Curriculum Vitae

Department of Physics
60 St. George Street
University of Toronto
Toronto ON
M5S 1A7
email: mudryk at atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca
416.946.0896 (OFFICE)
416.978.8905 (FAX)
Date of Birth: May 25, 1977
Citizenship: Canadian

Research Interests

climate change, general circulation models,hydrodynamics, climate model projections, natural variability, decadal prediction

Education

2001-2007

Ph. D. in Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
Supervisor: Prof. Norman Murray
Thesis Title: “ Planetary System Evolution: Planet-Disk Interactions and Planet Ejection from Binary Systems”

2000-2001

M. Sc. in Astronomy (Collaborative Program), University of Toronto, Canada

1995-2000

B. Sc. Honours in Physics (Industrial Internship), University of Alberta, Canada

Research Experience

2010-present

Research Associate, University of Toronto
part of Canadian Sea Ice and Snow Evolution (CanSISE) network; extending reanalysis-based snow product comparison to satellite products; production and validation of climate simulations on SciNET supercomputer for contribution to NCAR’s large ensemble project; instructing and facilitating other Kushner group members in the use of CESM climate model; solving technical issues related to Kushner group’s High Performance Computing; downloading and manipulating data sets for undergraduate group members P. Kushner, C. Derksen.

2014-2015

Physical Scientist, Environment Canada
part of Canadian Sea Ice and Snow Evolution (CanSISE) network; characterization of a suite of observation-based snow water products as part of Satellite Snow Product Intercomparison and Evaluation Experiment (SnowPEx); evaluation of snow initialization in the Canadian Seasonal to Interannual Prediction System (CanSIPS). A. Walker, C. Derksen.

2008-2010

Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Annular Mode dynamics and timescales, Arctic temperature variability, modelling support and analysis for Kushner group. P. Kushner.

2007-2008

Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto
Studies of jet and vortex structures in planetary disks. Jet/vortex interactions with the mean flow and correlations with material transport. N. Murray.

2001-2007

PhD Student, University of Toronto
Studies of planet-disk dynamics in forming solar systems. Developing an efficient TVD fluid algorithm for the Euler equations and comparing simulation results to analytical predictions and results from other simulations, N. Murray. Numerical/theoretical study of planet ejection in binary systems. Y. Wu.

2000-2001

MSc Student, University of Toronto
Analytically examined possible collapse scenarios for density clumps seen in submillimeter observations. Modeled the observations and the results of the considered scenarios, D. Johnstone.

2000

Undergraduate Research Fellow, University of British Columbia
Four-month summer fellowship. Adapted numerical differential equations code to for application to convection-cell flow, W. Nagata.

1999-2000

Research Assistant, University of Alberta
Conducted fluid experiments in gravity-wave generation and performed comparison to analytical predictions, B. Sutherland.

1998-1999

Research Scientist, The Westaim Corporation
Principal research within company's R&D group. Designed and fabricated micro-electronic circuit prototypes for iFire thin-panel display technology. Developed working model for observed behavior of circuits to further design strategies, J. Stiles

Professional Development: Network and Organization Affiliations

Jun 2014--present

  • "Satellite Snow Product Intercomparison and Evaluation Experiment"

May 2013--present

  • "Canadian Sea Ice and Snow Evolution Network"

Professional Development: Selected Conference Presentations

2015

  • "Creation of an Observation-based Multi-dataset Snow Water Equivalent Product", CanSISE Workshop II.

2014

  • "Creation and Characterization of an Observation-based, Multi-dataset Snow Water Equivalent Product for Climate Model and Climate Forecast Validation", AGU Annual Meeting.

  • "Reinterpreting Simulated Northern Hemisphere Snow Trends in the Context of Multiple Observational Estimates", EGU Annual Meeting.

  • "Evaluation of Snow Water Equivalent Hindcasts in the Canadian Seasonal to Interannual Prediction Systems", EGU Annual Meeting.

2013

  • "Large Ensemble Analysis of Northern Hemisphere Snow Trends", AMS Polar Met. Meeting.

2012

  • "Large Ensemble Analysis of Northern Hemisphere Snow Trends", AGU Fall Meeting.

  • "Analyzing Southern Hemisphere Circulation Trends Using Large Ensembles", International Polar Year Conference.

2011

  • "A Method to Diagnose Sources of Annular Mode Timescales", WCRP Open Science Meeting.

  • "A Method to Diagnose Sources of Annular Mode Timescales", IUGG General Assembly.

  • "Sources of Annular Mode Timescales", EGU General Assembly.

Professional Development: Education

2005

Teaching and Higher Education 500H
Graduate teaching course designed to explore student-interest teaching topics. Was able to examine links between personality types and preferred learning styles.

Computing Skills

Languages

  • C,  
  • Fortran 77/90,  
  • Java,  
  • parallel computing experience in shared memory systems (OpenMP)

Platforms

  • Linux,  
  • MacOSX,  
  • Windows.

Markup

  • LaTeX,  
  • some HTML.

Visualization and Analysis Tools

  • IDL,  
  • Mathematica,  
  • MATLAB,  
  • Supermongo,  
  • AutoCAD,  
  • awk and unix scripting.

Managerial and Organizational Experience

2001-2003

Campus Observer, Dept. Astronomy, U. Toronto.
Outreach position designed to promote public understanding of astronomy. Coordinated and organized two major astronomy open houses. Supervised junior position from September 2002--April 2003.

1996-1997

Assistant and Co-Manager of Thorhild Swimming Pool, Village of Thorhild
One of two people responsible for the set-up and management of a seasonal pool. Responsibilities included public and staff activity scheduling, inventory purchasing, regular maintenance, supervision of junior staff as well as regular teaching and life-guarding duties.

Teaching Experience

2004-2006

Teaching Assistant, U. Toronto at Mississauga
Placement on satellite campuses which offer more direct student teaching. Conducted weekly tutorial sessions and graded for non-specialist astronomy courses.

2000-2005

Teaching Assistant, U. Toronto
Conducted tutorial sessions and graded for a variety of non-specialist astronomy courses.

2001-2003

Tutor, U. Toronto
Tutored astronomy and physics students privately and through the University's Disability Services.

1997-2000

Teaching Assistant & Tutor, U. Alberta
Graded introductory through advanced physics and mathematics courses.
University-employed tutor for impromptu help sessions for introductory and secondary mathematics courses

1994-1997

Swimming And Water Rescue Instructor
Taught swimming technique and water rescue skills to local public.Certification as an instructor required 30 hours of teaching pedagogy.
Last update: Jul 2015