*Fireworks and supervising adults not pictured
About me
I am originally from Germantown, Ohio, a small town between Dayton and Cincinnati known for farming and football. I decided to pursue a Bachelor's Degree in Meteorology in 2004 while working at a factory that manufactured turbo diesel engines for the United States military (among others). Since that time, the shiny red ball of education has led me from rural Ohio to Norman, Oklahoma where I studied mesoscale meteorology networks and took up storm chasing and photography as hobbies. A three year hiatus from my educational pursuit turned out to be more than I could handle so, committing to a Master's degree in the coolest place possible, I sold almost everything I owned, packed up what was left and moved to Honolulu, Hawaii to study boundary layer meteorology at UH-Manoa. Upon earning a Master's degree, I chose to "finish this damn thing off properly" and work toward a doctorate while continuing to study the boundary layer. Which is exactly what I did, until I decided I was tired of studying the boundary later. Why not start over and just work on something else? Why not, indeed! Besides, it's not like this is the worst idea I've ever had, by far. The worst idea I've ever committed to? Now, that is yet to be determined. So, two years into a PhD. program, I did what any rational human approaching 40 years old would do, change my subject from boundary layer research (close to the surface) to the impact an intense lightning storms (may or may not) have on the ionosphere (really not close to the surface at all). Seems legit, right? I mean, what could possibly go wrong?