Do you remember the excitement you felt as a child, waking up to find the world outside blanketed in white? That excitement for snow has stayed with me. And even though, due to climate change, snow days are becoming increasingly rare, I’m fortunate to spend my days investigating and thinking about snow.
My main research interest is understanding how snow forms in clouds, not just because it might reach the ground, but because in the mid-latitudes, around 75% of precipitation actually begins as snow within clouds. Yet, the formation and growth of snow remain among the largest sources of uncertainty in weather and climate predictions. This is partly due to our limited understanding of the underlying processes, and partly because it’s so difficult to represent ice microphysics accurately in numerical models. Much of this challenge stems from the complexity of snowflake shapes, after all, no two snowflakes are alike. Their forms depend on the atmospheric conditions they encounter during their journey to the ground.
Improving our understanding of these ice microphysical processes is a critical first step toward better representation in state-of-the-art weather and climate models. If you’re curious to learn more, feel free to explore my publications or browse through the summaries of the projects I’ve been working on.

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