Principal Investigator
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza
Ángel is an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has a PhD in atmospheric sciences from the University of Washington and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez.
Ángel’s research interests are broadly in tropical atmospheric dynamics and the atmosphere's general circulation. He has researched topics such as tropical convection, easterly waves, monsoon depressions, the Madden-Julian Oscillation, and climate change.
Co-Investigator
Victor C Mayta
Victor is a research scientist in the Department in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin. He has a PhD in atmospheric sciences from the University of Sao Paulo - Brazil.
Victor’s research interests are broadly in large-scale atmospheric dynamics, with a focus on tropical meteorology. He has performed research on topics such as Madden-Julian Oscillation, Kelvin waves, Interannual variability over the Pacific and the Atlantic Ocean, and Paleoclimatology.
Postdoc
Qiao-Jun Lin
Qiao-Jun is a postdoc in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has a PhD in Atmospheric Sciences from the National Central University and a B.S. in Earth Sciences from the National Taiwan Normal University.
QJ’s research interests are in large-scale atmospheric dynamics and climate change. She has performed research in topics such as the Madden-Julian Oscillation and global climate models.
Graduate Students
Rosa M. Vargas-Martes
Rosa is a graduate student in UW-AOS and NSF GRFP fellow. She obtained her B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University at Albany, State University of New York in May 2018, and her M.S. in Climate and Space Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 2020. She spent the first five years of her undergraduate education at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM), where she studied Theoretical Physics with a Curricular Sequence in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology.
At UW-Madison she served as DEI student representative (January 2022– April 2023), and student co-lead for the AOS summer research program for undergraduates in (now STORM and NSF funded REU, Summer 2022). At UM-Ann Arbor she was a student co-coordinator for the Michigan Earth Science Women’s Network (2020). She also participated as a panelist in the “DEIJ efforts and best practices in meteorology and climate science” plenary session at the AMS Collective Madison Meeting (2022). She also enjoys helping undergraduate and graduate students apply to summer internships, graduate school, and graduate fellowships.
Rosa’s graduate work strives to understand the governing thermodynamic structure of tropical Northeast Pacific and African Easterly Waves and how these will respond to a warming climate.
Rebecca “Becca” Lynn Hall
Hi! I’m Becca (she/her)- one of the current grad students in Dr. Ángel Adames-Corraliza’s group! My current research interests are in tropical storm initiation and organization and tropical deep convection (although, if you want to chat about clouds I am always down- clouds are legitimately the coolest things in the universe). The tropics are a crucial part of the atmosphere and act to globally distribute energy and mass, so it’s important that we better understand the processes that occur within them. Additionally, a large portion of the human population resides within the tropics and by improving our understanding of the tropical atmosphere, we also improve the manner in which these people can plan and prepare for severe weather.
As for my lore, I’m from northern Virginia (the Appalachian side, not the DC side) and I got my undergrad degree in physics and environmental science from the University of Virginia (wahoowa!). While Madison is a neat city, I deeply miss the mountains and sweet tea. I’m terrible at picking just one hobby and as a result my free time is filled with an assortment of reading, writing, drawing, painting, knitting, baking, playing Legend of Zelda . . . (this list goes on for a while)
Grazie per la lettura; buona fortuna finché non ci rincontreremo!
Sofía Ávila Nevarez
Ian Beckley
An interest in meteorology grew rapidly from its utility in sailboat racing. Having grown up in the Great Lakes reigon, I began specializing in the analysis and theory of mid-latitude weather systems. After receiving my M.S. under the direction of Professor Jon Martin, I began investigating interactions between tropical cyclones and the mid-latitude jet stream with Professor Adames Corraliza. Still, I retain a wide range of academic interests, primarily in the analysis of weather systems, cross-scale interactions, and topics in global circulation. Outside of the lab, I coach the Wisconsin Sailing Team and provide weather consultations for sailboat races.
If not in room 1411, you are likely to find me racing sailboats on the western Great Lakes, on my bicycle, or paddling on Lake Mendota.
Undergraduate Students
Adrianna Modelska
I'm Adrianna Modelska, a senior undergrad studying Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences as well as Polish. My interests rely mainly on tropical cyclones, and tsunamis, as well as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and how it's affected by a warming globe. My future is still undecided after graduation but I'm leaning toward getting my master's degree.
Former Students
Former PhD Students
Haochang Luo
Former MS Students
Kayleen Torres Maldonado
Chelsea E. Snide
Former undergraduates
Sam Ephraim
Nelly Emlaw
Brandon Molina