Current and Prospective Students

Current Students:

I currently advise a mix of Master’s and Ph.D. students. Use the page menu at the left to read more about the students in my Severe Storms Research Group!

Prospective Students:

I am always interested in finding motivated and hard-working students! Potential research topics include:

  • Forecasting the maintenance or demise of severe thunderstorms
  • Numerical modeling of severe thunderstorms
  • Storms interacting with complex terrain
  • The impact of environmental heterogeneity on storm evolution

If you find any of the above topics of interest to you, please be sure to check out my research page and contact me (see info at right) for more information. Interested students should also check out the following website for more information on various programs and applying to UNC Charlotte:

Former Students:

  • Kathleen Magee (M.S., 2017), now at NWS WFO Huntsville, AL
  • Cody Ledbetter (M.S., 2018), now at NWS WFO Baltimore/DC (Sterling, VA)
  • Austin Mansfield (M.S., 2019), now at NWS WFO Baltimore/DC (Sterling, VA)
  • Richard Sirico (M.S., 2020), now at WeatherWorks
  • Lindsay Hochstatter (M.S., 2021), now at NWS WFO Peachtree City, GA
  • Katherine McKeown (M.S., 2021), now a Ph.D. student at Penn State
  • Sarah Purpura (M.S., 2021), now at Verisk Weather Solutions
  • Lauren Decker (M.S., 2023), now a Visiting Lecturer at UNC Charlotte