COAPS Scientists of Distinction
Dr. Eric Chassignet, director of the Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, has been awarded FSU’s Distinguished Research Professor Award. Dr. Chassignet is an expert on the role of the ocean in climate variability from the complementary perspectives of coupled ocean-atmosphere modeling and observations. Dr. Chassignet is a leader in the development of the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM), the Florida Climate Institute, and the Deep-C Consortium, which was created in response to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Tam Nguyen, a COAPS PhD student in oceanography, was selected as a recipient of the Douglas Peterson Vietnamese Scholarship for the 2012-2013 academic year. This scholarship is in honor of Douglas “Pete” Peterson, former U.S. Congressman and former Ambassador to Vietnam. The scholarship is made possible by an endowment gift from Mr. Doan L. Phung, a Vietnamese American and FSU graduate.
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Heather Holbach received her MS in meteorology this summer under the guidance of COAPS’s Dr. Mark Bourassa. The title of her thesis is “The Effects of Gap-Wind-Induced Vorticity, the Monsoon Trough, and the ITCZ on Tropical Cyclogenesis.” Heather is continuing at COAPS as a PhD student.
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COAPS alumnus Dr. Anthony Arguez is a recipient of the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Dr. Arguez is a research climatologist at NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. He received his PhD and MS in meteorology under the direction of COAPS professor emeritus James O’Brien. For more information, please see the NOAA press release.
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COAPS alumnus Michael Lowry can now be seen on The Weather Channel! Michael joined The Weather Channel’s tropical team in September after working at the National Hurricane Center. He received his MS in meteorology also under the guidance of Dr. O’Brien. You can read a 2011 interview with Michael here.