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Erika Pruitt

Erika Pruitt

Erika Pruitt.

Graduate Research
Assistant

erika.e.pruitt-1@ou.edu
National Weather Center


  • BS, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Cloud Physics Group

Erika Pruitt is a passionate master's student working under Dr. Greg McFarquhar as a graduate research assistant. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Atmospheric Sciences. At OU, Erika is now researching within Dr. McFarquhar's Cloud Physics Group focusing on mix-phased clouds and comparing airborne data with ground based observations.


  • Winter Weather
  • Mix-Phased Clouds
  • Cloud Physics

  • Weather Radar and Observations
  • Forecast Applications Improvements R&D

  • CIWRO Graduate Assistantship 
  • Ogura Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award