Clear Skies Ahead: Conversations about Careers in Meteorology and Beyond

We talk to Meredith Garofalo, Certified Broadcast Meteorologist at WeatherNation, about the value of working in all areas of the newsroom, flying alongside a satellite on the military's largest transport plane, and what she hopes to accomplish as the chair of the AMS Station Scientist Committee.

Episode transcript

Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web!

Contact us at [email protected] with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2021 American Meteorological Society.

We talk to Javier Fochesatto, Professor and Chair of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, about how there is no use for a great scientific idea if it cannot be expressed, why he encourages students to gain a more diverse experience abroad, and being deployed into grizzly country on a glacier.

Javier is also the co-chief editor of the Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (JTECH), published by the AMS.

Episode transcript

Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web!

Contact us at [email protected] with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2021 American Meteorological Society.

We talk to Tom Kilpatrick, Oceanographer at the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, about the competitiveness of tenure track faculty positions, the challenges of being a student athlete while studying engineering and applied mathematics, and how a love for surfing inspired him to learn more about the ocean.

See also Deep Learning with Python by François Chollet and Tom's personal website.

Episode transcript

Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web!

Contact us at [email protected] with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2021 American Meteorological Society.

We talk to Jeff Strong, Research Scientist at AIR Worldwide about moving from academia into the private sector, translating high level science to a wide range of stakeholders, and driving across the country for a post-doctoral job at Scripps Institute of Oceanography.

Episode transcript

Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web!

Contact us at [email protected] with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2021 American Meteorological Society.

We talk to Tanya Brown-Giammanco, Managing Director of Research at the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety about building the testing facility that she now operates, engaging with the major U.S. insurance companies that are investing in her research, and how to make hail in a lab.

Episode transcript

Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web!

Contact us at [email protected] with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2021 American Meteorological Society.

We talk to Matt Fronzak, Weather Portfolio Advisor and Principal Aviation Systems Engineer at the MITRE Corporation, about working in baggage and cabin service for Delta Air Lines before becoming the first meteorologist hired from within the company,  managing federally funded research and development centers, and communicating uncertainty.

Episode transcript

Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web!

Contact us at [email protected] with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2021 American Meteorological Society.

We talk to Doug Hilderbrand, Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador Lead at the National Weather Service, about the reality working shifts on a 24/7 schedule, how the Southeast tornado outbreak in 2011 represented a crossroads for the weather enterprise, and how he has partnered with over 11,000 ambassadors as part of the Weather-Ready initiative.

Engage with Weather-Ready Nation at https://www.weather.gov/wrn/.

Episode transcript

Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/.

Contact us at [email protected] with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2021 American Meteorological Society.

We talk to Vanessa Alonso, the Sunrise/Midday Meteorologist at WCBI, about borrowing every book on weather from the library while in grade school, being the first student to graduate the University of Miami with a dual major in meteorology and broadcast journalism, job searching during a recession, and her success story achieving the CBM designation.

Episode transcript

Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/.

Contact us at [email protected] with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2021 American Meteorological Society.

We talk to Don Berchoff, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at TruWeather Solutions in Reston, Virginia, about flying reconnaissance missions in the Air Force, integrating weather data into operational decision-making, and why he decided to start his own company.

Episode transcript

Hosted by Rex Horner and Kelly SavoieProduced by Brandon M. CroseEdited by Peter TrepkeTheme music composed and performed by Steve Savoie

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/.

Contact us at [email protected] with any feedback or if you'd like to become a future guest.Copyright © 2020 American Meteorological Society.

We talk to Carl Schrek, a Research Scholar with the North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies at North Carolina State University, about experiencing the power of Hurricane Fran firsthand, how the extreme weather event led him into researching tropical meteorology, and the critical importance of math and computer programming skills in his field.

Episode transcript

Hosts: Kelly Savoie and Rex HornerMusic by Steve SavoieProduced by Brandon M. Crose

Visit AMS Career Resources on the web at https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/education-careers/careers/.Contact us at [email protected] © 2020 American Meteorological Society.