Erin Ashley is from Cincinnati, Ohio, and is a senior majoring in Broadcast Meteorology. She is the Lead Forecaster for WOUB Public Media, the PBS-affiliate news station for Southeast Ohio, where she broadcasts weather conditions and constructs environmental news packages. Erin is interested in how weather impacts society and how weather awareness has changed over time. She plans to work for a news station upon graduation. In her free time, Erin critiques movies, roots for the Cincinnati Bengals, and be with friends.

Cam is a senior Geography-Meteorology student, with a minor in Mathematics and a Certificate in Geographic Information Sciences. He hails from Vandalia, Ohio, but has lived all over the country! Cam is a quality control analyst and a student technician at the Kansas Mesonet, and is serving as Scalia Laboratory’s Weather Observer for the second year. Cam is also the president of Ohio University’s Student Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, and a forecaster for WOUB’s NewsWatch. In his free time, Cam is an avid birdwatcher and animal lover and is a huge fan of the Detroit Lions, Tigers, and Red Wings.

Ashlee Ziegler graduated Summa Cum Laude in 2024 with a B.S. in Meteorology with honors, a Mathematics minor, and a GIS Certificate. At Ohio University, Ashlee became involved in OUCAMS during her freshman year and took on leadership responsibilities during her sophomore and junior years. OUCAMs allowed her to learn about all of the opportunities and paths meteorology offered, as well as make some incredible friends! In addition to OUCAMs, Ashlee became Scalia’s Lead Forecaster her senior year (2024), providing several daily forecasts a week and in-depth technical discussions.

Ashlee was selected as an Ernest F. Hollings Scholar and interned at NWS Nashville the summer between her junior and senior years. There, she worked on mapping the vulnerable populations for the Nashville CWA and performed many NWS duties, like assisting in forecast discussions and assisting in storm surveys after a severe weather event! She is still in constant contact with her supervisors and can’t recommend making connections enough! The following year, Ashlee was able to present her work at the 101st AMS conference in Baltimore.

One of Ashlee’s proudest accomplishments was the completion of her Honors Thesis under Dr. Fogt. Ashlee studied the meteorological conditions surrounding the journey of the Endurance, a ship that became stuck in Weddell pack ice and eventually sank after several months in the early 20th century. Fortunately, the entire Endurance crew was able to survive and be rescued after a few men left on a small lifeboat to South Georgia to receive help. This experience, though challenging, taught her a lot.

Ashlee is currently pursuing a Master’s in Atmospheric Science at Ohio State University, where she will study tornadoes under Dr. Jana Houser.

Adam is from Cleveland, Ohio and is a senior pursuing a major in meteorology and a minor in mathematics. He is involved in OUCAMS and is the current Webmaster for Scalia lab. Adam is extremely passionate about severe weather and radar meteorology, and hopes to work in forecasting or radar analysis after graduation. In his free time, Adam likes to listen to music, hike, and take pictures.

I’m Hunter Uhl and a current junior in the Honors Tutorial College pursuing Geography and Environmental Studies degrees, with a minor in Meteorology. In my free time I enjoy cooking, reading, and watching anime. In the future, I hope to work with the ODNR or NPS.

My name is Henry Grof and I am from Centerville, Ohio. I am at Ohio University pursuing a degree in meteorology. I started my education here in the spring semester of 2020 after completing my associate’s degree in communication from Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. I am a member of OUCAMS. My hobbies are playing videogames, working on computers, and biking. My plans after graduation is to do broadcast meteorology.

Hi everyone, my name is Cole Borden, and I am a sophomore majoring in meteorology. I am from the Cleveland area about 25 minutes west of it, so we are just outside the snow belt which is good because I hate snow. I graduated high school in 2019 and plan on graduating Ohio University in 2023. After graduation I plan on working as a broadcast meteorologist. My one main hobby is playing basketball with some friends. Lastly, my favorite weather phenomena are hurricanes.

Casey is currently a Senior at Ohio University majoring in Meteorology. He is from Saint Clairsville, Ohio. He enjoys all types of weather, but tornados, hurricanes, and winter weather are his favorites. Some of his hobbies include following sports and playing video games. After graduation he plans are to get a job with the National Weather Service.

Katie graduated from OU with her bachelors in Meteorology and Physics in 2001 and went on to receive a Masters in Meteorology from Penn State in 2003. Following grad school she moved to DC and worked as a Meteorologist for a government contractor and in web development for the next several years. In 2009, Katie’s technical degrees and web experience landed her a job at the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Examiner in the E-Commerce unit.

Katie, her husband, and two children (Leo and Chloe) currently reside in Alexandria, VA, where they keep an active lifestyle swimming, biking, and/or running daily.