People

David Nolan

Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences

Prof. Nolan's main research topics are hurricanes, tornadoes, and tropical meteorology. Currently, he is supervising research projects on the impacts of hurricane winds in urban environments, the rapid intensification of hurricanes, gravity waves radiating out of hurricanes, and gravity waves radiating upward from thunderstorms and into the stratopshere. He teaches classes on mid-latitude atmospheric dynamics, the general circulation of the amtopshere, and the dynamics of vortices in the atmosphere and ocean.

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Luke Rosamond

Ph.D. Student

Luke Rosamond is a PhD student from North Carolina. He will be working on the Convective Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere (CGWaveS) research project to study atmospheric gravity waves that are generated by thunderstorms and propagate upward into the stratosphere.

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Cam Pine

Ph.D. Student

Cam Pine worked as an undergraduate researcher with Dr. Nolan until his graduation in May of 2023. In Fall 2023 he joined the Rosenstiel School as a graduate student in Atmospheric Sciences, working on hurricane structure and intensification.

Jimmy Yunge

M.S. Student

Jimmy Yunge is a third-year M.S. student in the MPO program, with a B.S. in meteorology and applied mathematics from the University of Miami. His scientific interests include numerical modeling of tropical cyclones and the hurricane boundary layer. Outside of research, Jimmy enjoys scuba diving and storm chasing, and is currently writing a novel.

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Brian McNoldy

Senior Research Associate III

Brian is a Senior Research Associate III working on a variety of projects related to tropical cyclones, including high-resolution modeling and hurricane hazard communication.

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Yi Dai

Assistant Scientist

Dr. Yi Dai is currently working on the Convective Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere (CGWaves) project. Dr. Dai earned his Ph.D. on the dynamics of tropical cyclones from UM in 2019. He is also interested in land-atmosphere interaction and convective storms over the land.

Jun Zhang

Scientist

Dr. Jun Zhang is a Scientist at the University of Miami. He is also associated with the Hurricane Research Division (HRD) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Dr. Zhang’s research focuses on hurricane boundary-layer structure and dynamics, air-sea interaction, hurricane intensity change, and physical parameterizations in numerical models.Dr. Zhang has flown more than 30 Hurricanes with NOAA’s P3 aircraft and experienced more than 100 eyewall penetrations.

Alumni (with graduation year and current affiliation)

  • Takuya Takahashi, MS 2023, Japan Meteorological Agency
  • Ryder Fox, MS 2022, THRIVE Lifeline
  • Rebecca Evans, PhD 2021, Concordia University
  • James Hlywiak, PhD 2021, Naval Research Laboratory
  • Joaquin Blanco, PhD 2018, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • Matthew Onderlinde, PhD 2016, National Hurricane Center
  • Kieran Bhatia, PhD 2015, Guy Carpenter Reinsurance
  • Michael McGauley, PhD 2012, Miami-Dade College
  • Yumin Moon, PhD 2012, San Diego Gas & Electric
  • Daniel Stern, PhD 2010, Naval Research Laboratory