I am a PhD student in Meteorology and Physical Oceanography at the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, University of Miami. I work with Dr. Brian Mapes on understanding the dynamics of precipitating high column water vapor (CWV) “vapor lakes” in the Western Indian Ocean using observations and numerical models, motivated by challenges in representing moisture–convection coupling in climate models.
More broadly, I am interested in tropical convection, moisture organization, and its interaction with large scale circulation. This includes understanding moisture circulation feedbacks across scales, from convective processes to phenomena such as the MJO and ITCZ, and how these are represented in models.
Previously, at IISER Pune, I used CloudSat observations to estimate bulk entrainment in tropical deep convective clouds, focusing on how convective mixing influences cloud structure and its representation in models.
