Mike is originally from Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from Ohio University in 2008 with a B.S. in meteorology with minors in physics and mathematics. While at OU he was a staff forecaster for Scalia Lab in addition to working at the Center for Air Quality where he created daily PM2.5 forecasts for Northeast Ohio.

He currently pursuing his Masters degree at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., and is studying 3-dimesional air quality models and their applications in source apportionment of fine particulate matter.