Staff Profiles

My research has primarily focused on ensemble-based data assimilation, the design of ensemble forecasting systems, and ensemble statistical post-processing. As part of this work, I have been extensively involved in the development and testing ...

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 ...

Since joining NOAA in January 2015 as a visiting scientist, Tony has consistently delivered strong results. This led to his appointment in March 2016 as a Cooperative Institute (CI) Research Associate under the Cooperative ...

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 ...

I hold a PhD in Applied Mathematics and bring extensive experience developing fast solvers for linear and nonlinear systems through work across academia and industry in five countries. These systems arise in the solution ...

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 development, and federal property and security activities. ...

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 ...

Research Scientist, EPAD Laura is an evaluation researcher in the Fire Weather Testbed and the Decision Support Research and Evaluation (DSRE) Branch within the Global Systems Laboratory’s Weather Informatics and Decision Support (WIDS) Division, ...

Shawn is a research scientist in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) with a focus on data assimilation and observation impact assessments in regional weather models. Before coming to GSL, Shawn ...

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 is the Associate Director for Administration at NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory (GSL), where she helps ensure the laboratory’s scientists have the resources, support, and infrastructure needed to carry out world-class research. She ...

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 Engineer within the Weather Informatics and Decision Support (WIDS) division focusing on DevOps engineering to support impact-based decision support tools for NOAA OAR.” Can you also add the following bullet ...

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 ...