Carlos Lopez Carrillo

Carlos Lopez Carrillo is an Assistant Professor of Lab Instruction at New Mexico Tech, specializing in atmospheric physics with a focus on hurricane dynamics and tropical meteorology. He holds a PhD in Physics from New Mexico Tech (2001) and a BS in Physics from Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (1987).

• Education:
  • PhD in Physics, New Mexico Tech (2001)
  • BS in Physics, Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (1987)

His research explores hurricane formation and rapid intensification through analysis of HIWRAP Doppler radar data from NASA's HS3 program and WRF modeling of storm dynamics. He investigates moisture interchange between clouds and environment, tropical convection, and storm-environment interactions using airborne and ground-based datasets.

Key research areas include hurricane genesis, convective forcing mechanisms in the Intertropical Convergence Zone, and mesoscale storm dynamics. His work spans field campaigns like EPIC (2001) and computational modeling of tropical systems.

Carlos teaches physics courses such as Physics II (P122), Vibrations and Waves (P242), Physics of Weather and Climate (P331), and Atmospheric Physics (P427), emphasizing hands-on learning and data analysis techniques.