Landon Chrislip is a sophomore Meteorology student at Ohio university, and he is from Wadsworth, Ohio. He is interested in tropical weather and how it works. He plays ultimate frisbee and is a member of the Ohio university club ultimate team. His hobbies consist of going to the gym, playing video games, and running.

Thomas grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became fascinated with the weather from an early age. He attended Walnut Hills High School, where he considered several more glamorous career paths before rediscovering that love for weather during the snowstorm and cold spell of December 2022.

After graduating, he left for Athens to become a third-generation Bobcat, majoring in Geography/Meteorology. As a sophomore, he added a minor in Astronomy, hoping to specialize in forecasting the Aurora Borealis and other space weather. In terms of the strictly earthbound, winter weather is his favorite

Paige is a junior at Ohio University studying aviation flight and management with minors in communication, business, and meteorology. Paige is from Denver, North Carolina. She is an active member of the Ohio University Precision Flight team, Alpha Eta Rho (aviation fraternity) and, secretary of Women in Aviation. Paige hopes to fly for NOAA’s hurricane hunting team. Paige’s interest in meteorology first started when her parents took her to meet the Tornado Hunters when she was in elementary school. In Paige’s spare time she loves to fly, ski, surf and do anything outside with friends. Fun facts about Paige include she has a twin brother and is an instrument rated private pilot.

Hayden is an aviation flight major with a meteorology minor. Hayden was born in North Carolina and moved to Ohio in his early childhood. He currently works at the Ohio University airport assisting the avionics mechanic with maintenance and cleaning of aircraft. After graduating and while earning flight hours he intends to continue school part time to earn an airframe & powerplant mechanic certificate. He hopes to join the NOAA hurricane flight crew acting as pilot.

Brayden is a second-year meteorology student at Ohio University. He is slated to graduate in 2028. Brayden was first interested in meteorology from his first successful photograph of lightning. From there on, he learned all that he could that incorporated convective weather.

Now he is finding interest in not just Earth weather, but Solar weather, too! On his own time, he constantly checks solar parameters and sees how the Sun is behaving daily. He even started a club revolving around this topic to share the rare spectacle of the Aurora Borealis with everyone on Campus. During his free time however, he likes to ride motorcycles and go fishing a lot in the Summer.

Emile Stark is a sophomore at Ohio University studying journalism and meteorology. Her meteorological inspirations are Jim Cantore and Ryan Hall. In the future, Emile looks forward to a career in broadcasting meteorology to a wide audience and documenting weather phenomena. She believes that working with Scalia Labs will further her understanding of forecasting and her meteorological knowledge.

Samuel is a 19 year old sophomore at Ohio University, who is majoring in meteorology. He is from Westerville, Ohio which is just northwest of Columbus, about an hour and a half from Athens. He is a part of the meteorology club at OU and wants to work in the NWS one day. He loves to play video games and to watch the weather, hence why he is a meteorology major. He hopes to help people in any way in the future on any weather phenomena and keep people safe from dangerous storms.

Elizabeth is a senior at Ohio University studying Aviation Management, with minors in Geography – Meteorology, Business, and Communications. She is an active member of Ohio University’s Flying Bobcats Precision Flight Team as well as Alpha Eta Rho. Elizabeth became interested in meteorology after watching the movie Twister growing up (the 1996 version, of course), and after a tornado passed over her grandmother’s log cabin during a bad storm in Indiana when she was younger. There was thankfully little damage, but it sparked her desire to develop a better understanding of tornado watches and warnings. Her favorite meteorological phenomenon are lenticular clouds because of how silly she thinks they look. In her free time, Elizabeth enjoys gardening, cuddling with her cat, Biscuit, and riding her motorcycle. She is also a big fan of cars and airplanes.

Teddy Trupp is 19, and is from Dayton, Ohio. He is a Sophomore at Ohio University. In his free time, he enjoys powerlifting, listening to music, being outside, making food and going out with friends. After he graduates, he sees himself being involved in the Military using his major.

Ian Miller is a second-year Broadcast Meteorology Major at Ohio University, and is originally from Willoughby, Ohio. He has an interest in severe weather and its prediction. He is a trumpet player in the Marching 110. He has three cats at home, named Chad, Toeni, and Nermal.