Kerry Cook, Ph.D. North Carolina State University
Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
Jackson School of Geosciences

CONTACT INFORMATION
Office: 512 232 7931
E-mail: kc@jsg.utexas.edu

WEB PAGE
http://www.geo.utexas.edu/faculty/cook/default.htm

BIOGRAPHY
Kerry Cook came to The University of Texas at Austin in August, 2008. She began her career at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab at Princeton University, followed by 18 years as a professor at Cornell University where she taught courses in Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Atmospheric Physics and was a founder of the Science of Earth Systems major. She is active in the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research as a member of the Board of Trustees. Dr. Cook's primary research activity is in tropical climate dynamics, including the connections between weather and climate. She and her group use numerical models of the climate system, including atmosphere, ocean, and vegetation components, along with observational analysis to improve our understanding about how features and processes at the earth's surface interact with atmospheric circulation and precipitation fields.