Dan Chavas is Professor of Atmospheric Science at Purdue University in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. His lab does use-inspired fundamental and applied research on extreme weather in a warming world. Specifically, his research advances basic understanding of hurricanes, tornadoes, and severe thunderstorms, and uses this understanding to help make society more resilient to their hazards. He is also the lead of “Midwest Agrivoltaics for Resilient Communities”, a new NSF-funded Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator for the Midwest region with additional support from the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, integrating weather, agriculture, economics, and energy engineering to advance agrivoltaics as a transformative resilience solution.
At ISF, Dan is co-lead of the Risk & Resilience research community.