Kyle Wodzicki

Dr. Kyle Wodzicki joined NCICS in March 2022 as a Climate Data Analyst and in December 2023 transitioned to a Software Engineer position. With nearly ten years of experience performing atmospheric research, Dr. Wodzicki is currently applying his computer programming and data analysis expertise to various projects at NCICS, including the development of a new heat vulnerability index for the Southeast US. This new index is aimed at reducing heat-related sickness and death by incorporating atmospheric information that better measures how heat affects people. Dr. Wodzicki is also working to expand his skills into the AI/ML and cloud compute areas to aid in the development of new satellite retrieval techniques and streamlining of data product creation.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in Meteorology from SUNY Oswego in 2013, Dr. Wodzicki completed his M.S. (2015) and Ph.D. (2021) in Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M. While at Texas A&M, he was involved in the Atmospheric Science Graduate Council, serving as treasurer and vice president during his tenure. He also participated in the Vortex SE Meso18-19 project, creating a GUI for processing atmospheric sounding data collected during the field campaign and helping to launch weather balloons. After graduate school, Dr. Wodzicki worked as a postdoctoral research associate on the Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) field campaign, where he developed forecast projects that were used to plan science flights.

In his free time, Dr. Wodzicki enjoys woodworking and playing drums and guitar. He also dabbles in system administration, with a small home server for media and file sharing and web hosting.