Elijah is currently a Junior at Ohio University. He is an HTC student majoring in Meteorology (Geography). He is from Westerville, Ohio (a suburb of the Columbus area), where he competed in Cross Country and Track and Field throughout high school. Elijah is a member of the Ohio University’s Chapter of the American Meteorological Society (OUCAMS), having served as an intern (in the summer of 2023) for the NEPARS REU, a research internship cohosted by both Plymouth State University in Plymouth, NH, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY, and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). His weather interests lie in winter weather, climate, and severe weather such as hurricanes and tornadoes. Outside of class, Elijah enjoys running (with people), Chess, sports (such as football, basketball, NASCAR, and F1), simulation and racing games (City Skylines, Sid Meijer’s Civilization, Forza Franchise, etc.), and listening to music (favorite artists include The Chainsmokers, Coldplay, Illenium, Porter Robinson, Twenty-One Pilots, etc.)

Bailey is a Junior in Geography-Meteorology with a minor in Geological Sciences. She is from Dayton, Ohio and has been fascinated by the weather since she was little. She has always been known as the kid who was going to be a meteorologist since 3rd grade. Her parents remark that she ‘wouldn’t hear her parents calling her’ from her room, but once the local meteorologist came on TV, she would come barreling out into the living room to watch.

Her interests in weather lay within severe weather and tornadoes, but also has a love and passion for volcanoes, hydrology, forestry, nature, and earth science in general (she’s always been a science girly at heart). Outside of school, she had a passion in digital drawing, writing, color guard, roller coasters, and coffee.

Nico Sartori grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio where he became fascinated by the weather at a very young age in elementary school. Beginning in August of 2019, he got accepted into The Ohio State University undergraduate program for Atmospheric Sciences. Since becoming a Buckeye, Nico joined the Scarlet and Gray Forecasting Club as a lead forecaster and later as president introducing the area of broadcasting to the club. In the summer of 2022, he gained research experience working for the Center of Western Weather Water Extremes (CW3E) at Scripps in San Diego, California. He worked on a research project on how the Madden-Julian Oscillation System (MJO) has impacted extreme precipitation in a warming climate in the western United States. Through the internship, Nico gained a research interest in climate variability as well as extreme weather such as tornadoes and hurricanes. Recently, Nico accepted an offer into the graduate program for Ohio University starting in the fall of 2023 in Atmospheric Sciences as the Associate Director of Scalia Labs. After graduate school, he plans on entering a career in operational meteorology such as in the National Weather Service (NWS) or the private sector.

James is currently a senior at Ohio University, pursuing a degree in geography with a meteorology track through the Honors Tutorial College. He is from Cincinnati, Ohio, and is an active member of OUCAMS, having served as an officer during the spring of 2023. James was also a member of the University of Illinois’ First Annual Radar Institute and is currently producing a thesis alongside Dr. Jana Houser as a Research Assistant, investigating the limitations of Doppler Radar in detection of tornadoes and the issuance of warnings, with plans to publish in the Journal of Operational Meteorology. He is additionally Upper-Air Certified through the National Weather Service, having served as a volunteer during the summer of 2024, and has conducted research through NWS Wilmington on the seasonal and spatial reliance on TDWRs for issuing severe storm and tornado warnings. Furthermore, James has worked as a Teaching Assistant and Supplemental Instructor for GEOG 3010 (Introduction to Meteorology), currently serves as a Teaching Assistant and Embedded Tutor for GEOG 3031/GEOG 3040 (Observations/Practicum in Meteorology), and provides recorded forecasts through Ohio University’s The Post TV.

Mesoscale and radar meteorology interest him the most, but above all, he loves sharing that passion with others and hopes to obtain a PhD in meteorology so he can continue teaching as a professor and researcher. Outside of school, James likes making art, playing Rock Band, and going on sunset walks. He also loves drinking hot chocolate and baking soft pretzels.

Kaylee Sweeney is currently a senior majoring in Geography-Meteorology. She is from Willoughby, Ohio, a city outside of Cleveland. Kaylee is also the president for the Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society as well as a geography learning community leader for the university. Her most recent interests in the field have been with aviation meteorology as well as STEM educational and community outreach. In her free time, she enjoys reading, traveling, and grabbing an iced coffee.