A rare south Atlantic hurricane (2005).

Welcome to my site at UNC Asheville. As with all faculty in our department, I teach a variety of courses each year. My research focus includes tropical cyclones (particularly genesis) and remote sensing. My teaching interests center around those topics as well as scientific writing and climate change education.

I came to UNC Asheville in 2005 after spending 2 years at the Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center in Miami FL. There I worked as a post-doc and visiting scientist on a project to assess and improve the use of QuikSCAT ocean surface wind vectors in tropical cyclones. I left Miami just before Katrina and Wilma hit that fall.

If you are considering attending UNC Asheville and majoring in Atmospheric Sciences, I encourage you to browse through our nicely redone department page. We are a truly unique department and university that focuses completely on undergraduate success. If you like virtually unlimited faculty access, small class sizes, a challenging yet rewarding curriculum, internship opportunities at the NWS or National Climatic Data Center (right in downtown Asheville), and deep preparation for careers in meteorology or graduate school, then I think that you will find a home here.