Current members
Divya Viswanath, working tornado vortex dynamics.
Jonathan Stevenson, working on convection initiation using idealized simulations.
Eda Oz, working on the intensification of idealized endwall-like vortices.
Kyle Watson, working on tornadoes in QLCSs.
Former members
Robert Commodari, worked on the pressure decomposition in simulated splitting supercells; moved on to start a company.
Dr. Jannick Fischer (Ph.D.), analyzed multiple aspects within the interface between supercell and tornado
dynamics; moved on to the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany to pursue research on hail risk.
Lydia Bunting (M.Sc.), simulated and analyzed the dynamics of heat bursts; went on to CIWRO in Norman, OK.
Roberto Espinoza (M.Sc.), optimized an iterative Poisson solver used to decompose the pressure field.
Taylor Adams (M.Sc.), working on modifications of RKW theory in simulations with and
without surface drag, and the implications on tornado formation; now a STEM coordinator at a high school in Arizona
Prof. Lisa Schielicke, visiting scientist from FU Berlin (currently a professor at the University of Bonn)
in Germany, working on vortex dynamics.
Morten Kretschmer (B.Sc.), visited us from FU Berlin, working on the pressure decomposition in
simulated supercells.
Christian Boyer (M.Sc.), analyzed trajectories that contributed to tornado-like vortices
in a variety of storm types; went on to Central Michigan University to pursue a PhD
Tyler Hudson (B.Sc.), used VorTECH data to analyse the tornado structure as a function of the
swirl ratio; went on to graduate school in geography
Mark Eslick (B.Sc.), simulated the infamous Jarrell supercell, and ended up in IT.
Jake Vancil (M.Sc.), performed single-Doppler analyses on ka-Radar data to demonstrate the existence of
nera-ground vortex patches in seemingly innocuous multicell storms;
now works at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman.
Shelby Robertson (M.Sc.), implemented an iterative Poisson solver to learn more about the
forced ascent leading to vortex stretching in simulated supercells, and went on to be a System Engineer at SAAB in Oklahoma.
Mark Savin, worked on LP supercells using model and mobile-radar data.
Andrew Vande Guchte (M.Sc.), worked on the effects of surface drag on supercells, and now is a data scientist.
Matthew Mahalik (M.Sc.), worked on internal surges in supercell simulations, and now works at NOAA's
Weather Program Office.