Michael Kopelman
I am a third-year undergraduate student, ecstatic to continue working on the moist static energy variability of tropical cyclones under the mentorship of Dr. Wing. Meteorology has always been a passion of mine. The whole field is fascinating to me. However, after years of direct and indirect impact from many hurricanes in the Southeast, I realized that my interests peaked towards tropical cyclones. From there, my goal not only became to study Tropical Meteorology, but to help further prepare the ever-growing populations of the Southeast who could be affected by tropical cyclone weather.
Personally, I am originally from Florida, but I grew up and then graduated Valedictorian from Spring Hill High School just outside of Columbia, South Carolina. Raised a Seminole, I could not be more thrilled to be attending Florida State University studying one of my passions and working to accomplish my goals. Besides Tropical Meteorology, aviation is my other passion and outside of school, I love to travel, saltwater fish, and watch football. I am also a dual citizen of Italy.
Michael Kopelman
UROP 2020-2021, B.S. Student
mvk20@fsu.edu
Research Topic: tropical cyclone moist static energy variability