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Anthony Lupo
Dr. Anthony R. Lupo, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Missouri. BS Meteorology, State University of New York at Oswego (1988), M.S. and Ph.D. degrees Purdue University in 1991 and 1995, respectively. Research areas are: atmospheric dynamics, long range forecasting, tropical meteorology, climate and variability.
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Anthony Praino
Poughquag, NY
Anthony Praino is the Chief Engineer and Meteorologist on the Environmental Sciences team at the IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, NY, where he leads the systems engineering as well as develops environmental sensing and modeling applications. His focus since 2000 has been developing the Business of Weather in IBM.
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Bob Haas
Maryland
I'm currently a Sr. Product Manager at Maxar with an extensive background in weather products and meteorology. I've been in my current role for several years and with the company for nearly 20 years.
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Cameron Paquette
Albany, NY
I'm a 3rd year graduate student at the University at Albany researching stratosphere/troposphere interactions. I'm looking to learn a little bit more about potential career paths and learn additional skills in Python. I can offer some insight into graduate student life for those possibly interested, and offer some NCL knowledge as well!
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Chris Alston
Chicago, IL
I have a degree in meteorology and have worked at the intersection of weather and business enterprise for nearly 10 years. I've worked at Fortune 500 companies such as Mars, Kraft, and now Workday. While I have recently transitioned into consulting in presales @ Workday, I am still very passionate about applied meteorology in business.
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Dana Carron
Wichita, KS
Hi! I am a Lead Storm Warning Meteorologists at the AccuWeather Severe Weather Headquarters located in Wichita, KS.
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Darren Christoph
I'm a former professor of mathematics and data scientist, now working on building a company in the data space. I'm here to connect with people looking for help in the areas of science, math, computing and AI.
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Douglas Hilderbrand
Fairfax, VA
Meteorologist with the National Weather Service Headquarters. Preparedness and Resilience Program Lead including Weather-Ready Nation and StormReady programs.
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Erin Leghart
Stony Brook, NY
Atmospheric Science PhD candidate at Stony Brook University. I have a bachelors degree in Atmospheric Science from University at Albany. My research interests include winter weather, airborne research, and radar applications.
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Hannah Attard
I am an atmospheric science researcher who is passionate about teaching and outreach. I study troposphere-stratosphere interaction to elucidate the impacts of the stratosphere on our weather and sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction. I teach meteorology and physics courses at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide.
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Jeff Massey
Seattle, WA
I am currently a senior applied scientist at Amazon Prime Air (drone delivery). I am designing and building the weather service to support safe drone package deliveries. I hold a PhD in atmospheric science and have been in industry for 8 years working on weather solutions for agriculture, transportation, supply chain, and aviation.
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Jennifer Call
Muscle Shoals, AL
I hold a B.S. and a M.S. in Geosciences from Mississippi State University and am an American Meteorological Society (AMS) Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM #674). I have over ten years of experience providing meteorological support for the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and believe in the value of mentoring.
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Jerry Brotzge
Albany, New York
I am a mid-career research scientist and meteorologist (now manager of the NYS Mesonet) with experience in management, weather observations (surface sensors, profilers, and radar), severe weather, and applications. I've mentored many students and have worked with academia, govt and private sectors. Am happy to discuss anything weather!
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Larry Gloeckler
Philadelphia, PA
I'm hoping to connect with students and professionals to learn new skills and teach skills that I have mastered to others.
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Matt Rogers
Washington DC
I have been fortunate enough to actively forecast and consult for the energy commodity sector for ~28 years, get a business degree, and then help to launch a new company along the way. I may be able to help others find their career footing or at least offer a different perspective.
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Maura Hahnenberger
Salt Lake City, UT
Maura Hahnenberger is an Associate Professor of Geosciences at Salt Lake Community College. She leads the Atmospheric Sciences program and teaches in both face to face and online settings. Her research focuses on dust transport in the western U.S. She also serves on boards of organizations focused on supporting women in the sciences and high ed.
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Max Vido
Indianapolis, IN
Early career meteorologist with 5 years of experience in operational and energy forecasting.
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Michael Gerun
I'm here to help share whatever knowledge about the weather (and related fields) that I can.
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Michael Ventrice
Boston, MA
PhD in Tropical Meteorology. Meteorologist and Software Engineer focused in sub-to-seasonal prediction. Worked at The Weather Company for nearly a decade (weather dot com/WSI). Currently working for hedge fund as an energy and natural gas research quant focused in weather. Co-creator of the Fantasy Football Weather Guys and twitch affiliate.
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Steve Decker
New Brunswick, NJ
Associate Teaching Professor and Meteorology Undergraduate Program Director at Rutgers University.
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Zackary Mages
Stony Brook, NY
First-year atmospheric science grad student at Stony Brook University
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