Contact Information
1301 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
Carolina Bieri (she/her/hers) is a doctoral student in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her research interests include land-atmosphere interactions and lande surface model development. As part of her master's work, she completed an observational and modeling analysis to elucidate relationships between soil moisture, temperature, and atmospheric circulation patterns in southeastern South America. She is a member of the Hydrometeorology Group led by Professor Francina Dominguez.
Carolina grew up in the Chicago area and completed her bachelor's degree in atmospheric science at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She has previously held summer research appointments at Texas A&M University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). She also recently returned from a year abroad in Spain as a Fulbright grantee. In addition to her research interests related to atmospheric science, she is also passionate about increasing participation of underrepresented groups in the sciences. In her free time, Carolina enjoys caring for her cat, cooking, and spending time outdoors.
Education
B.S. Atmospheric Science, Cornell University, 2016
M.S. Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019
Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (in progress, expected Summer 2024)
Awards and Honors
2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Student Program Awardee (Spain)
2022 AMS Annual Meeting Hydrology Committee Student Presentation Award
2021 LAS Impact Award (shared with Department of Atmospheric Sciences Student Organization leaders)
2019 AGU Fall Meeting Outstanding Student Presentation Award (OSPA)
2019 NCAR Advanced Study Program (ASP) Graduate Visitor
Outstanding Instructor - ATMS 100, Spring 2018
Alfred P. Sloan Minority PhD Award
Highlighted Publications
Bieri, C. A., Dominguez, F., & D. M. Lawrence, 2021: Impacts of large-scale soil moisture anomalies on the hydroclimate of southeastern South America. Journal of Hydrometeorology, http://doi.org/JHM-D-20-0116.1/.
Recent Publications
Bieri, C. A. and F. Dominguez, 2019: Impacts of large-scale soil moisture anomalies on regional hydroclimate in southeastern South America. M.S. thesis, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, http://hdl.handle.net/2142/106383.
Recent Presentations
Bieri, C.A., Dominguez, F., Miguez-Macho, G., and Y. Fan, 2021: Leveraging deep roots to elucidate the connection between subsurface moisture and the atmosphere. 2021 University of Illinois Sloan UCEM Conference. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYkYzN7CMNM.
Bieri, C.A., Dominguez, F., Miguez-Macho, G., and Y. Fan, 2020: Leveraging deep roots to elucidate the connection between subsurface moisture and the atmosphere (Invited). 2020 AGU Fall Meeting. U015-14. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm20/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/683144.
Bieri, C. A., Dominguez, F., and D. M. Lawrence, 2019: Impacts of large-scale soil moisture anomalies on regional hydroclimate in southeastern South America. 2019 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA. H54G-03. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm19/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/497615.