
Dr. Claire Pettersen
Assistant Professor
CLaSP, University of Michigan
Ph.D. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017
M.S. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004
B.A. Physics and Astronomy, Carleton College, 2000
Email: pettersc@umich.edu
Researchers

Marian Mateling
UW AOS Researcher (co-Supervised by Prof. L’Ecuyer)
M.S. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016
B.S. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014
Cert. Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014
Email: mateling@wisc.edu

Dr. Fraser King
UM CLaSP Research Fellow
Ph.D. Geography, University of Waterloo, 2022
M.S. Geography, University of Waterloo, 2019
B.S. (Honours), University of Waterloo, 2017
Webpage: https://frasertheking.com
CV: http://frasertheking.com/resume/cv.pdf
Email: kingfr@umich.edu

Dr. Abby Hutson
CIGLR Postdoctoral Fellow (co-Supervised by Dr. Manome)
Ph.D. Geosciences, Texas Tech University, 2021
M.S. Atmospheric Science, Texas Tech University, 2017
B.S., Meteorology and Mathematics, Valparaiso University, 2015
Email: hutsona@umich.edu
Graduate Students

Tristan Rendfrey
UM CLaSP Ph.D. Candidate (co-Advised by Prof. Bassis)
B.S. Mathematics, Colorado State University, 2019
Email: rendfrey@umich.edu

Jack Richter
UM CLaSP Ph.D. Student
B.S. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022
Cert. Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
Email: rijack@umich.edu

Julia Shates
UW AOS Ph.D. Candidate (co-Advised by Prof. L’Ecuyer)
M.S. Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2019
B.S. Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, 2015
B.A. Spanish, University of California, Irvine, 2015
Email: shates@wisc.edu

Alanna Wedum
UM CLaSP Ph.D. Student
B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, 2022
B.A. Geography and GIS, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, 2016
Email: awedum@umich.edu

Yan Xie
UM CLaSP Ph.D. Candidate (co-Advised by Prof. Flanner and Prof. Huang)
B.S. Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University, 2019
Email: yanxieyx@umich.edu
Group Alumni
- John Delpizzo
- Master of Engineering in Applied Climate, Class of 2023
- Anna Eifert (PICASSO REU 2022)
- Carleton College, Political Science and International Relations, Class of 2024