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My curriculum vitae. You can download a more complete version at the button above. For more information refer to my publications, presentations and project pages.

General Information

Full Name Nicholas H. Androski
Location University of Michigan Ann Arbor Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering (CLaSP)
Email nandrosk@umich.edu

Education

  • Climate and Space Sciences Engineering PhD (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
    • 2024 - Present. Anticipated 2029.
    • Attained Candidacy in May 2026
  • 2026
    Climate and Space Sciences Engineering MS (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
  • 2024
    Physics BS (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo)
    • Minors in Astronomy and Mathematics.
    • GPA: 4.0/4.0

Experience

  • Graduate Student Research Assistant
    University of Michigan
    • Advised by Dr. Christiane Jablonowski
    • Working on the NSF StormSPEED project to integrate DOE's non-hydrostatic spectral element dynamical core and assess its scientific validity with a focus on idealized test cases of convective dynamics.
    • Developing and using idealized test cases to understand the sensitivity of dynamical core modeling decisions on atmospheric flow.
    • Using GIS tools to assess risk to environmental hazards and the inequities in who faces the worst risks within Washtenaw County as a part of the Rackham Reparative Justice Research Group.
    • Contributing to the organization of non-hierarchal monthly discussions of justice topics, such as climate and energy justice, with a focus on identifying the action we can enact in the present.
  • 2023
    Solar REU Intern
    Center for Astrophysics Harvard and Smithsonian.
    • Advised by Dr. Kristoff Paulson.
    • Developed original code to extract, visualize, and analyze plasma and electromagnetic (EM) data from NASAs Parker Solar Probe (PSP) mission in order to search for EM wave activity in the Suns corona that may contribute to the high temperatures at the crux of the coronal heating problem.
    • Produced a catalog of Sub-Alfvenic intervals in PSP data which indicates when the probe is within the corona and presented the list to the PSPs SWEAP instrument science team.
    • Cal Poly Senior Project.
      • Continued work with Dr. Paulson until June 2024 culminating in a senior project report.
      • The report provides a comprehensive overview of ion-cyclotron waves in the context of solar coronal heating.
  • 2023
    Undergraduate Research Student
    Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
    • Advised by Dr. Elizabeth Jeffery.
    • Standardized photometry of the metal rich open cluster NGC 6253 and used a Bayesian Analysis software (BASE-9) to constrain the cluster age by fitting the main sequence turn off age.
    • Presented work as a poster at the 2024 Winter AAS meeting.
  • 2022
    Frost Research Student
    Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
    • Simulated unresolved binary star systems to analyze the effectiveness of a novel technique for measuring the age of individual main sequence stars through Bayesian analysis.
    • Developed a data framework in Jupyter Notebook with widgets that organized and streamlined the analysis of 100s of non-Gaussian posterior distributions.
    • Presented a poster presentation at the 2023 Winter AAS meeting.
  • 2021
    Frost Research Student
    Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
    • Advised by Dr. Jennifer Klay.
    • Worked with large sample of millions of nuclear fission event data from the Neutron Induced Fission Fragment Tracking Experiment (NIFFTE) with CERN’s ROOT framework.
    • Developed an algorithm to characterize and sort rare ternary alpha nuclear fission events.

Publications and Technical Reports

  • Androski, N.H, Paulson, K. (2024). Identifying Ion-Scale Waves in Parker Solar Probe Sub-Alfvénic Intervals. Digital Commons at Cal Poly.

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
    • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Philip and Christina Bailey College of Science and Math 2024 Academic Excellence Award
    • Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Department of Physics Academic Excellence Award
    • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo graduating honors Summa Cum Laude
    • Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Philip and Christina Bailey College of Science and Math Deans List for all quarters of attendance

Volunteer

  • Graduate Undergraduate Student Organization (GUStO) Student Engagement Chair
    • University of Michigan
    • Organize and run events for graduate and undegraduate students within the climate and space department.
    • Compile annual budgets and plans for student events.
  • Society of Physics Students President
    • Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Fall 2022 - Spring 2024
    • Established a set of social norms for the physics community lounge in collaboration with the Women in Physics club based upon a community focused townhall in order to make the space more welcoming and safe for new students and underrepresented members of the community.
    • Led weekly meetings to oversee progress and delegate tasks towards goals that promote diversity and a sense of community in the difficult journey of studying physics.
    • Planned the physics department spring banquet with 100+ attendees to celebrate and honor the work of faculty and students.

Academic Interests

  • Climate Modeling.
    • Global high resolution model development, particularly in the realm of atmospheric dynamics.
    • Ideal model test cases for to assess model sensitivities and improve model fidelity.
    • NCAR's Community Earth System Model (CESM) and the Spectral Element (SE) dynamical core.
  • Data Visualization and Model Documentation.
    • Particularly applied as a tool for education.
    • Focus on open source development with plentiful documentation.
  • Environmental Justice.
    • Inequities in vulernable populations to heat extremes and urban heat island effects
    • Incorporating a lens of environmental justice within climate science that addresses how inequities and systems of exploitation exacerbate and fuel the climate crisis.

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Biking, gardening, volleyball, hiking, learning something new!