Brooke Grady

- Basic Information -

Time in Larsen Lab: 2025
Basic Project Description: Brooke spent the summer of 2025 doing an internship with the folks at SRNL, where she investigated Hurricane Helene's impact on vegetation from remote sensing data. She wanted to do satellite/remote-sensing types of things, and I am more interested in microphysics -- so we tried to figure out something she could attack that both of us would find meaningful. Ultimately, she spent a semester working to develop a simple algorithm to try to determine storm type based only on microphysical rainfall data. With only a single semester to work on this, we didn't get it across the finish line -- but Brooke made enough progress that I believe there may be something of substance there.

- Dissemination Based on work in Larsen Lab -

- Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers -

None

- Professional Conference Presentations -

None

- Student Research Presentations -

B. Grady and M.L. Larsen (2025). A Microphysical Approach to Storm Classification from Ground-Based Observations. Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Series. College of Charleston. November 20, 2025.

B. Grady, J. Wermter, and M.L. Larsen (2025). Using Satellite Data to Assess Hurricane Helene's Impact on Vegetation in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA). Department of Physics and Astronomy Colloquium Series. College of Charleston. September 25, 2025.

M. Love, B. Grady, and M.L. Larsen (2026). A Microphysical Approach to Storm Classification from Ground-Based Observations. Expo 2026. College of Charleston. April 16, 2026.

- Awards won while working in Larsen Lab -

College of Charleston Summer Undergraduate Research with Faculty (SURF) Award (Declined) (M. Rutter advisor)

- Post-Graduation Activities and Current Status -

Brooke has aspirations of graduate school, but she graduated in December 2025 which was off-cycle. Her immediate post-graduation job was at a local hotel in the Charleston area. In spring 2026 she contacted me and it appears she's applying for an ORISE fellowship related to air pollution exposure. The exact nature of her career trajectory is still being established.
updated: 27 June 2026