Simone Lewis graduated from OU in 2003 as a Geography-Pre Meteorology Major, with minors in math and physics. She then went to Ball State for her M.S. degree in 2005, and while there, did a summer internship with the NWS Indianapolis office. Simone then entered the National Weather Service in 2006 at the Boise, Idaho office, moving to her current position as General Forecaster at the Charleston, WV office in 2009. She has been a part of numerous events while in the weather service, including forest fires, flooding events, and Bridge Day. Outside of weather, Simone enjoys hiking/nature, history, and exploring graveyards.

Kevin Thiel graduated Magna Cum Laude as a Meteorology Major with Honors and a Mathematics Minor in 2018. Throughout his time at Oho University, Kevin was involved with numerous activities on campus, including Hall Council President, Resident Assistant, OU WxChallenge Tournament Champion, OUCAMS Outreach Chair, Scalia Lab Webmaster, and the first person to be elected OUCAMS President twice (even with his excessive puns).

As a sophomore, Kevin began forecasting for the Scalia Lab in the GEOG 3040 Forecasting Practicum, and a few months later was selected as the Scalia Lab Webmaster, which he held for two years. He walked into the position with no website design and management experience, but was able to move the website for the first time in 25 years. Once this was done, new products such as the Radar, Climate Analysis, Hocking River, Satellite, Social Media, and Winter Weather Analysis pages were built, along with a redesigned Technical Forecast page. Kevin also installed analytics across the entire website, and created quarterly analytics reports to increase traffic and page views. In his final semester, Kevin moved the OUCAMS website to the AMS servers with a total redesign along the way, and worked closely with Red Tail Design for the most recent version of the Scalia Lab website.

Academically, Kevin selected as part of the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship Program in 2016. He then completed a research project with the National Weather Service in Miami, FL during the summer of 2017, titled Relating Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor and Dual-Polarization Products to Lightning and Thunderstorm Severity Potential. After his Hollings project was finished, he presented his work at the AMS 98th Annual Meeting. Kevin then continued his research as an undergraduate honors thesis, with Dr. Jana Houser serving as his advisor.

Amongst everything Kevin did at Ohio University, he absolutely loved being a part of OUCAMS, taking on leadership roles in the chapter beginning his Freshman year. He helped lead OUCAMS to AMS Chapter Honor Roll in 2016 and 2017, the Edwin L. Kennedy Community Service Award in 2017, and the OUCAMS banner to place in the AMS Chapter Banner Contest in 2018 (3rd place). OUCAMS was more than just a club, resume builder, and networking tool, it was like a second family. The friendships he built are what he cherished the most, and he encourages anyone to be involved in their local AMS Chapter, especially OUCAMS!

Kevin is currently a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Oklahoma, pursuing his Masters degree in Meteorology. He hopes to one day acquire his PhD in Meteorology, and enter the field of academia/research, with the prospects of developing operational products for forecasters to better protect life and property, or continue into lightning research and serve as a professor at the university level.

“Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions/advice. I’m always willing to help out a fellow Bobcat!”

Alex was an undergraduate at Ohio University from 2013 to 2017 and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Meteorology. During his time at OU he was involved with many musical groups; the Singing Men of Ohio, the Picardy Thirds (a cappella group), and University Band. He worked along side former visiting assistant professor of Meteorology, Scott Reinemann, on his senior thesis titled The Microscale Effects of Mountainous Environments on Temperature and Humidity on the Snake Range. He is currently working as a forecaster/consulting meteorologist for Neoweather LLC located in Northeast Ohio.

Matt graduated from Ohio University in 2003 with a B.S. in Meteorology and minors in Math and Physics. Following his time at OU, he attended Suffolk University in Boston, MA and completed a M.S. in Computer Science in 2005. Matt currently works as a Software Engineer at Microsoft and resides in Boston, MA with his wife Megan.

Evan Webb is a senior majoring in Aviation Flight Science and Aviation Flight Management, with minors in Meteorology and Business Administration. He was born and raised in Salem, Ohio, a suburb southwest of Youngstown. He graduated from Salem High School in 2007. He is a member of the Ohio University Student Senate as the Senator for the Russ College of Engineering and Technology and Vice Commissioner of Academic Affairs, OU Aviation Student Council (served as President 2009-2010). He also works as a building manager for the University’s student union building Baker Center where he oversees day to day operations and supervises other student employees.

He decided to add the Meteorology minor to better assist him in becoming a safer pilot and becoming more aware of the weather around him. He has been interested in meteorology since he was young watching storms.

In his free time he enjoys spending time with family and friends, saltwater and freshwater fishing, hunting, football, basketball and baseball, cooking, playing piano, and being active outdoors.

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.