Announcement for the W.I.N.G.S. 2025 Ph.D. Dissertation Fellows featuring portraits of the three selected student researchers.

Welcome WPO Innovation for Next Generation Scientists (WINGS) Fellowship 2025–2027 Class

UCAR | CPAESS and NOAA’s Weather Program Office are pleased to welcome the second class of the Weather Program Office (WPO) Innovation for Next Generation Scientists (WINGS) Dissertation Fellowship of 2025–2027. The purpose of this fellowship is to help PhD students gain real-world, doctoral experience applying expertise in their field of study to weather model…

Kate Pereira, a graduate student, stands next to oceanographic sensors at a U.S. Naval Meteorology and Oceanography booth.

W.I.N.G.S. Fellow: Kaitlin Pereira

Kaitlin Huelse   Internship Season Summer 2025-2026 Internship Alignment EPIC Institution and PhD Advisor Colorado School of Mines | Eric Anderson Proposal Title Improvement of Lake Representation in Operational Weather Forecasting What inspired you to become a scientist (maybe something from your childhood or youth)? Even though I grew up in landlocked Idaho, I have…

Luke Howard smiles while standing on a rocky overlook with a frozen lake and lenticular clouds in the background.

W.I.N.G.S. Fellow: Luke Howard

Lucas “Luke” Howard   Internship Season Summer 2025-2026 Internship Alignment JTTI Institution and PhD Advisor University of Colorado, Boulder | Aneesh Subramanian Proposal Title Improved Utilization of Dense Observations in Data Assimilation Systems Using Machine Learning What inspired you to become a scientist (maybe something from your childhood or youth)? There is no single moment…

Research poster by Elena M. Fernández on applying stratospheric polar vortex geometry to subseasonal weather forecasts using machine learning.

W.I.N.G.S. Fellow: Elena Fernandez

Elena Fernandez   Internship Season Summer 2025-2026 Internship Alignment EPIC Institution and PhD Advisors University at Albany, SUNY | Andrea Lopez Lang and Zheng Wu Proposal Title Implementing Machine Learning to Resolve Troposphere-Stratosphere Coupling and Teleconnections in S2S Forecasts What inspired you to become a scientist (maybe something from your childhood or youth)? My mother…