Rosa Vargas Martes
¡Hola! Rosa was a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Allison Wing and Dr. Morgan O'Neill's (University of Toronto) research groups as part of the ORCESTRA/PICCOLO field campaign data analysis team. Her work was guided at better understanding the mesoscale convective organization of precipitating deep convection in the Atlantic ITCZ from a moist thermodynamics’ perspective.
Rosa was born and raised in Puerto Rico, where she fell in love with the atmosphere. In Puerto Rico she was able to experience first-hand the effects of various weather systems, from thunderstorms and hail to easterly waves and catastrophic hurricanes. Experiencing these events ignited her interest in tropical meteorology, while living through and witnessing their aftermath solidified her desire to pursue research in the field that would help these vulnerable communities.
Rosa completed her B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Albany, State University of New York (2018). Following this, she completed her M.S. in Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2020). Finally, she completed her Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (2024). Throughout her undergraduate and graduate studies, she was able to work with historically underrepresented communities and witnessed the lack of representation within the geosciences. In addition to research, Rosa has made it one of her main goals to mentor other students, especially those from underrepresented communities, that are interested in applying to research experiences, graduate school and graduate fellowships. You can find more about her research and these efforts on her personal webpage!
Current Position: NWS San Juan, Puerto Rico
Rosa Vargas Martes
Postdoctoral Scholar
rmv25@fsu.edu
Research Topic: ORCESTRA/PICCOLO - moist thermodynamics, entropy budget
Co-advised with Prof. Morgan O'Neill (University of Toronto)
Publications at FSU
Wing, A.A., M.M. Bell, J.H. Ruppert, Jr., D. Colón-Burgos, W.-T. Hsiao, S. Kennison, M.M. Syrett, R.M. Vargas Martes, C.C. Nam, T. Dao, C. Stoll, M.E. O'Neill, V. Chandrasekar, D. Klocke, PICCOLO: Process Investigation of Clouds and Convective Organization over the Atlantic Ocean, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., in review.