Team
Patrick T. Brown
The Weather, Climate and Human Systems Lab at San José State University is run by Dr. Patrick T. Brown. Patrick holds a Bachelors's degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, a Master's degree from the department he is now a faculty member in (Meteorology & Climate Science at San José State University) and a Ph.D. from Duke University in Earth and Ocean Sciences. He has also conducted research at the Carnegie Institution at Stanford University, NASA JPL at Caltech, NASA Langley in Virginia, NASA Goddard in Washington DC, and NOAA’s GFDL at Princeton University. He has published peer-reviewed papers in Nature, PNAS, and Nature Climate Change, as well as many other journals and his research has been highlighted in The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Huffington Post, and The Guardian among other places. See his full C.V. here.
Current Members
Kyle Bergerson (Graduate Student)
Kyle was born and raised in Southern California, where he discovered his love for the ocean at a young age, which gradually developed into a curiosity of Earth systems. He earned his Bachelors of Science in Earth Science from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Currently serving as Vice-Chair of the Surfrider Foundation Santa Cruz Chapter, Kyle is an active environmentalist driven by his love for the ocean and desire to reduce the stresses of anthropogenic activity on the environment. As a surfer, skier, fisherman, wildlife enthusiast, and general outdoorsman, Kyle is committed to protect first and enjoy second in the natural world.
Holt Hanley (Graduate Student)
Danny Sunvold (Graduate Student)
Pardeep Pall (Research Scientist)
Alumni
Juan Zuniga (Undergraduate Student)