Ph. D., 1984, University of Oklahoma, Meteorology
M.S., 1978, University of Oklahoma, Meteorology
B.S., 1975, Rutgers University, Environmental Science

A New Jersey native, I graduated from Summit High School in 1970. Science instruction in the Summit public schools was instrumental in turning my career interests toward the Earth Sciences. A ninth grade General Sciences class stimulated and focused my interest in Meteorology.

In my work I've employed special mesoscale observations and cloud/mesoscale models to investigate the dynamics of terrain-induced mesoscale circulations, the initiation of deep, moist convection, and the dynamical, microphysical, and electrification processes in storms and Mesoscale Convective Systems . My research career began with entry into the graduate Meteorology program at the University of Oklahoma in the Fall of 1975, advised by Dr. Peter Ray at the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). My M.S. thesis research emphasized the application of variational methods in multiple Doppler analysis, while my Ph.D. dissertation research focused on the development and application of a new microphysical-continuity retrieval scheme for assimilating Doppler wind field analyses into a 3-D cloud model. Hired to a full-time position at the NSSL in 1983, I've also worked at the NSSL/Mesoscale Research Branch in Boulder, Colorado, between the summers of 1992 and 1993. I served the Monthly Weather Review as Associate Editor during the 1991-1997 term. I'm a 1998 recipient of the NOAA/Environmental Research Laboratories Outstanding Scientific Paper Award for my work on mesoscale modeling of drylines and dryline convective storms.