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Malcolm Maas

Headshot of Malcolm Maas
Program Year:
1
University:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Field of Study:
Atmospheric Science
Advisor:
Paul O'Gorman
Degree(s):
M.Phil. Mathematics, University of Cambridge, 2026
B.S. Physics, and B.S. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, 2025

Publications

M. Maas, T. Supinie, A. Berrington, S. Emmerson, A. Aidala, and M. Gavan, 2024: The Tornado Archive: Compiling and Visualizing a Worldwide, Digitized Tornado Database. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 105, E1137–E1152, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0123.1
J. Kuznetsov, D. Grammer, M. Maas, J. Lee, J. Villegas, and O. Moran, 2023: T.U.F.F: The Utility of Live Tension Measurements for Scientific Ballooning and Flight Dynamics. Academic High Altitude Conference, 2022(1), https://doi.org/10.31274/ahac.15632
I. Syed, L. Castro Cillis, I. Aadan, K. Whiten, and M. Maas, 2024: High Energy Radiation Detection During Solar Eclipse. Academic High Altitude Conference, 2024(2), https://doi.org/10.31274/ahac.18052

Maas, M., J. Poterjoy, J. McCurry. Using Diffusion Maps to Quantify Imbalances in Mixed-Phase Convective Clouds. (in preparation)
Maas, M., M. Van Lier-Walqui, K. Tsigaridis. Combining Earth System Modeling and Machine Learning to Investigate Volcanic Sulfate Deposition in Polar Ice Cores. (in preparation)
- Combining Earth System Modeling and Machine Learning to Investigate Volcanic Sulfate Deposition in Polar Ice Cores, NASA-GSFC AeroCenter-Cloud Precipitation Center, Greenbelt, MD, 2024 (seminar)
- Combining Earth System Modeling and Machine Learning to Investigate Volcanic Sulfate Deposition in Polar Ice Cores, 104th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2024 (oral)
- Combining Earth System Modeling and Machine Learning to Investigate Volcanic Sulfate Deposition in Polar Ice Cores, Yale Nile Initiative, New Haven, CT, 2023 (oral)
- Combining Earth System Modeling and Machine Learning to Investigate Volcanic Sulfate Deposition in Polar Ice Cores, AeroCOM/AeroSAT Conference, Richland, WA, 2023 (online short oral)
- The QBO Buffer Zone: Insights from a Hierarchy of Models, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2026 (submitted)
- Using Diffusion Maps to Quantify DA-Induced Imbalances in Mixed-Phase Convective Clouds, UMD AOSC Senior Research Symposium, College Park, MD, 2025
- Using Diffusion Maps to Quantify DA-Induced Imbalances in Mixed-Phase Convective Clouds, 105th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2025
- Climate Models Do Not Capture Recent Trends in Double Jets over Eurasia, 105th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2025
- Using Diffusion Maps to Quantify DA-Induced Imbalances in Mixed-Phase Convective Clouds, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, 2024
- Climate Models Do Not Capture Recent Trends in Double Jets over Eurasia, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, 2024
- Combining Earth System Modeling and Machine Learning to Investigate Volcanic Sulfate Deposition in Polar Ice Cores, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2024
- Combining Earth System Modeling and Machine Learning to Investigate Volcanic Sulfate Deposition in Polar Ice Cores, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2023
- The Tornado Archive: Enhancing Visualization and Documentation of Worldwide Tornadoes, 103rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2023 (co-presented)
- The Tornado Archive: Visualizing and Compiling a Worldwide, Digitized Tornado Database, 30th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Santa Fe, NM, 2022 (co-presented)

Awards

Honors:
Semester academic honors, dean's list - all semesters (undergraduate)
Summa cum laude - B.S. Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, Physics
High honors in Atmospheric & Oceanic Science

Scholarships:
Henry E. Fleming Scholarship, University of Maryland Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Department, 2025
Churchill Scholarship, Winston Churchill Foundation, 2025
Fulbright Semifinalist (application then withdrawn due to above), 2025
Goldwater Scholarship, Goldwater Foundation, 2024
Angelo Bardasis Scholarship, University of Maryland Physics Department, 2023, 2024
President's Scholarship, University of Maryland, 2022
National Merit Scholarship, University of Maryland, 2022