Post Doctoral Associate,
New York University,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences,
Center for Atmosphere Ocean Science,
New York City, USA
Idealized numerical studies of dynamical and radiative coupling between the stratosphere and the troposphere. In particular,
the role of water vapor as link between dynamics and radiation in the stratosphere. Development of new intermediate-complexity
General Circulation Model including full radiative transfer calculations and interactive water vapor.
SNSF Advanced Researcher Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Princeton University,
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
Princeton, USA
Idealized numerical studies of the relations between radiative and dynamical forcing, stratospheric dynamics, and stratosphere-troposphere interaction.
SNSF Beginning Researcher Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Princeton University,
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
Princeton, USA
Stratospheric dynamics and stratosphere-troposphere interaction.
Development of an idealized numerical model with emphasis on the stratospheric radiative state.
Study of the origin of the seasonal cycle in temperature in the lower tropical stratosphere.
April 2006 - December 2010
Teaching and Research Assistant (PhD),
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL),
Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas (CRPP),
Lausanne, Switzerland
Numerical studies of radio frequency plasma heating in toroidal fusion devices.
Development of multi-model package for self-consistent modeling over many orders of magnitude in time and space.
Numerical modeling of variety of physical processes, such as particle orbit calculations, wave propagation, wave-particle interaction, and large scale equilibrium calculations.
Heavy code development and optimization for high performance computing machines.
Teaching
2007 - 2010
General Physics for Mathematicians, Quantum Mechanics for Mathematicians
Teaching Assistant, in-class teaching, mentoring, website management.
Class size 70-90 / 5-10
2006 - 2007
Computational Physics for Physicists (C++)
Teaching Assistant, in-class teaching.
Class size 90-120
