Where are you from? Where were you before you joined CliMAS in Illinois?
I am from Naperville, IL. Before joining CliMAS at Illinois minoring in atmospheric sciences, I started at the University of Illinois majoring in Aerospace Engineering which I will graduate from in May of 2024. I am excited to continue my education in CliMAS, pursuing a Master’s in...
Where are you from? Where were you before you joined CliMAS in Illinois? I grew up in a town just outside of Chicago called Wilmette, IL. Before joining CliMAS, I was in high school at New Trier. Not really that much exciting here… Tell us about what you’re wanting to focus on in your studies: In particular, I would like to focus on...
It's time to meet ATMS graduate student, Pappu Paul! Pappu is originally from Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital city. Before coming to UIUC, he had some teaching experiences, after earning his master’s. He worked a year and a half in several public and private universities in Bangladesh as a junior faculty. He did his undergraduate and master’s from the Department of Physics,...
Jessica Skocinski is one of our new Fall 2023 graduate students, however, she is not a new University of Illinois student. Jessica was an undergraduate here for 4 years and is now on her way to being what she has dreamt about: an operational forecaster and, per Jessica, “especially in aviation”. Jessica has a penchant for the friendly skies as she is also learning to become a pilot, taking...
It seems appropriate that someone with a name that means “a unit of temperature measurement” would land in the Atmospheric Sciences field. Ironically, he is also the hot topic around here as he returns for a second go-round at UIUC. It is time to meet Professor Kelvin Droegemeier - once a student and now our new professor in ATMS and special advisor to the Office of the Chancellor....
A new semester is upon us and so is a new recipient of the Atmospheric Sciences Distinguished Alumnus Award: Professor Lourdes Aviles, Plymouth State University. She will be our special Seminar speaker on October 17, 2023. We wanted to know what our alum has been up to since she graduated from these hallowed halls. She was kind enough to fill us in. What is your current position?...
A new semester is upon us and so is a new recipient of the Atmospheric Sciences Alumnus Award: Professor Lourdes Aviles, Plymouth State University. We wanted to know what our alum has been up to since she graduated from these hallowed halls. She was kind enough to fill us in. What is your current position? I am currently the Associate Provost at Plymouth State University. I just...
Meet an undergrad in Atmospheric Sciences: Jared Stickney! An Illinois native, he hails (no pun intended) from as far northeast as you can go in the Land of Lincoln: Hainesville, IL. Speaking of old Abe, he was friends with the founder of Jared’s hometown! Jared likes tornadoes…a lot. His favorite topics in weather study include tornadogenesis (the process by which a tornado forms)...
We can’t think of a better person to be in Atmospheric Sciences than someone from the “Summer Capital of the Philippines”. Baguio City native, Michie De Vera, was born and raised in a place that sits on a plateau and is about 1.5 kilometers above sea level which brings in a cooler climate. Those stats get her hometown that stellar nickname. After finishing her undergraduate...
Brand new to the Orange and Blue is Maile Sasaki, starting her first year as a grad student in Atmospheric Sciences. As she begins this latest journey, we wanted to get to know her as she gets to know the University of Illinois. Maile hails-no pun intended-from the Bay Area in Northern California via Albuquerque, New Mexico and studied physics as a UG at UC Santa...