Professional Prospectus KC King M.S. Graduate Student Desert Research Institute University of Nevada, Reno

Outline  Introduction  Personal History  Professional History  Research Projects at DRI  Future Aspirations

Introduction  2 nd year graduate student in Atmospheric Sciences Work for Michael Kaplan Work for Michael Kaplan  DRI GSA President  Interests: the outdoors, reading, politics, travel

 Born in Palos Verdes, California  Grew up in a small community called Portuguese Bend  Lived here for 18 years  Favorite activities: Horseback riding Basketball Softball Biking

Landslide Area! Fostered my interest in the outdoors and science

Family  Mother is a geography/ earth science professor at CSUDH  Father is an electrical engineer/ patent attorney (now retired)  One full brother, Kellan  Half-siblings Kevin Chris Stephanie Jeff

School Background  Attended Palos Verdes High School Freshman – Junior Year  Graduated from Palos Verdes Peninsula High School in 1992

College Information  Attended U.C. Davis Started in Physics, moved to atmospheric science in junior year  Attended Graduate School at University of Wisconsin, Madison 1996 – 1997 Research in Stratospheric Dynamics  Attended Law School at U.C. Davis King Hall School of Law

Places that I’ve Lived  Davis, California  Madison, Wisconsin  Vancouver, Washington  Lebanon, Oregon  Eugene, Oregon  Reno, Nevada

Intermission

A Few Fun Facts  I’m a 4 th Generation Californian  My father is Stephen King  I fell for a fantastic April Fool today  I’m crewing for the NorCal AIDS Challenge in May (300+ mile bike ride)  My goal is to bowl a perfect game before I finish graduate school  I have taken the PSAT, SAT, GRE, LSAT, CA Bar Exam and CBEST

Professional History  Technical Jobs Technical Support Technical Support University of WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin LabtecLabtec Network Consultant Network Consultant US Bank network conversionUS Bank network conversion Manufacturing Technician Manufacturing Technician Hyundai, Inc.Hyundai, Inc. RAM manufacturingRAM manufacturing PhotolithographyPhotolithography

Legal Work  Patent Attorney Worked for my father Worked for my father Computer hardware related patents Computer hardware related patents  Beck Law Group Trusts, Wills, Estates Trusts, Wills, Estates Drafted wills, property transfers, trusts Drafted wills, property transfers, trusts  Legal Services of Northern California Public Benefits Public Benefits Disability Rights Advocacy Disability Rights Advocacy Assisted people with disabilities going back to workAssisted people with disabilities going back to work

Atmospheric Science Related Employment  Stratospheric Modeling quasi-biennial oscillation  Forecasted for UC Davis Aggie  Climate Research Long term temperature trends in the CA Central Valley  Graduate Research in Stratospheric Dynamics  Ship Track Radiation study

Volunteer Activities  Special Olympics Coach Vancouver, WA Vancouver, WA Track and field, volleyball, basketball Track and field, volleyball, basketball  Legal Clinic at the Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center Founded clinic with friend and coworker Amy Williams Founded clinic with friend and coworker Amy Williams Free clinic Free clinic  Taught “Street Law” class at La Entrada Continuation High School  TA for College Courses at San Quentin Prison Astronomy, Math Astronomy, Math

Graduate School at UNR/DRI  Moved to Reno, NV in 2007  Master’s student in Atmospheric Science  Attend UNR and work for Michael Kaplan  Chose to come to DRI because of applied nature of research Interests in climate, mesoscale dynamics Interests in climate, mesoscale dynamics Wind Energy Project Wind Energy Project

Advisor: Michael Kaplan  Associate Research Professor at DRI  Research Interests Synoptic and dynamic meteorology Synoptic and dynamic meteorology Fire Weather Fire Weather Extreme Events Extreme Events FloodingFlooding Severe TurbulenceSevere Turbulence TornadosTornados Numerical Simulations Numerical Simulations  Former Lives Research Associate Professor at North Carolina State University President and Founder of MESO, Inc. Research, forecasting, atmospheric modeling US Air Force Research Scientist  Educational Background BS and MS from Rutgers University Ph.D. from SUNY Albany

Research Projects  Spillover Precipitation and Flooding Events in Reno, NV Funding through: Funding through: DOD visualization grantDOD visualization grant DRI IPA grantDRI IPA grant UCAR COMETUCAR COMET NSF CIP grantNSF CIP grant Prepared a climatological history of large and medium flooding events in Reno Prepared a climatological history of large and medium flooding events in Reno Assisted with figures for publication Assisted with figures for publication Climatological paperClimatological paper Synoptic and mesoscale paperSynoptic and mesoscale paper Mid-level “atmospheric river” Mid-level “atmospheric river”

Research Projects  COMET Project Funded by UCAR COMET Modeling a rain/snow event in the Reno/ Tahoe area Narrow cold frontal rain band case

Research Projects  North American Monsoon Project Funded by NSF Climate Joint grant with San Jose State  Modeling of the Monsoon Mid-latitude/tropical connections OMEGA Model Dynamic Adaptivity

Research Projects ( or future hopes and dreams)  Wind Energy Modeling Project  Funded by National Renewable Energy Laboratories (DOE)  Modeling for placement of wind turbines in Southern Nevada  Will use and build on research by Dr. Koracin’s group Wind Assessment for NV Wind Assessment for NV Used MM5 and WRF models Used MM5 and WRF models  Potential Master’s Project based on the NREL grant  Meso/ Microscale Modeling  Sensitivity studies in complex terrain Use OMEGA model Static adaptivity and triangular mesh grid elements for complex terrain Test sensitivity to: Initial and boundary conditions Grid cell size

Future Aspirations  Wind energy modeling  Meteorology consulting  Policy work Bridge law and science background Bridge law and science background  Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences  Vet school?

Questions?