Christina M Patricola

Christina M Patricola

Position
  • Associate Professor
  • Department of the Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate
The primary goal of my research is to understand the physical relationships between impactful weather events, natural climate variability, and climate change within the coupled Earth system.  I design and perform high-resolution numerical climate model simulations to investigate connections between the large-scale climate and impactful weather events, including tropical cyclones, floods, storms, and drought.

Research areas:
- climate variability and change
- climate dynamics
- tropical cyclones
- atmosphere-ocean interactions
- high-resolution climate modeling

Contact

3019 Agronomy Hall
716 Farm House Ln.
Ames
,
IA
50011-1051
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Education

  • Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, Cornell University, 2010
  • M.S., Atmospheric Science, Cornell University, 2007
  • B.S., Geological Sciences, Cornell University, 2005

Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of the Earth, Atmosphere, and Climate, Iowa State University (7/2023 – present)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University (8/2020 – 7/2023)
  • Research Scientist, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (8/2016 – 8/2020)
  • Associate Research Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University (9/2013 – 8/2016)
  • Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University (3/2012 – 9/2013)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University (8/2010 – 3/2012)

Scholarly Service

 

updated 3/25/2025


Portrait by Marilyn Chung, © 2018 The Regents of the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory