Considering graduate school?  Consider the University of Illinois! Below is a summary of my activities at the University of Illinois.  If these match your research interests, I'd like to hear from you. For more details about my activities, click the links above, which summarize my publications, research, teaching and field experience.

I maintain active programs in the fields of mesoscale meteorology, radar meteorology and precipitation physics. I currently have two research grants from the National Science Foundation. Much of my work involves collaborative efforts with other faculty members and scientists from other institutions. I love field research -- there is nothing more exciting in atmospheric science than living through (and flying through!) the weather you ultimately study, especially when you are using the most sophisticated state-of-the-art instruments. Field campaigns lead to new discoveries, the most exciting aspect of science.

Recent field campaigns I have been involved in include the Profiling of Winter Storms (PLOWS) experiment, which took place across the midwestern United States in the winters of 2008-09 and 2009-10, the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean study (RICO), which was conducted in Antigua and Barbuda, two Caribbean islands in late 2004, and 2005, and the Bow Echo and Mesoscale Vortex Experiment (BAMEX), which was held in the central United States in late Spring of 2003.

I require my graduate students to produce research of publication quality and I encourage them all to participate, and preferably take the lead, in publication of their work. Most of my graduated students have published their research. I also strongly encourage all my students to present the results of their research at national and international scientific conferences. I believe it is critical for their self-development to have these opportunities for national exposure. In addition, exposure enhances their employment opportunities. I make every attempt to include my students in national field research programs. I have given many students, including department students not directly under my supervision, the opportunity to participate in national field programs that involve scientists from many universities, national centers and laboratories. My grants will have supported student participation in fourteen field projects by the end of 2011. I also involve many of my students in collaborative research with colleagues at other institutions.