Congratulations to the newly minted Dr. Tessa Rosenberger on defending her PhD Thesis “Turbulence and transitions: using LES to develop observational strategies and understand an evolving atmospheric boundary layer” on May 3, 2024. Congratulations to Dr. Thijs Heus, Tessa’s PhD adviser, on guiding Tessa through her doctoral research.

Tessa completed BS in Physics at the University of Dallas in 2018. As an undergraduate, she served as SPS chapter president and was a co-founder and treasurer of the Women in STEM club. Tessa completed an REU with the College of Wooster in nonlinear dynamics an experience through which she discovered her love for research and desire to pursue a Ph.D. degree. However, she wanted to research topics with more immediate and obvious benefits to the society. As a Cleveland native, Tessa was drawn home after her BS and found herself in contact with Dr. Thijs Heus at CSU. She started her graduate studies at the CSU’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and did doctoral research with Dr. Heus. Tessa’s research developed strategies for improving atmospheric turbulence observations and looked at the atmospheric sensitivity to changes in incoming radiation all for the purpose of improving future climate and weather models. During her graduate studies, she had the opportunity to become involved in science policy after taking courses in sustainable energy and environmental policy. She attended the 2023 Atmospheric Meteorological Society Policy Colloquium where she really discovered a passion for the intersection between science and policy. This new passion has led to a postdoctoral research position that she is starting this fall at the Midwest Hydrogen Center for Excellence, where she will work on microgrid design at county and state level policy related to microgrids.