Title: Fostering Collaboration and Advancing Research: A Year-Long Internship at NOAA’s Physical Sciences Laboratory

Speaker: Julio Ceniceros, NOAA EPP/MSI CESSRST-II Fellow at UTEP

Date: October 5, 20223

Time: 1:00 PM ET

Venue: Virtual

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Abstract:

Julio Ceniceros, a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Texas at El Paso, successfully completed a year-long internship at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Physical Sciences Laboratory in Boulder, CO, as part of his fellowship with the NOAA Office of Education (OED) under the Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (EPP/MSI). During this internship, Julio significantly bolstered the lab’s research capabilities by developing Python script-based tools to process weather balloon sounding datasets and ocean vertical profile datasets, crucial for studying air-sea fluxes—a central research focus of the lab. This experience not only enriched his research skills but also facilitated his professional growth through hands-on development activities. He contributed novel figures and preliminary findings to his host research lab, showcasing the collaborative synergy between academia and the NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory and emphasizing the significance of such partnerships in advancing atmospheric and oceanic sciences.