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CEWIT · STONY BROOK · 40.92°N 73.12°W● LIVE
— Group · 14 members

Scientists studying the atmosphere by listening to it.

Researchers, postdocs, and students across Stony Brook University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, McGill University, and Politecnico di Torino.

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Pavlos Kollias

SUNY Empire Innovation Professor · SoMAS · BNL

Kollias is a SUNY Empire Innovation Professor at the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University with a joint appointment in the Environmental Science and Technologies Department at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at McGill University and Global Faculty at the University of Cologne.

For twenty-five years he has worked at the cutting edge of atmospheric experimentation. He is internationally recognized as one of the leading thinkers in the use of radars for atmospheric science, with more than 230 peer-reviewed publications and recipient of a 2013 Humboldt Research Fellowship and the 2020 AGU Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award.

pavlos.kollias@stonybrook.edu

Team members.

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Mariko Oue

Research Professor
Cloud and precipitation microphysics from radar/lidar observations. Polarimetric observables, Doppler spectra, dual-wavelength retrievals.
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Alessandro Battaglia

Associate Professor
Politecnico di Torino & University of Leicester. Active and passive microwave remote sensing. Involved in EarthCARE, WIVERN, and INCUS missions.
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Fan Yang

Scientist
Cloud droplet activation, drizzle initiation, stochastic ice nucleation in mixed-phase stratiform clouds. BNL Cloud Processes Group.
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Katia Lamer

Director, CMAS
BNL Department of Environmental and Climate Sciences. Led development of BNL's mobile observatory; remote sensing for urban climate resilience.
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Edward Luke

Applications Engineer
Novel techniques for observing cloud and precipitation microphysics with millimeter-wavelength radars. Doppler spectra and machine learning.
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Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras

Research Specialist
Technical Manager for the ESA-side EarthCARE CPR L2a processors. Member of the Radar Science Group at McGill University since 2017.
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Zhuocan Xu

Scientist
Cloud processes from active and passive remote sensing — aerosol-cloud interactions, Bayesian retrievals, ice particle habit uncertainties.
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Zeen Zhu

Scientist
Algorithms for ground-based cloud radar and lidar to retrieve cloud microphysical and dynamical properties. High-range-resolution sensing.

Postdocs.

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Jiseob Kim

Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. from Yonsei University. Forward modeling, scattering processes, cloud microphysics. EarthCARE satellite data at McGill.
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Nithin Allwayin

Postdoctoral Associate
Cloud microphysics, turbulence, and convective storm dynamics. MAAS cyberinfrastructure with smart and agile scanning strategies.
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Katherine McKeown

Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D. in Meteorology from Penn State. Severe-weather radar observations, tornado dissipation, supercells in complex terrain.

Graduate & undergraduate.

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Jialin Yan

PhD Student
B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Lanzhou University. Microphysics and dynamics of clouds and remote sensing. Joined 2022.
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Oluwafemi Omitusa

PhD Student
M.S. from University of Oklahoma. Remote sensing and machine learning for boundary-layer processes in urban environments.
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Faidon Mavroudis

PhD Student
PhD candidate at SoMAS and researcher at NKUA. Atmospheric and environmental physics, climate-built environment interactions.
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Stamatia Katsaros

Undergraduate Student
Atmospheric science major at Stony Brook University. Joined the Radar Science group in 2024.

Former members.

Year · Degree
Name
Role
2025 · PhD
Zackary Mages
Doctoral graduate
2025 · Postdoc
Jagdeep Sodhi
Postdoctoral Fellow
2024 · BSc
Skyler Day Harman
Undergraduate
2023 · BSc
Jason Barr
Undergraduate
2022 · PhD
Zeen Zhu
Doctoral graduate
2017 · PhD
Xiaoli Zhou
Doctoral graduate
2016 · MSc
Kirk North
Master's graduate
2016 · MSc
David Burns
Master's graduate
2016 · PhD
Paloma Borque
Doctoral graduate
2014–15 · Postdoc
Stefan Kneifel
Postdoctoral Fellow
2014 · MSc
Katia Lamer
Master's graduate
2013 · PhD
Véronique Meunier
Doctoral graduate
2012 · Postdoc
Scott Giangrande
Postdoctoral Fellow
2012 · MSc
Kevin Bowley
Master's graduate
2012 · PhD
Arun Chandra
Doctoral graduate
2012 · PhD
Jasmine Rémillard
Doctoral graduate
— · Postdoc
Heike Kalesse
Postdoctoral Fellow