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Publications

Malloy, K., Faranda, D., and Tippett, M.K. (2025). Observations-only Event Attribution of Climate Change Influence on Recent U.S. Tornado Outbreaks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., submitted.

Kirtman, B.P., et al., (2024). A Simplified Physics Atmosphere General Circulation Model for Idealized Climate Dynamics Studies. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., in revision.

Malloy, K. and Tippett, M.K. (2024). Forecasting U.S. Tornado Outbreak Activity and Associated Environments in the Global Ensemble Forecast System (GEFS). Wea. Forecasting, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-24-0138.1

Tippett, M.K., Malloy, K., and Lee, S.H. (2023). Modulation of U.S. tornado activity by year-round North American weather regimes. Mon. Wea. Review, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-24-0016.1.

Malloy, K. and Tippett, M.K. (2024). A Stochastic Statistical Model for U.S. Outbreak-level Tornado Occurrence based on the Large-scale Environment. Mon. Wea. Review, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0219.1.

Malloy, K., Tippett, M.K., and Koshak, W.J. (2023). ENSO and MJO Modulation of U.S. Cloud-to-ground Lightning Activity. Mon. Wea. Review, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0157.1.

Malloy, K. and Kirtman, B.P. (2023). Subseasonal Great Plains Rainfall via Remote Extratropical Teleconnections: Regional Application of Theory-guided Causal Networks. JGR: Atmospheres, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037795

Malloy, K. and Kirtman, B.P. (2022). The Summer Asia-North America Teleconnection and its Modulation by ENSO in Community Atmosphere Model, Version 5 (CAM5). Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06205-4

Malloy, K. and Kirtman, B.P. (2020). Predictability of Midsummer Great Plains Low-Level Jet and Associated Precipitation. Wea. Forecasting, 35, 215–235, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0103.1.

Mahoney, K., D. Swales, M.J. Mueller, M. Alexander, M. Hughes, and K. Malloy. (2018). An Examination of an Inland-Penetrating Atmospheric River Flood Event under Potential Future Thermodynamic Conditions. J. Climate, 31, 6281–6297, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0118.1.

Invited Talks

Predictable Climate Variability and its Applications to Climate Forecasting and Risk | University of North Dakota Dept. Atmoshperic Sciences Seminar​ | October 2024

Modeling Severe Convective Storms: Understanding Current Risk and its Climate Signals | ILS Bermuda Convergence Conference 2024​ | October 2024

A Stochastic Statistical Model for U.S. Outbreak-level Tornado Occurrence based on the Large-scale Environment | Laboratoire de Science du Climat et de l’Environnement (LSCE)​ | January 2024

Subseasonal Great Plains Rainfall via Remote Extratropical Teleconnections: ​Regional Application of Theory-guided ​Causal Networks​ | AGU Early Career Science Seminar​ | March 2023

Predictability of U.S. Great Plains Summer Hydroclimate via ​Extratropical Teleconnections​ | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) Ocean and Climate Physics (OCP) Seminar | February 2023

Subseasonal Great Plains Rainfall via Remote Extratropical Teleconnections: ​Application of Theory-guided ​Causal Networks​ | AGU Annual Meeting Session on S2S Prediction | December 2022

Predictability of ​ U.S. Great Plains Summer Hydroclimate via East Asian Monsoon-forced Teleconnection​ | NASA GMAO Seasonal Prediction Group | June 2022

Predictability of the Great Plains Low-level Jet and its Associated Precipitation​ | NMME Monthly Meeting | February 2020

Education

Ph.D.: University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science | 2022
    Department of Atmospheric Sciences
    Thesis: Predictability of U.S. Great Plains Summer Hydroclimate via Extratropical Teleconnections
    Adviser: Ben P. Kirtman

B.S.: University of Maryland, College Park | 2017
    Honors College, Departmental Honors
    Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
    Minor: Geography-Remote Sensing of Environmental Change

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor in Climatology, Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences, University of Delaware

January 2025-Present

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University

August 2022-December 2024
Supervisor: Michael K. Tippett

External Projects and Service

Co-founder, Writer, Editor, Seasoned Chaos blog about subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting | Present
Reviewer, ORCID: (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1989-7490)
Mentor, Geosciences Education & Mentorship Support (GEMS) | 2022-2024
Mentor, Rosenstiel School Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring (GUM) program | 2021-2022
Lead Coordinator, Rosenstiel School Students for Students outreach program | 2020-2022

Awards

  • Highly Commended, InsuranceERM Climate risk research paper of the year for A Stochastic Statistical Model for U.S. Outbreak-level Tornado Occurrence based on the Large-scale Environment
  • Runner-up, 2020-2021 Rosenstiel School Student Seminar Best Presentation Skills award
  • Finalist, Rosenstiel School Outstanding Outreach Award
  • 2017 University of Maryland Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
  • 2017 University of Maryland Philip Merrill Presidential Scholar
  • 2017 Richard Jordan Scholar (for atmospheric & oceanic science senior thesis presentations)
  • 2016-2017 Outstanding Student Service in Atmos. & Oceanic Science Department
  • 2014-2017 Jeffrey & Lily Chen Scholar (for atmospheric & oceanic science majors)
  • 2015-2016 NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholar