Zachary Suriano

Dr. Zachary Suriano is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences at WKU and serves as the Assistant State Climatologist for Kentucky. As a climatologist, his primary research interests are in assessing the variability, trends, and forcing mechanisms of meteorological and hydrologic events with high societal impacts. Recent efforts have focused on evaluating large- and synoptic-scale atmospheric dynamics to understand snowmelt, drought, snowfall, and extreme precipitation events in regional climates. He is also interested in applied climatological investigations with applications in climate education and in human health and athletic performance. Dr. Suriano completed his Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Delaware in Climatology, and his B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Notre Dame. For more information, please visit https://zacharysuriano.wordpress.com.

Email: zachary.suriano@wku.edu

Research Areas: climate variability and change, hydroclimatology, synoptic climatology, snow processes, climate education

Collaborative Interests: department seminars, graduate committees, grant collaborations, guest lectures, public lectures, publications, research collaborations