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Contact Information

4052-B Natural History Building
1301 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
Graduate Research Assistant

Biography

I am a second-year master's student and  Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Currently, I am working with Professor Francina Dominguez on research about extreme precipitation within the framework of the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI). Before continuing my education in graduate school, I was a meteorologist. I worked as a forecaster for Iskandar Airport in Kalimantan, Indonesia under the Indonesia Agency of Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) since 2020.

Education

M.S. Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, In progress 

Bachelor of Applied Science, School of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (STMKG), South Tangerang, Indonesia (2020)

Awards and Honors

Third Place Best Student 39 Hydro Poster Presentation at the 105th AMS Annual Meeting