Member of a team that leads the coordination, execution, and reporting of the $75M FY18 & FY19 Disaster Supplemental Programs (DSUP), which supports research to improve hurricane and flood forecasting and mitigation capabilities, as well as wildfire prediction, detection, and forecasting within NOAA WPO.

* Managed the modernization, completion, and launch of the new OMPS website to include NOAA-20 and SNPP data by modifying and updating IDL, Shell, and HTML code. Created a suite of GeoTIFF and NetCDF products to enhance user experience. * Awarded the NOAA Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) Outstanding Team Member of the Month and the Maximus Satellite Mission Operations Management Systems (SMOMS) Star Award Team Member of the Month for work completed on the OMPS SO2 webpage. * Developed and implemented a Python script into the HMS fire application that produced separate satellite KML and KMZ files and a KML bundle, allowing for an increased number of fire points that can be displayed on the HMS website. * Utilize ENVI/IDL to develop and maintain application products for the Hazard Mapping System (HMS) fire product in support of the Satellite Mission Operations Management Systems (SMOMS) contract at NOAA.* Implement Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-17) fire points into HMS and assist in optimizing the speed of the system.* Ensure accuracy and customer delivery of the Ozone Mapping Profiling Suite (OMPS) sulfur dioxide data from the Suomi-National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (SNPP) and NOAA-20 Earth Observing Satellites (EOS).* Provide support for the Ice Mapping System (IMS) housed at the United States National Ice Center (NIC). Ensure delivery of ground and satellite based data to the NIC to enable daily analysis, production, and distribution of operational products to the web and clients.

NOAA Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE), Missions IV, V, VII, VIII, IX* Contributed to existing knowledge of how Saharan dust aerosols impact hurricane formation, ozone production, and the radiation balance at the Earth’s surface.* Worked with a team of atmospheric scientists to develop and implement research plans for AEROSE missions, which aim to characterize the atmospheric and oceanic impacts and the chemical, physical, and biological evolution of Saharan and sub-Saharan aerosols during transport across the Tropical Atlantic Ocean.* Collected a suite of unique, corroborating measurements during a series of intensive field missions over the Tropical North & South Atlantic Ocean.* Served as lead graduate researcher in charge of Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 and PM 10 chemical and biological sampling in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines.* Released radiosondes and analyzed data during co-located satellite overpasses.* Assessed the capability of EOS satellites in detecting and resolving the impact of aerosols from regions including West Africa on radiance measurements over the Atlantic Ocean. Satellites included the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI), and the Cloud Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO).* Developed scripts in IDL and MATLAB to read, extract, and analyze data from NetCDF and HDF files. Performed time series and back trajectory analysis on Saharan and sub-Saharan air masses to better characterize mineral source regions. Performed data analysis using active (LIDAR) and passive satellite data and ship-based sunphotometer data to analyze AOD, dust particle size, dust altitude, and spatial distribution.

Ground-Based Remote-Atmospheric Sounding Project (GRASP)* Worked with a team of atmospheric scientists during a field campaign to validate atmospheric data from EOS satellites.* Released radiosondes during co-located satellite overpasses.* Facilitated deployment of a suite of passive and active ground-based remote sensing instruments and in-situ sensors to improve the accuracy of interferometer and Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) measurements.* Employed MATLAB to perform data analysis on a suite of pyranometer, radiosonde, and passive satellite data to validate satellite tropospheric soundings.