The CliMAS Graduate Ambassadors serve as a resource for prospective graduate students interested in the Department of Climate, Meteorology, and Atmospheric Sciences.
For questions, please contact atmos-grad-ambassador@illinois.edu.
Kaylie Bonifer
- Advisor: Joseph Trujillo-Falcón and Steve Nesbitt
- Email: bonifer2@illinois.edu
- Kaylie's research is interdisciplinary with focuses on winter weather hazard communication and analysis of snowfall total observations. She is originally from French Lick, Indiana. A fun fact about Kaylie is she has a fluffy black cat named Sebastian. Kaylie is excited to be an ambassador because she loves meeting new people from all over the world and the US. She also knows choosing the right graduate school program is difficult and wants to help make that process a little easier.
Anthony Corrales
- Advisor: Joseph Trujillo-Falcón
- Email: alc12@illinois.edu
- Anthony's research is on the intersection of tropical meteorology and bilingual risk communication. Originally from North Carolina, Anthony enjoys traveling -- he has visited 4 countries in the same day. As a prospective student, he was able to interact with the other graduate student ambassadors and be introduced to UIUC. He liked being shown some insight on the department and having a good point of contact to begin his journey, and wants to be able to be that experience for a future student.