Karen Kosiba

Karen Kosiba
Karen Kosiba
	Kosiba in 2023
Born	Chicago Metropolitan Area, Illinois, US
Alma mater	Loyola University Chicago (BS, 1999); Miami University (MS, 2002, MAT, 2003); Purdue University (PhD, 2009);
Known for	Weather radar, tornado, and hurricane research; field research and inventions
	Scientific career
Fields	Atmospheric sciences
Institutions	University of Alabama in Huntsville; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets; Center for Severe Weather Research;
Thesis	A Comparison of Radar Observations to Real Data Simulations of Axisymmetric Tornadoes (2009)
Doctoral advisor	Robert J. Trapp
Other academic advisors	Christopher Church; Joshua Wurman;

Karen Kosiba is an American atmospheric scientist and researcher at the University of Alabama in Huntsville Severe Weather Institute – Radar & Lightning Laboratories (SWIRLL) and managing director of the Flexible Array of Radars and Mesonets (FARM Facility), a research team which manages the Doppler on Wheels mobile radar fleet used to gather data on tornadoes and other severe weather.