 2021; now post-doc at Princeton/GFDL): hurricane landfall (Thesis)
Jilong Chen (Post-doc 2019-2020)
Kim Hoogewind (Post-doc 2017-2018; now research scientist at OU CIWRO): global tropical cyclogenesis
Sai Bhalachandran (PhD 2018; now post-doc at JPL): tropical cyclone asymmetries (Thesis)
Shawn Simmons (M.S. 2018): severe weather environments (Thesis)
Valeria Garcia (UG, 2021-22): exohurricanes
Isaac Davis (UG, 2021): climate and severe thunderstorms
Julianna Heptinstall (UG, 2021): exohurricanes
Noah Tewksbury (UG, 2019): historical hurricanes
Heather Craker (UG, 2019): hurricane structure
Katie O'Malley (UG, 2019): freezing rain
Zhanxiang Hua (UG, 2017-2018): tornadoes and terrain (Paper)
Will McNulty (UG, 2017-18): winter storms (JPUR Research Highlight, Fall 2018)
Corey Combs (UG, 2017): winter weather
Derek Dalman (UG, 2017): winter weather
Evan Alexa (UG, 2017): tornado damage swath analysis
Justin Buckingham (UG, 2016): tropical convection
Doug Miller (UG, 2016): tropical cyclone size