Scientist II
Verisk Catastrophe & Risk Solutions, United States.
I currently work in the catastrophe risk modeling industry, applying my expertise in modeling hurricane dynamics towards an improved representation of their physics in parametric risk models.
My doctoral (Ph.D.) research at the University of Notre Dame (richter lab) focused on understanding the internal dynamical processes influencing tropical cyclone rapid intensification, modeling air-sea interaction from submesoscale to turbulent scales and their impact on storm intensity. As part of my dissertation, I proposed a novel geostatistical framework utilizing a combination of numerical model simulations and observation data, to understand the role of anomalies in sea surface surface temperature (SST) on the rapid intensification of hurricanes. In addition, I investigated the physics of turbulence and organized structures (roll vortices, mesovortices, streaks and updraft-downdraft couplets) in hurricane eyewalls and how they modulate storm structure and intensity changes.
Timeline of my academic journey
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Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences (Fluid Dynamics), 2020 - 2024
Dissertation: On the Internal Processes Modulating Tropical Cyclone Intensity: Turbulent Stresses & Submesoscale Dynamics. [DOI]
University of Notre Dame, United States. -
Postgraduate (PGd.) in Earth System Physics, 2019 - 2020
Thesis: Local and Non-Local PBL schemes in WRF model - Impact on the Intensification of Tropical cyclone Idai.
International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy. -
Masters (MSc.) in Mathematical Sciences, 2018 - 2019
Thesis: Simulating the influence of Sea Surface Temperature on Tropical Cyclones over South-West Indian ocean, using the UEMS-WRF regional climate model.
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), Rwanda. -
Bachelors (BSc.) in Geophysics, 2012 - 2017
University of Lagos, Nigeria.
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