Research

Research Focus

Earth System Modeling and Operational Weather Forecasting

As a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Michigan, I work on technical development of NOAA’s operational forecasting system: Unified Forecast System (UFS). The Great Lakes hold one of the world’s largest freshwater resources, and lake–atmosphere interactions drive substantial annual precipitation across the region.

I have implemented dynamic coupling of lake temperature and ice coverage into UFS to improve snowfall forecasts during winter storms. My research also investigates the impact of lake evaporation on summer rainfall, combining regional forecasting with meteorology and stable water isotope measurements (δ¹⁸O, δD) in Michigan.

3-D Animation of Cloud Formation During Lake-Effect Storm: UFS-FVCOM Simulation for RRFSv1 Configuration

I also participated in Dynamical Core Model Intercomparison Project, and I have been working with AI emulators for atmospheric dynamics. Checkout by blog on creating a simple workflow for AI driven weather forecast.

Community Science and Sustainable Development

As a AGU Community Science Fellow, I managed a 18 month long project focused on community driven data collection to measure underwater acoustic signatures in Calcasieu river. The project identified bioacoustic signatures and detected changes relative to ship traffic. In collaboration with Habitat Recovery Project, the project aimed at understanding the impact on underwater noise pollution for sustainable fisheries in Louisiana Project Page.

I am serving as a Community Scientist with Boynton Beach to investigate urban heat island effect in Florida and develop strategies for urban heat resilience Project Page.

Formation and Evolution of Planetary Atmospheres

As a scientific collaborator with NASA Juno mission, I worked on scientific analysis of Juno Microwave Radiometer data. My investigation of Jupiter’s deep atmosphere revealed highly depleted alkali metals, and their thermochemistry forming thin alkali sulphide and halide clouds. Heavy elemnent inventory in a gas giant has implications on its formation and evolution.

Elemental Abundances in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Alkali metals are expected to depleted in Jupiter’s atmosphere

Space Environment of Planets and Satellites

My analysis of Jupiter’s polar atmosphere observations at microwave frequencies provided evidence of high-energy electron precipitation and their time-dependent behavior. I am also collaborating with Juno radio occultation team to understand the auroral ionosphere. I received a NASA Group Achievement Award for Juno Radio Occultation.

I am actively working on investigating the plasma interactions in lunar orbit and near-surface environment.