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
Congratulations to WCS member Mr. Cody Converse on the successful defense of his thesis this morning titled, "Environmental discriminators for significant tornadoes and hail in the U.S. using proximity soundings." Make us proud, Cody!
Some good folks on this research and really interesting results when future snowstorms are assessed under global climate change scenarios.
Hope you don't like making snowmen! https://twitter.com/niu_wcs/status/1264955103393525762
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
