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Gabriel Vecchi

Professor of Geosciences | Director (HEMI) | Deputy Director (CIMES)

Princeton University

Gabriel Vecchi is the Knox Taylor Professor of Geosciences and at the High Meadows Environmental Institute in Princeton University. Since July 2021 he has been Director of the High Meadows Environmental Institute. His research focuses on understanding short- and long-term changes to the oceans and atmosphere, including the monsoons, El Niño, and the impact of climate on tropical cyclones, weather extremes, and global patterns of rainfall and drought.

Gabriel is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and of the American Meteorological Society, and has received a number of awards including the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the American Meteorological Society’s Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award, the Ascent Award from the Atmospheric Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union, and the Daniel L. Albritton Outstanding Science Communicator Award. Gabriel’s Ph.D. in Oceanography and M.S. in Applied Mathematics are from the University of Washington, Seattle. His undergraduate degree in Mathematics is from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.

Gabriel was a co-Chair of the US-CLIVAR Working Group on Hurricanes and Climate, and a Lead Author in Working Group I of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. He has authored or coauthored over 250 peer-reviewed publications.

SESSIONS

Day 1

9:00

Keynote: Reflections on the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Lessons and Future Implications

  • Reflecting on the 2024 hurricane season predictions: Understanding the key factors behind forecasting discrepancies

  • Evaluating forecast reliability: Considerations for how we test and utilise seasonal forecasts in risk modelling

  • Looking ahead: What learnings from 2024 can be applied to future CAT risk management and modelling practices?


Gabriel Vecchi, Professor of Geosciences | Director (HEMI) | Deputy Director (CIMES), Princeton University

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