Ángel F. Adames Corraliza
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ángel Francisco Adames Corraliza 1988 (age 36–37) |
| Alma mater | University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (B.S.) University of Washington (M.S., Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Tropical meteorology Madden–Julian oscillation Moisture mode theory |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship National Science Foundation CAREER Award James R. Holton Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Atmospheric science |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Michigan |
Ángel F. Adames Corraliza is a Puerto Rican-American atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on tropical meteorology, climate dynamics, and large-scale interactions between moisture and convection. He is the Ned P. Smith Distinguished Chair of Climatology in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 2025, Adames Corraliza was named a MacArthur Fellow.
Education
Adames Corraliza earned his Bachelor of Science degree in physics, summa cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez in 2010.[1] He completed both his Master of Science in 2013 and Doctor of Philosophy in 2016 degrees in atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle.[2]
Career
After completing his doctorate, Adames Corraliza was a visiting postdoctoral scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 2016 to 2018. He joined the University of Michigan in 2018 as an assistant professor in the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, where he was also a faculty associate in the Latina/o Studies Program within the Department of American Culture.[3]
In 2020, he moved to the University of Wisconsin–Madison as an assistant professor in atmospheric and oceanic sciences. He became an associate professor in 2024 and currently holds the Ned P. Smith Distinguished Chair of Climatology.[4][5]
Research
Adames Corraliza's research examines the dynamics of tropical weather systems, including the Madden–Julian oscillation, tropical easterly waves, and the coupling between moisture, convection, and atmospheric circulation.[6][7] He has contributed to the development of moisture mode theory, which describes large-scale tropical variability driven by moisture–convection interactions.[8]
He has served as associate editor for the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems[9] and previously for Monthly Weather Review.
Honors and awards
- 2025 – MacArthur Fellow[10]
- 2024 – Phillip R. Certain-Gary D. Sandefur Distinguished Faculty Award, University of Wisconsin–Madison[11]
- 2023 – National Science Foundation CAREER Award[12]
- 2022 – Exceptional Service Award, Office of the Provost, University of Wisconsin–Madison
- 2019 – Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences[3]
- 2018 – James R. Holton Award, American Geophysical Union[13]
References
- ^ "Exalumno del RUM recibe prestigioso Premio MacArthur por su trayectoria científica en meteorología tropical". Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez de la Universidad de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 17 October 2025.
- ^ "Alum Ángel F. Adames Corraliza named 2025 MacArthur Fellow". UW.edu. 14 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Ángel F. Adames-Corraliza". University of Michigan.
- ^ "Professors Adames Corraliza and Oyola-Merced Named Distinguished Chairs". Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences.
- ^ "2025 L&S Named Chairs and Professors". College of Letters & Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- ^ "Two Climate Experts Win 'Genius Grants' at a Trying Time for US Science". Bloomberg.
- ^ Kwong, Emily (10 October 2025). "The tropics have a weather forecasting problem. He's trying to fix it". NPR.
- ^ Mayta, Víctor C.; Adames Corraliza, Ángel F. (2023). "Is the Madden-Julian Oscillation a Moisture Mode?". Geophysical Research Letters. 50 (15) e2023GL103002. doi:10.1029/2023GL103002. ISSN 1944-8007.
- ^ "Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems". AGU Journals.
- ^ "Ángel F. Adames Corraliza - 2025 MacArthur Fellow". Macfound.org. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
- ^ "PHILLIP R. CERTAIN & GARY D. SANDEFUR DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD" (PDF). Wisc.edu.
- ^ "Ángel Adames Corraliza Receives NSF CAREER Award". University of Wisconsin–Madison.
- ^ "Past Recipients - James R. Holton Award". AGU.