Current group members

Jacob Gunnarson
UH Mānoa Oceanography Graduate Student
(Fall Semester 2020 - Present)

Jacob earned his bachelor’s degree in physics at the College of William & Mary and worked for two years at Hampton University researching the atmospheric dynamics of Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn. Jacob’s current research focuses on the effect of greenhouse gas emissions on future climate variability. He is particularly interested in future changes to the variability of sea surface temperature and wind-driven upwelling that could negatively impact marine ecosystems and fisheries. Jacob uses large ensemble climate models to investigate the physical mechanisms behind these changes in an effort to provide a better basis for understanding and adapting to climate change.

Hillary Beckmeyer
UH Mānoa Oceanography Graduate Student
(Spring Semester 2023 - Present)
[more information upcoming]

Sen Zhao
Assistant Researcher (partially supported by the Stuecker Climate Dynamics Lab)
(11/2021 - Present)

Sen earned his bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Sciences from Lanzhou University and his PhD in Meteorology from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on large-scale climate variability and change and their impacts.

Vera Stockmayer
Visiting Graduate Student - Kiel University, Germany
(Spring semester 2024)

(Co-advised with Niklas Schneider)
[more information upcoming]

Former Group Members & Visiting students

Naoya Takahashi (UH Mānoa Postdoctoral Researcher; partially supported by the Stuecker Climate Dynamics lab in spring 2024)
Dianne Deauna (UH Mānoa Oceanography Graduate Student)
Lisa Maillard (Visiting Graduate Student - University of Toulouse, France)
In-Won Kim (Postdoctoral Fellow; ICCP)
Christian Wengel (Postdoctoral Fellow; ICCP)
Joaquin Blanco (Postdoctoral Fellow; ICCP)