Dr. Nathan Hosannah is an Assistant Professor at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY) and has been performing regional atmospheric weather/climate research since 2013. After investigating aerosols and their effects on intricate and steadily changing summer storms over NYC, Dr. Hosannah’s desire to explore weather in the Caribbean; simultaneously a place that is on the forefront of global climate change and the region of the world where his parents hail from (Guyana) led him to take on a postdoctoral position at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez after receiving his Ph.D. from the CUNY Graduate Center. There, he investigated (and still investigates) multi-scale impacts on weather and climate in the region. This work led him to extend his analyses to season-long periods, within which Saharan dust intrusion, marine aerosol and smoke created from biomass burning take effect on climate and weather over the region. He has presented his work- related to understanding multi-scale impacts on rainfall in coastal urban environments such as NYC, and tropical environments in the Caribbean at numerous national and international conferences.
Programming
Screening and Conversation
Wed, May 18, 2022,
06:30 PM –
08:00 PM