Landon Chrislip is a sophomore Meteorology student at Ohio university, and he is from Wadsworth, Ohio. He is interested in tropical weather and how it works. He plays ultimate frisbee and is a member of the Ohio university club ultimate team. His hobbies consist of going to the gym, playing video games, and running.
Thomas Baker
Thomas grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became fascinated with the weather from an early age. He attended Walnut Hills High School, where he considered several more glamorous career paths before rediscovering that love for weather during the snowstorm and cold spell of December 2022.
After graduating, he left for Athens to become a third-generation Bobcat, majoring in Geography/Meteorology. As a sophomore, he added a minor in Astronomy, hoping to specialize in forecasting the Aurora Borealis and other space weather. In terms of the strictly earthbound, winter weather is his favorite
Paige Bias
Paige is a junior at Ohio University studying aviation flight and management with minors in communication, business, and meteorology. Paige is from Denver, North Carolina. She is an active member of the Ohio University Precision Flight team, Alpha Eta Rho (aviation fraternity) and, secretary of Women in Aviation. Paige hopes to fly for NOAA’s hurricane hunting team. Paige’s interest in meteorology first started when her parents took her to meet the Tornado Hunters when she was in elementary school. In Paige’s spare time she loves to fly, ski, surf and do anything outside with friends. Fun facts about Paige include she has a twin brother and is an instrument rated private pilot.
Graci Armstrong
Graci Armstrong originally started out as a pre-med major but changed her major at the beginning of her Junior year due to her love of severe storms. She works with ship logbooks for Dr. Fogt and is a member of OUCAMS. She plans on becoming a Weather Officer for the Air Force once she graduates and receives her degree. She loves watching horror movies, listening to music, and listening to personal development podcasts.
Hayden Epperson
Hayden is an aviation flight major with a meteorology minor. Hayden was born in North Carolina and moved to Ohio in his early childhood. He currently works at the Ohio University airport assisting the avionics mechanic with maintenance and cleaning of aircraft. After graduating and while earning flight hours he intends to continue school part time to earn an airframe & powerplant mechanic certificate. He hopes to join the NOAA hurricane flight crew acting as pilot.
Brayden Eichenlaub
Brayden is a second-year meteorology student at Ohio University. He is slated to graduate in 2028. Brayden was first interested in meteorology from his first successful photograph of lightning. From there on, he learned all that he could that incorporated convective weather.
Now he is finding interest in not just Earth weather, but Solar weather, too! On his own time, he constantly checks solar parameters and sees how the Sun is behaving daily. He even started a club revolving around this topic to share the rare spectacle of the Aurora Borealis with everyone on Campus. During his free time however, he likes to ride motorcycles and go fishing a lot in the Summer.
Emile Stark
Emile Stark is a sophomore at Ohio University studying journalism and meteorology. Her meteorological inspirations are Jim Cantore and Ryan Hall. In the future, Emile looks forward to a career in broadcasting meteorology to a wide audience and documenting weather phenomena. She believes that working with Scalia Labs will further her understanding of forecasting and her meteorological knowledge.
Josh Honick
Joshua Honick grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He found to be enjoying looking at radar and thunderstorms from a young age- however he is interested in all types of weather. This led to him continuing to pursue his passion in meteorology at Ohio University in 2024. Joshua is an active member in Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society. While Joshua is interested in all types of weather events, he is most interested in extreme weather events such as tornadoes, hailstorms, and severe weather events. He hopes to one day use his skills and knowledge gained to conduct research, forecast, and spread his knowledge to help people as best as he can. Outside of meteorology, Joshua loves to golf and hang out with his family and friends.
Ian Miller
Ian Miller is a second-year Broadcast Meteorology Major at Ohio University, and is originally from Willoughby, Ohio. He has an interest in severe weather and its prediction. He is a trumpet player in the Marching 110. He has three cats at home, named Chad, Toeni, and Nermal.
Steve Nedlik
Steve Nedlik is currently a junior majoring in Broadcast-Meteorology. He is from Mentor, Ohio, a city outside of Cleveland. Steve is an associate forecaster for WOUB NewsWatch as well as the chapter liaison for the Ohio University Chapter of the American Meteorological Society. His specific interests in weather include forecasting winter weather and severe weather and he is also interested in coastline preservation. In his free time, he enjoys listening to music, exercising, and spending time with family/friends



