Staff Profiles

My research is mainly focused on ensemble-based data assimilation, the design of ensemble forecasting systems, and ensemble statistical post-processing. As a part of research related to an ensemble forecasting design, for both data assimilation ...

Dr. Kingfield serves as a Senior Scientist in the Weather Informatics and Decision Support (WIDS) Division where he is focused on increasing the impact of services for decision makers through the development of new ...

Hello! If you’re looking for someone who loves being outside and whose head is constantly looking into the clouds, then you have found her. I have many hobbies, including photography, triathlon, eating good food, ...

Terra is a Research Physical Scientist focused on data assimilation to improve convective allowing weather prediction for high impact weather events.  In particular, she focuses on research and development for cloud and precipitation observations, ...

Ruifang works mainly on data assimilation and in transferring HRRRv4/RAPv5 into FV3. We install capabilities required for DA in FV3 including latent heat forcing, cloud analysis and execute real-time and retrospective DA-cycling runs of ...

Tony is a senior research associate and also a senior member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) education society. Tony currently serves as a Project Manager that focuses on international cooperation, mainly ...

Liaofan joined NOAA/OAR/Global Systems Laboratory as an affiliate of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) in 2019.  He is a member of the NOAA Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS) implementation and ...

Bob Lipschutz received his BS (1974) and MS (1980) in Meteorology from Penn State University. He was a Scientific Assistant in the Atmospheric Physics Section at Argonne National Laboratory from 1974 to 1976, working ...

Huiying joins AVID/CIRA and the Data Assimilation Branch.  She is working on RRFS-Smoke data assimilation of aerosol-indicating observations for improved regional smoke and fire weather forecasting. Huiying has a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, University ...

Matt Mahalik is the chief of GSL’s Mission Support Branch and lead of GSL’s Program Management Office (PMO). The Mission Support Branch oversees project management, communications, website, property and security activities. It accelerates operational ...

Jennifer Mahoney is the Director of the NOAA’s Global Research Laboratory (GSL). She leads a staff of nearly 200 meteorologists, software engineers, and support staff dedicated to “making forecasts better.” GSL research provides the ...

Kevin grew up in NW PA where he experienced the 31 May 1985 tornado outbreak that affected eastern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania and that piqued his interest in severe weather. After getting degrees in ...

Ian develops software for NOAA’s Science on a Sphere project and for GSL’s verification team. He uses C++, Python, OpenCV, Flask, and other technologies to implement features designed to reduce or eliminate complexity for ...

Laura is a Scientific Analyst in the Verification and Assessment Branch of the AVID Division as well as the CIRES GSL Lead. She performs assessments of aviation weather forecast products for the Federal Aviation ...

Shawn is a research scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) whose main focus is studying the impact of assimilating observations from Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (commonly referred to as drones) ...

Joe is the primary developer of the boundary layer and surface layer schemes used in the operational Rapid Refresh (RAP) and High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) forecast systems. Joe also contributes to the development of ...

Hilary came to CU Boulder to study secondary science education after receiving a BS in Zoology and Dance at the University of Wyoming, taking 8 years to travel, ski bum in Telluride, and bartend ...

Missy Petty serves as the Associate Director for Administration in the Global Systems Laboratory (GSL). In this role, she oversees the administrative and financial functions of GSL, including budget formulation and execution, personnel administration, ...

Randy is a professional software engineer. After graduating with degrees in Physics and engineering he worked for ten years developing advanced hardware and software used for automated testing of state-of-the-art enterprise level storage systems. ...

CIRA-Boulder Project Specialist

Michael is a software engineering and works on web application development (CIRES). Research Interests Research and development aimed at improving the weather information provided to air traffic control systems, pilots, aviation forecasters, and other ...

Research Interests: Fluid turbulence Geophysical fluid dynamics Phenomenology CFD Algorithm development HPC Education Ph.D., Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, astrophysical phenomenology M.S., Physics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, nuclear ...

Research Interests Chemical transport modeling and air quality forecasting Weather-chemistry interactions and feedbacks High-resolution/urban air quality mitigation Education Ph.D., Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, August 2016 M.S., Earth System Science, University of ...

Phil joined the National Weather Service in 1993 and started at the National Meteorological Center in Camp Spring, MD.  He has served as the Science and Operations Officer at the Weather Forecast Office in ...