Jeff Waters came to Ohio University from Gaithersburg, Maryland. He is a 2009 graduate of Ohio University, receiving his BS in Meteorology with minors in Physics, Mathematics and Business. He has been a member of the Meteorology club since 2006-2007, serving as the Treasurer during 2007-2008 and President in 2008-2009. He acted as a both a volunteer forecaster for Scalia Lab and Teaching Assistant (TA) for various meteorology classes throughout the course of his undergraduate career.
Jeff is pursuing a career in tropical meteorology and spent the summer of 2008 as an intern at the NOAA Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Working with Meteorologist In Charge James Weyman and Hurricane Forecaster Kevin Kodama, he is writing computer programs that work to decode and display various types or hurricane reconnaissance data.
Jeff will attend Penn State University for graduate school beginning in the fall of 2009, and will continue to study tropical meteorology. In the future, Jeff would like to specialize in tropical meteorology or climatology and eventually become a hurricane forecaster at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida.
Lauren forecasted for Scalialab for 2 years, and comes to Ohio from Germantown, MD. She majored in Meteorology with an emphasis in Geography. She spent summer 2007 anchoring weather five days a week on WOUBs Newswatch, and continued to anchor weather once a week in 2007-2008. Lauren hopes to complete her graduate studies in the Atmospheric Sciences Department at the University of Maryland. She also hopes to pursue a meteorology career with NOAA or NASA after she receives her degrees.
Cora graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics-Meteorology. She is from Avon Lake, Oh and graduated from Avon Lake High School. She was fundraising chair and Events Coordinator of the Ohio University chapter of the American Meteorological Society. After OU, Cora is attending graduate school at Iowa State University, getting her masters in Meteorology and specializing in Cloud Physics. She also was a member of the Ohio University Marching 110 for four years. Cora graduated from Iowa State with a Masters of Science in Meteorology and is currently working for University Hospitals as a Data Analyst in Cleveland, Ohio.
Shawn graduated from Ohio University in 1994 and completed a Masters in Atmospheric Sciences from The Ohio State University in 1996. After several years working as a forecaster in the United States and Canada, Shawn returned to OU and finished a second Masters in geography in 2003. He then went on to intern for the National Weather Service in Phoenix, AZ. Shawn currently resides in St. Cloud, MN and is a meteorology and Earth science instructor at St. Cloud Technical College and Central Lakes College in Minnesota. His outside interests include mountain hiking and astronomy.
Eric received his Bachelor’s from Ohio University in 2002 and trained as a professional pilot in the aviation program. After graduation, he planned on pursuing an advanced degree. He enrolled in several meteorology classes at OU, began forecasting for Scalia Lab, and also started taking physics and mathematics in order to gain the background required for graduate studies. Aside from preparing him for grad school, these classes ignited his lifelong interest in the sciences. He was recently accepted by Cleveland State University as a graduate student and will be pursuing a degree in Medical Physics.
Travis is a 2008 graduate of Ohio University, obtaining a BS in Geography-Meteorology with minors in Physics and Mathematics. He served as the Associate Director of Scalia Lab from 2008-2010, and taught the observations and forecasting undergraduate courses during that time.
Travis is currently employed as a Project Manager at Fives North American Combustion in Cleveland, using the technical background from his time in Athens in the field of industrial heating and combustion.
Outside of meteorology, Travis currently resides in the Akron area with his wife Alex, and their 4 children (2 sets of twins!). He is an avid sports fan, rooting on the Cleveland Cavaliers, Guardians, and Browns, as well as the Ohio Bobcats, whenever he can. Travis also loves to travel, most often taking the kids to Cedar Point, or to visit relatives in the Carolinas.
Rebecca works for Baseops World Fuel in Houston, Texas in both the weather and fuel departments. She graduated in 2002 with a Bachelors in Meteorology and Mathematics. Rebecca was also a forecast supervisor while she attended OU
Clint is a 2014 graduate of Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. During his time at OU Clint was an active member of OU-CAMS. He started his colligate career at the University of Kentucky as a business major but quickly realized his lifelong passion for weather couldn’t be ignored. Clint wasn’t sure what he wanted do after school but knew he wanted to use to his meteorology background in some way to make a difference. He currently is an Air Dispersion Modeler for the Kentucky Division for Air Quality where he is happy to be part of a team that provides clean air for his home state. In the future he is excited to see where his evolving field of Air Dispersion Modeling takes him. In his free time Clint enjoys traveling, attending UK sporting events, spending as much time possible on the lake.
Darren is a 2010 graduate of Ohio University, majoring in Geography-Meteorology. He forecasted for Scalia Lab from 2008-2010. In addition to Scalia, he also worked at WOUB, the campus television station. He was the Weather Coordinator and an on-air forecaster, where his weekly weather forecasts reached the viewers of southeast Ohio. He is a student member of the American Meteorological Society, and he has attended AMS conferences in New Orleans, Phoenix, and Atlanta. Darren is a storm spotter for the National Weather Service Forecast Offices in Wilmington, Ohio and Charleston, West Virginia. He became a Hollings Scholar in 2008, which allowed him to intern for the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma in the summer of 2009. Darren will be attending Iowa State University in the fall of 2010 to further his education in meteorology.
Ahmed completed his Masters Degree from the Geography Department with a specialization on Tropical Climatology. His masters research was on the relationship between sea surface temperature in the Bay of Bengal and monsoon rainfall in Bangladesh. Ahmed is currently working on his PhD in the Department of Coastal Resources Management at East Carolina University. His research is on Intraseasonal Variations in Precipitation from the Indian to Western Pacific Oceans as a Forcing Mechanism for ENSO, funded by NASA.
