CliMAS undergraduate student and Bethesda, Maryland native, Jane Umhofer, has a thing for water, whether it be in her studies as a future climatologist working on floods and droughts or being part of the University of Illinois Swimming and Diving team. She might also be drawn to the wet stuff as a topic she is very interested in as well is heat. This summer, she was part of a physics...
Student Spotlights
Where are you from? Where were you before you joined CliMAS in Illinois? I am from Naperville, IL. Before joining CliMAS at Illinois minoring in atmospheric sciences, I started at the University of Illinois majoring in Aerospace Engineering which I will graduate from in May of 2024. I am excited to continue my education in CliMAS, pursuing a Master’s in...
We can’t think of a better person to be in Atmospheric Sciences than someone from the “Summer Capital of the Philippines”. Baguio City native, Michie De Vera, was born and raised in a place that sits on a plateau and is about 1.5 kilometers above sea level which brings in a cooler climate. Those stats get her hometown that stellar nickname. After finishing her undergraduate...
Brand new to the Orange and Blue is Maile Sasaki, starting her first year as a grad student in Atmospheric Sciences. As she begins this latest journey, we wanted to get to know her as she gets to know the University of Illinois. Maile hails-no pun intended-from the Bay Area in Northern California via Albuquerque, New Mexico and studied physics as a UG at UC Santa...