Rosemary Kanters is currently a chemistry Ph.D. student at the Pennsylvania State University. She graduated from Ohio University in 2013 with a major in chemistry and minor in meteorology. She grew up in North Lawrence, OH, and graduated with honors from Tuslaw High School in 2009. Rosemary enjoys hiking, camping, and traveling and is a part of the American Chemical Society and the American Meteorological Society, along with its local chapter. In Summer 2011, she conducted atmospheric aerosol research at the Pennsylvania State University as a part of the NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, and she spent Summer 2012 conducting similar research in the Chemical Sciences Division at NOAA’s Earth Systems Research Laboratory in Boulder, CO as a part of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program. Rosemary currently studies interfacial bonding between metal nanoparticles and transition metal oxide supports for catalysis purposes. After completing graduate school, Rosemary plans to conduct environmental research in industry or for a government organization.

Megan graduated from Ohio University in 2016 with a B.S. in Meteorology and a minor in mathematics. She was a 3-year officer in OUCAMS, including being the President during her senior year, and was also the Geography Learning Community Leader. For both her junior and senior year, Megan was a member of Dr. Fogt’s research group on Antarctic climate, and was a contributing author on three published papers. Her interest in polar meteorology led her to Ohio State University for graduate school, where she was a TA in the Department of Geography and did her research with the Polar Meteorology group at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center. Megan completed her M.S. degree and thesis on Southern Hemisphere mid- and high-latitude temperature trends in the summer of 2018, with the associated manuscript published in the October 2019 edition of the Journal of Climate.

After graduating from Ohio State, Megan began her career as a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Bismarck, North Dakota. She is very active in the climate program at the office, as well as with outreach events, and has enjoyed experiencing everything from tornadoes to blizzards. Outside of work, she loves traveling, hiking, watching sports, and trying out new recipes.

I graduated with a Meteorology-Geography degree in 2018 and with a minor in Recreation Management. During my time at OU, I was involved with OUCAMS all 4 years and was elected to the Fundraising Chair for OUCAMS for the 2017-18 school year. I interned at the Athens County EMA Office in Spring 2017 and Franklin County EMA Office in Winter ’17-’18. I have helped with COOP observations for NWS Charleston as well as a volunteer forecaster for Scalia Lab for Fall ’17. As for my future, I plan on attending Millersville University to pursue a Master’s degree in Emergency Management starting in Fall 2018 and will be a Student Volunteer for NWS Charleston, WV for Summer 2018. My goal is to get into the NWS or Emergency Management field. My email for future reference will be jtank2wx@gmail.com. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions! I’m willing to help out and be a resource.

Nicole Grams graduated in 2011 with her B.S. in Meteorology (Departmental Honors) and minors in mathematics and physics. She was a member of the OU Synchronized Skating Team, an Ohio University Outstanding Senior, member of the “Voices of OHIO” campaign, and AMS Student Chapter president. Nicole also served 2 years as Co-Chair of the national AMS Student Conference Planning Committee. Yet, via her internships in the NOAA Student Career Experience and Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship programs, Nicole realized that meteorology was not, in fact, her primary calling and decided to pursue a Master’s degree in Geoinformatics and Hydrology at the University of Oklahoma. She graduated from the “other OU” in 2013 and is currently a Geospatial Analyst Senior Specialist at Weather Fusion/CoreLogic. Nicole resides in Milwaukee, WI with her NWS meteorologist fiancé and still spends her free time on the ice and at microbreweries.

Michael spent his 4 years at Ohio University participating heavily in OUCAMS. He started as events coordinator and moved his way up to Vice President, where he ran the mentor-mentee program during his last year. He also spent his time splitting his focus between severe weather and climate. He took part in the newly-offered radar meteorology class as well as the one-time Antarctic climate and history class, and loved both of them. He also participated twice in the storm chasing study abroad class with Dr. Houser. Michael’s undergraduate career culminated in the research he did with Dr. Fogt, taking him to Boulder, CO and the NCAR Mesa Lab. After spending a full year doing research and coding, he completed his undergraduate honors thesis in April of 2018, titled The Influence of Tropical Sea Surface Temperature Variability on Antarctic Climate during the 20th Century.He greatly enjoyed working with both of his advisors, and taking all of the special classes they offered.

Post-graduation, Michael will be starting a summer volunteer internship at NWS Cleveland, before heading to Iowa State in the fall to start towards a masters degree in Atmospheric Sciences, and hopes to study severe weather.