Research & background
Connecting processes.
Understanding patterns.
My work combines atmospheric physics with statistical learning to study severe-weather environments and climate extremes.
How do atmospheric environments shape the extremes we experience—and how might those environments change?
I investigate this question using reanalysis, climate-model output, weather simulations, station measurements, and hazard reports. My M.S. research at Western Kentucky University focuses on severe-storm environments in the Ohio River Basin, with related projects extending to heat, drought, and precipitation extremes.
Working with Xingang Fan, Zachary J. Suriano, and Manmeet Singh, I develop reproducible workflows for environmental diagnostics, event–environment matching, model calibration, and independent verification.
Severe weather
From environments
to probabilities.
ERA5 diagnostics, NOAA storm reports, Random Forest, and XGBoost support hazard-specific estimates for tornadoes, severe hail, and severe thunderstorm winds.
02Climate extremes
Heat, drought,
and their overlap.
Historical observations reveal where extremes intensify together. I examine long-term change alongside sensitivity to thresholds, baselines, and drought definitions.
03Weather & climate modeling
Simulations with
physical context.
WRF event simulations and ERA5–CMIP6 comparisons connect process-level understanding with regional climate diagnostics and future SSP2-4.5 projections.
How I work
A reproducible research workflow.
- 01
Assemble
Quality-controlled observations, reanalysis, and model output.
- 02
Diagnose
Physically meaningful environmental parameters and event definitions.
- 03
Evaluate
Independent testing, calibration, sensitivity, and spatial verification.
- 04
Communicate
Clear figures, documented methods, and useful research tools.
Education
A foundation in
atmospheric science.
M.S. Geosciences
Western Kentucky University
B.Sc. Meteorology & Climate Science
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Teaching & practice
Sharing tools.
Building understanding.
Before joining WKU, I served as a Teaching and Research Assistant at KNUST, teaching atmospheric-data workflows with Python, NCL, and Fortran. My work with ForWEB also included weather forecasting and early-warning communication.