University of Miami's Rosenstiel School Department of Atmospheric Sciences

08/28/2026

ATM is handling the Rosenstiel Award this year! The Rosenstiel Award will this year recognize outstanding contributions in the broad area of Atmospheric Sciences. Please consider nominating a worthy mid-career colleague ! The award includes a $5,000 prize. We will need the nominee’s CV, and a letter stating the candidate’s major research contributions. Please send nominations to Committee Chair Michael Fischer ([email protected]) by October 1, 2026.

Atmospheric Sciences University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

08/28/2026

great story on Michael Fischer's hurricane research at

Nearly three decades of airborne radar observations identify four features that help storms align before they intensify.

08/06/2026

so fun to see alum David Painemal, Zhujun Li and son Melin Painemal at the AMS Madison Summit!

08/03/2026

Please join us in congratulating Dave Nolan, professor of atmospheric sciences, for receiving the American Meteorological Society’s 2027 Joanne Simpson Tropical Meteorology Research Award.

The Joanne Simpson Tropical Meteorology Research Award is granted to researchers who make outstanding contributions to advancing the understanding of the physics and dynamics of the tropical atmosphere.

Dave is being recognized for his significant scholarship using theory, field measurements and modeling to advance the fundamental understanding of hurricane dynamics and improve hurricane forecasting operations. He will receive the award at the 2027 AMS Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.

07/09/2026

Hi all -- consider nominating a colleague for the Rosenstiel Award! It's ATM's turn to host - one of the more fun activities we get to do here. The award recognizes outstanding contributions in the broad area of Atmospheric Sciences made, this time, by a mid-career atmospheric scientist (10-20 years post PhD). full description below

06/09/2026

ATM graduate student Shanna Chamhitt and her advisor, Prof. David Nolan, attended the joint meeting of the American Geophysical Union and the Japan Geophysical Union, in Chiba, Japan, on May 24-29.

05/13/2026

nice story on ATM professor Sharan Majumdar:

In 1997, Sharanya (“Sharan”) Majumdar was fresh out of Cambridge University with bachelor’s and doctoral degrees in mathematics, eager to enter the atmospheric sciences.

05/13/2026

Congratulations to one of our recent graduates, Deelan Jariwala, who received the Rosenstiel Outstanding Research Award this year in recognition of his exceptional contributions to multiple research projects. Pictured below are Deelan and Dr. Christopher Landsea at the AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology. During his time at Rosenstiel, Deelan worked with Dr. Landsea on revising historical storms from the 1970s in the Atlantic Hurricane Database (HURDAT), as well as with Michael Fischer on an NSF-funded project focused on vortex alignment. Special thanks to Drs. Landsea and Fischer for their outstanding mentorship and dedication to supporting student research. Best wishes to Deelan as he continues his academic journey working with Dr. Xiaomin Chen at the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the fall.

05/07/2026

It's always bittersweet to say goodbye to our seniors. This group was phenomenal. 6/7 participated in independent research projects where they presented their work at conferences, co-authored publications, and will graduate with Departmental Honors. The one that didn't do research was busy producing CanesCast, UM's weather show that is produced by and stars our broadcast Meteorologists. She is heading to Portland, Maine to begin her successful career. Congratulations to all!!

04/29/2026

So proud of our senior Meteorology student Nimay Mahajan for being a recipient of the prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) for his research project on, 'An Explainable Machine Learning Framework for Multi-Year Prediction of Compounding Weather Hazards'. Nimay will start this fall as a Ph.D. student with Dr. Marybeth Arcodia in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences here at the University of Miami. We can't wait to see what you accomplish. Go Canes!

Read more here:
https://idsc.miami.edu/former-idsc-fellow-nimay-mahajan-awarded-prestigious-nsf-graduate-research-fellowship/