Group photo, October 2026. (from left to right) Evan White, Hannah Koch, Nathan Erickson, Andrew Zondlo, Evan Sudler, Dr. Aaron Hill
CHAOS Research Group
Principal Investigator
Aaron Hill
Assistant Professor of Meteorology
Graduate Students
Nathan Erickson
Graduate Research Assistant
Tornado Forecasting with Deep Learning
Hannah Koch
Graduate Research Assistant
Extreme Precipitation
Evan Sudler
Graduate Research Assistant
ML for Excessive Rainfall
Evan White
Graduate Research Assistant
Machine Learning for High-Impact Weather
Undergraduate Students
Andrew Zondlo
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Hazard Forecasting
Alumni
Kelly Geiger
Graduate Research Assistant
Machine Learning and Extreme Rainfall
Braelyn Long
Undergraduate Research Assistant
QLCS Tornadogenesis
Hanna McDaniel
Graduate Research Assistant
QLCS Mesovortices and Tornadoes
Christian McGinty
Graduate Research Assistant
Co-occuring Tornado and Flash Flood Events
Rebecca Oh
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Predictability of Severe Storms
Ian Shank
REU Student
Machine Learning for Severe Storms
Marina Vicens-Miquel
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Deep Learning and Extreme Rainfall
