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Dr. Cameron Homeyer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Professor and Head of the CCC Group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Homeyer joined the faculty in the School of Meteorology (SoM) in July 2014 and shortly thereafter established the CCC Research Group. He completed all three of his degrees (B.S. in Meteorology, M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences) from 2004\u20132012 at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas prior to receiving a postdoctoral fellowship in the Advanced Study Program at the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) from 2012\u20132014. He served as Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies in the SoM from 2017\u20132018 before moving into a similar role supporting the Graduate Program from 2018\u20132023. He now serves as Director of the SoM. Dr. Homeyer\u2019s research is concentrated in two broad areas: radar & satellite meteorology, and upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS) studies. Aircraft and balloon observations are used heavily in his UTLS work, supplemented by convection-allowing model simulations and reanalyses. Much of his research focus in the past decade is directed towards tropopause-overshooting convection and statistical analyses of severe storms. He is known to harbor strong opinions about the definition of the tropopause and excitement for nearly any dynamic phenomenon. Brief summaries and examples of ongoing research activities are summarized on the Research page<\/a> of this website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Francesco De Martin<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Postdoctoral Research Associate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Dr. De Martin joined the CCC group in January 2026. He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Trieste (Italy) in 2020, followed by an M.S. in Physics of the Earth System (2022) and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics (2026) from the University of Bologna (Italy). He is working on advancing radar-based estimation of hail size under the NSF-funded In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains (ICECHIP) field project by utilizing both historical storm reports and NEXRAD WSR-88D radar data and dense observations from ICECHIP cases. His research interests also include the interactions of severe storms with complex topography and urban areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Jaime Herriott<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Jaime joined the CCC group as a graduate research assistant in 2025 and helped execute the NSF-funded In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains (ICECHIP) field project. She is currently studying multi-Doppler radar wind syntheses and diabatic Lagrangian trajectory analysis of hail-producing supercell storms observed during ICECHIP. Jaime received her undergraduate degree from Middle Tennessee State University and her MS degree from Purdue University in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ry McClure<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MS Student<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ry joined the CCC group as a graduate research assistant in 2025. He is currently studying tropopause-overshooting convection within North Atlantic tropical cyclones using 1-minute geostationary satellite imagery. Ry received his undergraduate degree from Penn State University in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kate Stapleton<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MS Student<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kate joined the CCC research group as a graduate research assistant in 2026 and is an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) awardee. She is currently studying structural characteristics of midlatitude mesoscale convective storms using NEXRAD WSR-88D radar observations. Kate received her undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eli Harrison<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MS Student<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Eli joined the CCC group in 2025 as an undergraduate research assistant and transitioned to a graduate research assistant in 2026. He is currently studying long-term changes in midlatitude tropopause characteristics using NWS high-resolution radiosonde observations in the United States. Eli received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma in 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Dr. Andrea Gordon<\/strong> – undergraduate research assistant from 2018\u20132021 and graduate research assistant from 2021\u20132026. Studied stratosphere-troposphere exchange in midlatitude tropopause-overshooting convection and tropical cyclones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Hannah Fagan<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2023\u20132025. Studied stratosphere-troposphere exchange in tropical cyclones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Cole Shepherd<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2023\u20132025. Studied stratosphere-troposphere exchange in midlatitude tropopause-overshooting convection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dr. Amanda Burke (Iris O’Reilly)<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2020\u20132024. Studied machine learning classification of above-anvil cirrus plumes in satellite imagery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dr. Amanda Murphy<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2019\u20132023. Helped lead the development of the GridRad-Severe archive and studied climatology of severe storms with a focus on tornadoes in mesoscale convective systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dr. Emily Tinney<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2018\u20132023. Studied stratosphere-troposphere exchange in midlatitude tropopause-overshooting convection and tropopause definition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Rachael Auth<\/strong> – undergraduate research assistant from 2021\u20132023. Helped lead the establishment of ozonesonde observation system and analyzed collected flight data. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dr. Elisa Murillo<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2016\u20132022. Studied severe storms with a focus on hail and above-anvil cirrus plumes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Kiley Allen<\/strong> – undergraduate research assistant from 2020\u20132022. Helped develop and analyze the GridRad-Severe archive. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Lexy Elizalde<\/strong> – undergraduate research assistant during the 2021 NSF National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tyler Young<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2019\u20132021. Studied fine-scale evolution of midlatitude tropopause-overshooting convection using radar and satellite observations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ryan Bunker<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2018\u20132020. Studied storm-scale properties of long-duration extreme precipitation events.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Dr. Daniel Phoenix<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2015\u20132019. Studied stratosphere-troposphere exchange in midlatitude tropopause-overshooting convection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Aodhan Sweeney<\/strong> – undergraduate research assistant during the 2018 NSF National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Thea Sandm\u00e6l<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2015\u20132018. Studied severe storms with a focus on tornadoes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Shawn Handler<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2015\u20132017. Studied radar-observed precipitation physics of midlatitude mesoscale convective systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Russell Manser<\/strong> – undergraduate research assistant during the 2016 NSF National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alex Boothe<\/strong> – graduate research assistant from 2015\u20132016. Studied global large-scale stratosphere-troposphere exchange.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Joel McAuliffe <\/strong>– undergraduate research assistant during the 2015 NSF National Weather Center Research Experience for Undergraduates. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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