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
Ian Beckley
Ian Beckley is a PhD student studying interactions between tropical cyclones and the large-scale environment. He previously received a B.S. in Geoscience from Hobart College, and an M.S. in Atmospheric Science from UW-Madison under the direction of Prof. Jon Martin. His primary research interests include subtropical/extra-tropical weather systems, quasi-geostrophic theory, and potential vorticity analysis. Outside of academia, Ian is an avid sailboat racer and enjoys kayaking on nearby lakes.
Sofía A. Avila Nevarez
Sofía is a graduate student currently researching the moist processes of moist tropical heat waves. She received my B.S. in Meteorology from Virginia Tech in Fall 2022 and began M.S. studies in Fall 2023. Her research interests include large-scale atmospheric dynamics and the interactions with tropical convection. Outside of research, Sofía’s hobbies can range from: lego-building, and attempts at pottery and skateboarding.
Yi-Bin Horng
Yi-Bin is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research interests include tropical meteorology and climate change. He received his MS in Atmospheric Physics and BS in Atmospheric Sciences from National Central University in Taiwan and joined the group in 2024. Yi-Bin’s current research focuses on the modulation of the Madden-Julian Oscillation by the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation through cirrus cloud radiative feedback.
Adrianna Modelska
Adrianna Modelska is a graduate student studying Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences as well as Polish. Her 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.
Former Students
PhD Completed
Haochang Luo
Rosa M. Vargas-Martes
MS Completed
Kayleen Torres Maldonado
Chelsea E. Snide
Rebecca “Becca” Lynn Hall
Former undergraduates
Sam Ephraim
Nelly Emlaw
Brandon Molina