Dr. David Changnon
Professor
Ph.D. Colorado State University
Applied Synoptic Climatology
Our Research Nuclei
Weather
We have a passion for extreme weather. Tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods are examples of hazards studied by our group.
Climate
Our group is interested in the variability of extreme weather on climate timescales. This includes any potential for change in projected future climates.
Society
Perhaps the most important research focus of our group is on how weather and climate extremes impact humans and our economy.
Current Students
Cody Converse
M.S. Student
Mesoscale Meteorology, NWP
Robert Fritzen
Ph.D. Student
Winter Weather, NWP
Dominique Watson
M.S. Student
Natural Hazards, Forensic Meteorology, GIS
Logan Bundy
B.S. Student
Severe Storms, Applied Climatology
Daniel Kallianis
B.S. Student
Catastrophe Modeling, Hazards
Kyle Pittman
B.S. Student
Severe Convective Storms
Kelly Swaney
M.S. Student
Severe Weather, Climate Change
Bailey Stevens
M.S. Student
Severe Storms, Hazards, GIS
Chris Battisto
M.S. Student
Applied Climatology, Severe Storms
Recent News
New research alert! What changes might we expect in future snowstorms ❄️☃️? Check out our new manuscript just published in @NatureClimate https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-020-0774-4 #snow #ClimateChange
*Congratulations* to WCS student Robert Fritzen for his award winning presentation at the 100th AMS Annual Meeting titled, “Distributed Workflow for WRF Processes and Visualization using WRF-Python and Dask” 👏
☀️ A recently renovated lab space in the NIU Meteorology program is opening doors for students thanks to a bequest from one of the program’s founding faculty members. https://www.niutoday.info/2019/12/09/meteorology-students-benefit-from-former-facultys-legacy/
