Christine Neumaier
christine.neumaier@colostate.eduBiosketch
I grew up in Sacramento, California and graduated with my bachelor's degree from the University of Washington in Atmospheric Sciences with a minor in Applied Mathematics. While at the University of Washington, I worked with Dr. Joel Thornton and completed an internship at Pacific Northwest National Labrotory with Dr. Adam Varble and Lexie Goldberger. I completed my MS in the group in Fall 2023 and am now working on my PhD in the group. For my MS thesis, I looked at the dynamics of cold pools that pass the same location in quick succession and how they loft aerosols using the RAMS model. My current research looks at the dynamics of other scenarios of cold pools passing over the same location. I use the RAMS model and observational data collected during the BACS field campaign for my work. In my free time, I enjoy running, reading, playing board games, and photography.
Education
M.S., Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, 2023
B.S., with honors, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, 2021
Awards
Second Place Outstanding Student Presentation Award at the 2024 High Plains AMS/NWA Conference, 2024
Outstanding Student Oral Presentation Award at AMS 15th Symposium of Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions, 2023
CSU Program of Research and Scholarly Excellence (PRSE) Award, 2021
UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences Phil Church Award, 2021
UW Department of Atmospheric Sciences Mindilin-Reed-Caldwell Scholarship, 2020
UW Mary Gates Research Scholarship, Received in 2019 and 2020
Publications
Grant L.D., B. Kirsch, J. Bukowski, N.M. Falk., C.A. Neumaier, M. Sakradzija, S.C. van den Heever and F. Ament, 2024: How variable are cold pools?. Geo. Res. Lett., 51, e2023GL106784. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106784.
Selected Presentations
Neumaier, C.A.,L.D. Grant, S.C. van den Heever, B.D. Ascher, J.A. Escobedo, N.M. Falk, S.W. Freeman, G.R. Leung, A.C. Mazurek, D.S. Veloso-Aguila, S.M. Kreidenweis, R.J. Perkins, and E.A. Stone. Cold Pool Trains in the Colorado Plains. 2024 High Plains AMS/NWA Conference, North Platte, NE, March, 2024. (O)
Neumaier, C.A.,L.D. Grant, S.C. van den Heever, B.D. Ascher, J.A. Escobedo, N.M. Falk, S.W. Freeman, G.R. Leung, A.C. Mazurek, D.S. Veloso-Aguila, P.J. DeMott, S.M. Kreidenweis, R.J. Perkins, and E.A. Stone. Variability of Successive Cold Pools in BACS-I. AMS 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Madison, WI, July, 2023. (O)
Neumaier, C.A., L. D. Grant, S.C. van den Heever, B. Heffernan, R. Perkins, T. Feldman, C. Mampage, E.A. Stone, B. Ascher, N. Bryan, J.M. Creamean, P.J. DeMott, J. Escobedo, N.M. Falk, S.W. Freeman, T. Hill, S. Kreidenweis, G.R. Leung, A. Mazurek, C. Mignani, M. Nieto-Caballero, D. Veloso-Aguila. Transport and Mixing of Bioaerosols by Successive Cold Pools. AMS 15th Symposium of Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions, Denver, CO. January, 2023 (O)
Neumaier, C.A., J.A. Thornton, M. Diamond, B. Holzworth, and K.S. Virts. Human Activity and the Electrification of Storms: Leveraging Natural Experiments Related to COVID-19 and Policy Changes. University of Washington Research Symposium, Virtual, May, 2021. (O)
Neumaier, C.A., A. Varble, B. Schmid, and L. Goldberger. An Analysis of Shallow Orographic Cumulus Clouds Observed During the CACTI Field Campaign. 101st AGU Fall Meeting, Virtual, December, 2020. (P)
Field Experience
Drone pilot, radiosonde operator, forecaster, NSF BioAerosols and Convective Storms Phase I and Phase II (BACS I and II), 2022 and 2023
Service, Outreach, and Teaching
Little Shop of Physics, Science Demo Volunteer, 2023 and 2024
CSU CIRA-ATS Mentoring Program (CAMP) Leadership Team Member, 2022-Present
CAMP Mentor, 2022-Present
PROmoting Geoscience Research, Education, and SuccesS (PROGRESS) Mentor (2021-Present)
FAA Part 107 Licsensed UAS Pilot
UW ATM S 321 (Physics of Climatology), Grader, Spring 2021
UW College of the Environment Academic Grievance Committee, Member, 2020-2021
UW Chapter of the AMS, Treasurer 2018-2019,Undergraduate President 2019-2021