Ángel F. Adames Corraliza, a former JISAO/CICOES intern and an alumnus of the Atmospheric Sciences PhD program at the University of Washington, has been announced as a 2025 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. Known colloquially as the MacArthur “Genius” Award, the Fellowship is an $800,000, no-strings-attached award to extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential.

About his work

Now an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, Adames is an atmospheric scientist investigating the mechanisms underlying tropical weather patterns. Adames combines deep knowledge of the physics of atmospheric waves with keen analysis of observational data and climate model simulations. He sheds light on tropical atmospheric dynamics that influence global weather patterns and phenomena such as tropical cyclones and monsoons.