Faculty and Research Staff


Dr. Craig Clements

Dr. Craig Clements

Dr. Craig Clements

Professor and Director

Email: craig.clements[at]sjsu.edu

Office: DH801

Phone: 408-924-1677

Bio

CV [Link]


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Mike Voss

Fire Weather Forecasting and Technician

Office: DH 614A

 

Graduate Students


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Taylor Aydell

Graduate Research Assistant

B.S. Atmospheric Science, Monroe State University, 2018.

Taylor joined the lab to study microphysics of wildfire plumes using Ka-band dual-pol radar.


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Evan Bradish

Graduate Research Assistant

B.A. Geography/GIS, UCLA, 2012.


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Matthew Brewer

Graduate Research Assistant

B.S. Atmospheric Science, SUNY-Albany, 2018

Research: Fire Weather associated with the Camp Fire; UAS applications in the fire environment, Doppler lidar and radar observations.


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Heather Kane

Graduate Research Assistant

B.S. Earth System Science, UC Irvine, 2015.

Studying fire weather index performance for large California wildfires.

Currently: Wildfire Meteorologist, Southern California Edison.


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Holt Hanley

Graduate Research Assistant

B.S. Earth Sciences, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, 2017.


Scott Purdy

B.S., Geography, Salisbury University, 2016.

Scott is an avid surfer and joined the lab in 2018. Scott is studying Meteorological aspects of fire danger in northern California.

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Undergraduate Research Assistants

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Maritza Arreola Amaya


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Liliana Chicas


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Melissa Gonzalez-Fuentes

 

         


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Jackson Yip


 Alumni

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Dianne Hall, M.S. 2019

Thesis: OBSERVATIONS OF FIRE BEHAVIOR ON A GRASS SLOPE DURING A WIND REVERSAL


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Christel Bennese, M.S. 2019

B.S. Meteorology, University of Hawaii, 2012.


Jon on a climb of Mt. Dana, Yosemite.

Jon on a climb of Mt. Dana, Yosemite.

Bruno Rodriguez, M.S. 2018

Meteorologist, National Weather Service, San Diego WFO.

B.S., Atmospheric Science, Georgia Tech, 2016. 

Thesis: Airborne Doppler Radar Observations of PyroCu/Cb Plume Kinematics and Thermodynamics During the 2016 Pioneer Fire


Carrie Bowers

Carrie Bowers

Carrie Bowers, M.S. 2018

Wildfire Meteorologist at SDG&E. 

B.S. Kinesiology, San Diego State University.

Thesis: The Diablo Winds of Northern California: Climatology and Numerical Simulations


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Jonathan Contezac, M.S. 2018

Meteorologist at AgWeatherNet, Washington State University  

B.S. Meteorology, Saint Cloud State University

Thesis: Micrometeorological Observations of Fire-Atmosphere Interactions and Fire Behavior on a Simple Slope


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Dr. Neil Lareau,  2014-2016.

Post-Doctoral Research Associate 

Now: Assistant Professor at University of Nevada, Reno. 

 


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Chris Camacho, M.S. 2017

Now Research Meteorologist, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA. 

B.S., Meteorology, SJSU, 2015

Thesis: Mobile Doppler LiDAR Oservations of the Convective Boundary Layer Over California.


Richard installing a 3-d sonic anemometer.

Richard installing a 3-d sonic anemometer.

Richard Bagley, M.S. 2017

Now: Meteorologist at PG&E.

B.S. Meteorology, San José State University, 2013

Thesis: Nocturnal Drying in Elevated Coastal Terrain of Central California: A Fire Weather Perspective


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Matthew Lloyd, M.S. 2016

Now: Meteorologist at Army Dugway Proving Ground, Utah

B.S. Meteorology, University of Utah, 2012

Thesis: Doppler LiDAR Measurements of Boundary Layer Heights Over San Jose, California


Allison Charland

Allison Charland

Allison Charland, M.S. 2012

Now Meteorologist at PG&E. 

B.S. 2010, Meteorology, San José State University.

Thesis: Doppler Wind Lidar Observations of a Wildland Fire Plume


Daisuke Seto

Daisuke Seto

Daisuke Seto, M.S. 2012

Now at University of Canterbury, NZ Atmospheric Science PhD Program. 

Research Associate, 2012-2014. 

Thesis:Observations and Analysis of Fire-Atmosphere Interactions during Fire Front Passage


Kevin Clifford

Kevin Clifford

Kevin Clifford, M.S. 2011

Meteorologist at Pacific Gas & Electric

Thesis: WRF-Model Performance for Wind Power Forecasting in the Coast Ranges of Central California


Scott Strenfel

Scott Strenfel

Scott Strenfel, M.S. 2010

Meteorologist at Pacific Gas & Electric

Thesis: Emissions and Impacts from Prescribed Fire in a Longleaf Pine Ecosystem


Caroline Kiefer

Caroline Kiefer

Caroline Kiefer, M.S. 2010

Meteorologist at Weather Underground, Inc.

Thesis: Observed Water Vapor Enhancement in Smoke Plumes