CURRICULUM VITAE
ZELJKA FUCHS
Physics Department and Geophysical Research Center,
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place,
Socorro,
New Mexico 87801
Phone: (505) 835 5104, (505) 418 8385
Electronic Mail: zeljka@kestrel.nmt.edu
EDUCATION
* Doctor of Philosophy in Physics with Dissertation
in Atmospheric
Physics, Physics Department and Geophysical
Research Center,
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, December, 2005,
Dissertation
Title: Large-Scale Modes of the Tropical Atmosphere, Advisor: Dr.
David J. Raymond
* Master of Science in Physics,
Physics Department and Geophysical
Research Center, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, April,
2001, Thesis Title: Linear Modes of Raymond's Model of a Moist
Atmosphere,
Advisor: Dr. David J. Raymond
* Bachelor of Science in Physics,
Department of Geophysics,
Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia, November, 1998,
Thesis Title: Mountain Lee Waves, Advisor: MS Katarina Stankovic
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
* August 2006: Visiting Assistant Professor, New Mexico Institute
of Mining and Technology
* January 2006 - August 2006: Postdoctoral research associate, New
Mexico Institute
of Mining and Technology
* Spring 2006: Lecturer of General physics I, New
Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
* Fall 2005: Lecturer of General
physics II, New Mexico Institute
of Mining and Technology
* February 2004 - August 2005:
Visiting lecturer at the Department
of Geophysics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
* May 2000 - November 2005:
Graduate research assistant, New
Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
* July 1999 - May 2000: Graduate
teaching assistant, New Mexico
Institute of Mining and Technology
REFERRED PUBLICATIONS
* Raymond, D. J., and Z. Fuchs, 2007: Convectively coupled gravity and
moisture modes in a simple atmospheric model. (Submitted
to Tellus.)
* Raymond, D. J., S. Sessions, and Z. Fuchs, 2007: A theory for the
spinup of tropical depressions. (Accepted
with minor revisions. Quarterly
Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.)
* Fuchs, Z., and D. J. Raymond, 2007: A simple, vertically resolved
model of tropical disturbances with a humidity closure. Tellus (in
press).
* Fuchs, Z., D. J. Raymond, 2005:
Large-Scale Modes in a Rotating
Atmosphere with Radiative-Convective Instability and WISHE. Journal
of the Atmospheric Sciences., 62,
4084-4094.
* Raymond, D. J., G. Raga, C.
Bretherton, J. Molinari, C. Lopez-Carrillo,
Z. Fuchs, 2003: Convective Forcing in the
Intertropical Convergence
Zone of the Eastern Pacific. Journal of
the Atmospheric
Sciences, 60, 2064-2082.
* Fuchs, Z., D. J. Raymond, 2002:
Large-Scale Modes of a Nonrotating
Atmosphere with Water Vapor and Cloud-Radiation Feedbacks. Journal
of the Atmospheric Sciences., 59,
1669-1679.
CONFERENCE PAPERS
* Fuchs, Z., D. J. Raymond, 2006: A simple, vertically resolved model
of tropical disturbances with a humidity closure. In 27th Conference
on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.
* Fuchs, Z, D. J. Raymond, 2004:
Extreme Simplification of Tropical Atmospheric
Dynamics - Normal Modes. In 2004
Western Pacific Geophysics
Meeting.
* Lopez-Carillo, C., D. J.
Raymond, Z. Fuchs, 2002:
Development of New Convective Cells in the East Pacific Warm Pool.
In 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical
Meteorology.,
525-526.
FIELD PROJECT
* EPIC2001 project (East Pacific
Investigation of Climate),
Huatulco, Mexico, 1 September - 10 October 2001.
* EPIC 2001 Workshop. Seattle,
May 2002.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
* Unix/Linux, Windows, Mac
* C, Matlab, RLaB, Candis, Gri,
Lyx
* Maple, Mathematica
PROFESSIONAL DUTIES AND SOCIETIES
* Reviewer: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
* Member: American Meteorological
Society
* Member: European Meteorological
Society
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