Staff and Students

State Climate Office Staff

Dr Kathie Dello

Dr. Kathie Dello

Director and State Climatologist
Phone: 919-513-2101
Email: kddello@ncsu.edu

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Dr. Jared Bowden

Associate Director
Email: jhbowden@ncsu.edu
Phone: 919-513-0244

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Bobbi Burwell

Research Program Administrator
Email: baburwel@ncsu.edu
Phone: 919-513-2444

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Dr. Haven Cashwell

Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Email: hjcashwe@ncsu.edu

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Corey Davis

Corey Davis

Assistant State Climatologist
Email: cndavis@ncsu.edu

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Kátia Fernandes

Dr. Kátia Fernandes

Senior Research Scholar
Email: kdeavil@ncsu.edu

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Dr. Timothy Glotfelty

Research Scholar
Email: twglotfe@ncsu.edu

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Sean Heuser

Sean Heuser

Assistant State Climatologist
ECONet Manager
Phone: 919-515-0411
Email: spheuser@ncsu.edu

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Josh Ledford

Josh Ledford

IT System Administrator
College of Sciences
Email: jdledfo2@ncsu.edu

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John McGuire

John McGuire

Applied Meteorologist and Data Manager
Phone: 919-515-0412
Email: jamcguir@ncsu.edu

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Myleigh Neill

Myleigh Neill

Instrumentation Technician
Phone: 919-515-4052
Email: mneill@ncsu.edu

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McKenzie Peters

McKenzie Peters

ECONet Researcher
Email: mrpeter7@ncsu.edu

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Kalyn Rosenberg

Kalyn Rosenberg

Sr. Program Manager
Carolinas Collaborative on Climate, Health, and Equity (C3HE)
Email: krosenb@ncsu.edu

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Greg Tierney

Dr. Greg Tierney

Research Scholar

Email: getierne@ncsu.edu

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Allison Whitaker

Allison Whitaker

Extension Associate

Email: ahwhita2@ncsu.edu

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Students

Alyssa Griffin

Alyssa Griffin

Graduate Student

Alyssa Griffin is a second year graduate student at North Carolina State University in the Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences Department. She is investigating extreme precipitation in North Carolina and updating intensity-duration-frequency curves for different future climate scenarios under the advisement of Dr. Sarah Larson and Dr. Kathie Dello. Her research interests are broadly related to the societal impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Alyssa graduated from Plymouth State University in 2023 where she earned her B.S. in Meteorology and Minors in Technical Mathematics and Sustainability.

Kaitlin Karaffa

Kaitlin Karaffa

Graduate Student

Kaitlin Karaffa is a PhD student at North Carolina State University in the Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department. Her work involves determining the physical impacts of droughts and how these events are being perceived by those residing in the Carolinas. Her research melds the physical and social science of drought events in North Carolina. Kaitlin also received her B.S. in Environmental Science as well as a minor in Meteorology from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania (2020).

Lily Raye

Lily Raye

Graduate Student

Lily Raye joined the State Climate Office in August 2022 as a graduate student. She is working with Dr. Kathie Dello and Dr. Timothy Glotfelty to analyze climatological extreme heat events in the Carolinas, and to assess the accuracy of heat metrics and warning systems. Her current research interests involve comparing heat index to Wet Bulb Globe Temperature and analyzing the societal impacts of extreme heat in North Carolina and the Southeastern US. She received a B.S. in Meteorology with a minor in mathematics from the University of Oklahoma in 2022.