Dr. Sonia Lasher-Trapp

Associate Professor

E-mail: slasher@purdue.edu

Curriculum Vitae <pdf>

Associated Website(s): Cloud Microphysics Research Group, Purdue Climate Change Research Center (PCCRC), Climate & Extreme Weather (CLEW)

Education

Ph.D.- University of Oklahoma (Meteorology).

M.S.- University of Oklahoma (Meteorology).

B.S.- Saint Louis University (Meteorology).

Research Interests

Cloud microphysics, precipitation, giant aerosol, cloud entrainment, numerical modeling and measurements of clouds and precipitation.

Teaching Interests

Atmospheric Thermodynamics, Atmospheric Physics, Cloud Physics, Clouds and Climate

EAS 421 Atms Thermodynamics

EAS 631 Cloud Physics

Awards and Honors

  • Sigma Xi Research Society

  • Patricia Roberts Harris Fellow

  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

  • Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor: Purdue University, January 2003-present

  • Research Scientist: New Mexico Institute of Mines and Technology, in residence at NCAR, Dec 2000- Dec 2002

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate: Texas A&M University, in residence at NCAR, Aug 1998-July 1999, Feb 2000-Nov 2000

  • Postdoctoral Fellow: Advanced Study Program, NCAR, Aug 1999-Jan 2000

Selected Publications <More>

  • Lasher-Trapp, S.*, S. Anderson-Bereznicki, A. Shackelford, C. H. Twohy and J. G. Hudson, 2008: An investigation of the influence of droplet number concentration and giant aerosol particles upon supercooled large drop formation in wintertime stratiform clouds. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 2659- 2678.

  • Lasher-Trapp, S., 2007: Clouds in a warmer climate: Friend or foe? Forum on Public Policy, 3, 353-368.

  • Rauber, R. M., and coauthors, 2007: Rain in shallow cumulus over the ocean—the RICO campaign. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 1912-1928.

  • Rauber, R. M., and coauthors, 2007: Supplement to Rain in shallow cumulus over the ocean. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, S12-S18.

  • Lasher-Trapp, S., and J. P. Stachnik, 2007: Giant and Ultragiant Aerosol Particle Variability over the Eastern Great Lakes Region. J. Appl. Meteor., 46, 651-659.

  • Song, Y., J. Ye, N. Svakhine, S. Lasher-Trapp, M. Baldwin and D. S. Ebert, 2006: An Atmospheric Visual Analysis and Exploration System. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics,12, 1157-1164.

  • Barth, M., and coauthors, 2006: Coupling Between Land Ecosystems and the Atmospheric Hydrologic Cycle through Biogenic Aerosol Pathways. bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 1738-1742.

  • Lasher-Trapp, S., W. A. Cooper and A. M. Blyth, 2005: Broadening of Droplet Size Distributions from Entrainment and Mixing in a Cumulus Cloud. QJRMS, 131, 195-220.

  • Blyth, A. M., S. G. Lasher-Trapp and W. A. Cooper, 2005: A Study of Thermals in Cumulus Clouds. QJRMS, 131, 1171-1190.