Nicholas H. Androski

My name is Nicholas and Androski and I am currently a 3rd year PhD candidate at the University of Michigan’s Climate and Space Science department advised by Dr. Christiane Jablonowski. In 2024, I recieved my BS in Physics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with minors in mathematics and astronomy where I studied solar corona physics and stellar evolution.

Currently, I am involved in the NSF StormSPEED project which aims to implement an existing non-hydrostatic spectral element (SE-NH) dynamical core from the Department of Energy (DOE) into NCAR’s Community Earth System Model (CESM) to enable climate modeling for the entire globe at the km-scale. I use idealized test cases as a computationally efficient tool to probe the representation of convection, which begins to be resolved at the km-scale, in climate models at the km-scale. You can see more about my reasearch here.

Climate models can be difficult to use and their code even harder to decipher. I strive to make modeling more accessible and transparent to the everyday model-user! Moreover, climate science is more than just modeling. At the heart of climate change are issues of environmental justice brought upon by interconnected systems of colonialism, capitalism, and racial supremacy. I am passionate in bridging climate science with the environmental justice issues felt by our communities. At my department I contribute to the organization of non-hierarchal monthly disussions of justice-related topics. Also, I have previously worked within the Reparative Justice Research Group within UM’s Rackham Interdisciplinary Problem Solving Initiative where I researched how historical racial injustices experienced by Black residents within Washtenaw County (home to Ann Arbor) are associated with inequities in the vulnerability to heat extremes today.

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