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 REU at the University of Washington Bothell.  Her research has been focused on heatwaves within the Pacific Northwest region dealing with the changing climate as well as the correlation of wind direction and extreme heat events.

She hopes to get her masters and then move on to her dream job as a climatologist. What does she want to accomplish as in that position? “I hope to be a voice that can relay necessary scientific information regarding climate change to groups of people who may struggle to understand the implications of a changing climate.”

We wish you well, Jane, and the department is proud to have you as part of our program!