Curriculum Vitae
2455 Hayward St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 crespoj@umich.edu
University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D. Atmospheric Science
Advisor: Dr. Derek J. Posselt
M.S. Atmospheric Science
Advisor: Dr. Derek J. Posselt
Purdue University , West Lafayette, IN
B.S. Atmospheric Science with Honors
Minor: Political Science
September 2013 — Present
September 2013 — Present
May 2013
University of Michigan September 2013 — Present
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Derek J. Posselt
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Understanding the evolution and cloud structure of the warm conveyor belt within an extratropical cyclone through A-Train satellite data and GFS Reanalysis data
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Future work on CYGNSS expected
Purdue University
Undergraduate Research Assistant
January 2011 — December 2012
Advisors: Dr. Matthew Huber and Aaron Goldner
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The Non-Linearity of El Niño and La Niña Teleconnections
University of Michigan May 2011 — August 2012
REU Student and Undergraduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Dr. Derek J. Posselt
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Properties of Clouds and Precipitation in Winter Storm Systems
Keynote Address , Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, & Mathematics
Academic Boot Camp Closing Ceremony, West Lafayette, IN. August 8, 2014.
Crespo, J. A.
and D. J. Posselt, A-Train Based Analysis of Frontal Cloud and Precipitation
Structures: A Case Study , Poster present in the 12 th Annual Michigan Geophysical
Union Research Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI. April 2015.
Crespo, J. A.
and D. J. Posselt, A-Train Based Analysis of Frontal Cloud and Precipitation
Structures: A Case Study , Poster present in the 20 th
Conference on Satellite
Meteorology and Oceanography at the 95 th
American Meteorological Society Annual
Meeting, Phoenix, AZ. January 2015.

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Crespo, J. A.
and D. J. Posselt, A-Train Based Analysis of Frontal Cloud and Precipitation
Structures: A Case Study , Poster present in the Atmospheric and Climate Sciences session at the Engineering Graduate Symposium, Ann Arbor, MI. November 2014.
Tierney, G., J. A. Crespo , and D. J. Posselt, Evaluation of the Effect of Latent Heat Release on an Extratropical Cyclone by Simulation and Observational Comparison , Poster presented in the 12th Annual Student Conference at the 93rd American Meteorological
Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. January 2013.
Burgin, D. G., J. A. Crespo , A. Hartman, A. D. Hendricks, J. Heuss, K. A. Hudson, R.
Knutson, A. Pearson, D. Moser, and R. J. Trapp, Observations of the Urban Heat Island
Effect from a Small City , Poster presented in the 12th Annual Student Conference at the 93rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX. January 2013.
Crespo, J. A.
, A. P. Goldner, and M. Huber, The Non-Linearities of El Niño and La Niña
Teleconnections , Poster presented in the 10 th
Annual Undergraduate Research Poster
Symposium, West Lafayette, IN. April 2012.
Posselt, D. J., J. A. Crespo , G. Tierney, and C. M. Naud, A Multi-Sensor Satellite-Based
Examination of Cloud Structure, Precipitation, and the Thermodynamic Environment in a Warm Frontal Cloud System , Talk presented in the 18th Conference on Satellite
Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology at the 92nd American Meteorological
Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. January 2012.
Crespo, J. A.
, and D. J. Posselt, Satellite and Analysis Based Examination of the Warm
Conveyor Belt in An Extratropical Cyclone , Poster presented in the 11th Annual AMS
Student Conference at the 92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, LA. January 2012.
Banitt, J. P., D. G. Burgin, J. A. Crespo , J. R. Gimbel, A. S. Hartman, A. D. Hendricks, J.
P. Heuss, K. A. Hudson, R. T. Knutson, B. T. O'Neill, A. E. Orton, B. Pan, J. M. Parish
II, A. M. Person, B. S. Westfall, Z. T. Zobel, and S. Lasher-Trapp, Variability of
Atmospheric Thermodynamic Soundings (VATS) , Poster presented in the 11th Annual
AMS Student Conference at the 92nd American Meteorological Society Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, LA. January 2012.
Quardokus, K., D. G. Burgin, J. A. Crespo , E. R. Fernandes, A. D. Hendricks, S. M.
Hinkle, K. A. Hudson, R. T. Knutson, Z. L. Muchow, M. C. Sholty, E. L. Waterman,
Z. T. Zobel, and S. Lasher-Trapp, The Warm Rain Process in Convective Clouds
Influenced by Regional Aerosol and Climate Change , Poster presented in the 10th
Annual AMS Student Conference at the 91st American Meteorological Society Annual
Meeting, Seattle, WA. January 2011.
Quardokus, K., D. G. Burgin, J. A. Crespo , E. R. Fernandes, A. D. Hendricks, S. M.
Hinkle, K. A. Hudson, R. T. Knutson, Z. L. Muchow, M. C. Sholty, E. L. Waterman,
Z. T. Zobel, and M. E. Baldwin, Evaluating Numerical Predictions of Meteorological

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Features , Poster presented in the 10th Annual AMS Student Conference at the 91st
American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. January 2011.
EGS Atmospheric & Climate Sciences Poster Session: 1st Place
College of Engineering Dean’s Fellowship
College of Science Championing Diversity Award
AMS Named Scholarship
President Obama/HSF STEM Teacher Scholarship
Henry Silver Undergraduate Scholarship
Purdue University’s Featured “5 Students Who…”
Purdue Dean’s List (6 semesters)
Purdue Semester Honors (4 semesters)
American Meteorological Society
November 2014
September 2013
April 2013
September 2012
October 2011
April 2011 & 2012
March 2012
2009 — 2012
2009 — 2012
2009 — Present