Melissa Bukovsky
Norman WAS*IS
April 2006

I am currently finishing my fourth year of graduate school at the University of Oklahoma. I finished up a master's in meteorology at OU in 2004 and am currently working on a doctorate. Before moving to Norman, OK, I lived in the Chicago area where I completed my undergraduate in meteorology at Northern Illinois University in 2002 after receiving an associate in science from the College of DuPage. My current research is focused on precipitation in climate models. I'm looking at the sensitivity of precipitation to convective parameterization and model resolution, potential future changes in regional precipitation in different climate change scenarios, and the implication of precipitation changes in surface hydrology. Outside of school, I'm an avid potter, so I spend much of my spare time covered in clay. I also enjoy reading, music and concerts, dancing, sewing, and spending time outdoors walking my cat.