Tyler Barbero's Curriculum Vitae

Education

Graduate Research Assistant
Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science. 2021-2026

Integrated idealized modeling, satellite observations, and balanced theory to investigate the initiation and organization of convection in tropical disturbances under the advisement of Prof. Michael M. Bell.

Carl-Gustaf Rossbypalooza Summer School
University of Chicago, Summer 2024

Investigation of diabatic forcing on upper-tropospheric subtropical cold anomalies exhibited during developing El Niño events using a three-dimensional stationary wave model, collaborating within a Ph.D.-level research team under the advisement of Prof. William Boos.

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Summer 2021

Quantified sources of tropical cyclone track forecast error for 2017 Atlantic major hurricanes using the piecewise potential vorticity inversion technique under advisement of Dr. Jan-Huey Chen.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA. 2018-2020

Led an undergraduate research project identifying meteorological mechanisms driving the diurnal cycle of dust aerosols in the Salton Basin under the advisement of Prof. Amato T. Evan.

William M. Gray Award for best technical manuscript for publication in referred literature during the previous 18-month period on research advancing understanding of the physics and dynamics of the tropical atmosphere and ocean, including hurricanes. 2024
Philip and Elizabeth Hiestand Undergraduate Research Scholarship. 2020
Philip and Elizabeth Hiestand Undergraduate Research Scholarship. 2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant for ATS 580: Science of Hurricanes. Colorado State University. Prof Michael M. Bell. Fall 2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant for ATS 601: Atmospheric Dynamics I. Colorado State University. Prof. David Thompson. Fall 2024
Research Mentor for Research Experience for Undergraduates Program in Earth System Science. Colorado State University. Summer 2024
Guest Lecturer for General Circulation and Tropical Dynamics. Air Force Institute of Technology. Prof. Chandra Pasillas. Fall 2024

Programming: Python, Julia, Bash, Git, LATEX
High-performance computing (HPC) and supercomputing environments
Large-scale data analysis and scientific computing
Scientific data visualization
Scientific communication (oral and poster presentations, public outreach, K-12 education)
Atmospheric instrumentation: radiosondes, meteorological stations, lidar, radiative flux sensors
Certifications: small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) remote pilot’s license