People

Core Office, Research and Support Staff


Margret Boone

Program Manager
Oklahoma Climatological Survery
University of Oklahoma

Rachel Riley

Associate Program Manager
Oklahoma Climatological Survery
University of Oklahoma

Alek Krautmann

Research Associate
Oklahoma Climatological Survery
University of Oklahoma

Hal Needham

Program Manager
Dept. of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Amanda Lewis (Billiot)

Research Associate
Dept. of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Nick Richardson

Webmaster
Oklahoma Climatological Survery
University of Oklahoma

Ada Shih

Webmaster
Oklahoma Climatological Survery
University of Oklahoma

Gary McManus

State Climatologist
Oklahoma Climatological Survery
University of Oklahoma

Kyle Brehe

Service Climatologist
Southern Regional Climate Center
Louisiana State University

Jared Bostic

Information Technology
Oklahoma Climatological Survery
University of Oklahoma

Luigi Romolo

Regional Climatologist
Southern Regional Climate Center
Louisiana State University

David Sathiaraj

Information Technology
Southern Regional Climate Center
Louisiana State University

Katy Christian

Research Associate
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
University of Oklahoma

Christine Kuhn

Undergraduate Student Assistant
Oklahoma Climatological Survey
University of Oklahoma

SCIPP Investigators (PI and Co)


Mark Shafer

Associate State Climatologist
Oklahoma Climatological Survery
University of Oklahoma

Barry Keim

Professor and Louisiana State Climatologist
Dept. of Geography and Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Renee Edwards

Professor and Chair
Dept. of Communication Studies
Louisiana State University

Yang Hong

Associate Professor and Associate Director
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences
Center for Natural Hazards and Disaster Research University of Oklahoma

Randy Peppler

Interim Director
Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies
University of Oklahoma

Kevin Robbins

Director and Associate Professor
Southern Regional Climate Center
Louisiana State University

Harold Brooks

Senior Scientist
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
University of Oklahoma

Michael Hayes

Director and Professor
National Drought Mitigation Center
University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Renee McPherson

Director of Research and Professor
South-Central Climate Science Center
University of Oklahoma

Steven Quiring

Associate Professor
Dept. of Geography
Texas A&M University

Graduate Students


Laura Becker

Ph.D. Student
Dept. of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Jonathan Denham

Ph.D. Student
Dept. of Communication Studies
Louisiana State University

Zhen Zhang

Ph.D. Student
School of Industrial & Systems Engineering
University of Oklahoma

SCIPP Alumni


Hal Needham

Ph.D. 2014
Dept. of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Heather Campbell

M.S. 2010
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma

Carrie Pavlowsky

M.A. 2014
Dept. of Geography & Environmental Sustainability
University of Oklahoma

Rebekah Jones

M.S. 2014
Dept. of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Robert Gottlieb

M.S. 2011
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma

Lu Liu

M.S. 2012
School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science
University of Oklahoma

Michael Roberts

M.S. 2010
Dept. of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Amanda Schroeder

M.S. 2010
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma

Wanyun Shao

Ph.D. 2012
Dept. of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Anna Trevino

Ph.D. 2012
Dept. of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Carly Kovacik

M.S. 2013
School of Meteorology
University of Oklahoma

Amanda Lewis (Billiot)

M.S. 2013
Dept. of Geography & Anthropology
Louisiana State University

Affiliates/Partners


Jeff Basara

Director of Research and Adjunct Associate Professor
Oklahoma Climatological Survery

Jerry Brotzge

Research Scientist
Center for Analysis & Prediction of Storms
University of Oklahoma

Sean Crowell

Post-Doctoral Research Scientist
College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences
University of Oklahoma

Cody Knutson

Planning and Social Science Program Area Leader
National Drought Mitigation Center

Heather McCarthy

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Microbiology & Plant Behavior
University of Oklahoma

John Nielsen-Gammon

Professor and Texas State Climatologist
Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences
Texas A&M University

Sascha Peterson

Founder and Executive Director
Adaptation International

Chie Sakakibara

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Geography & Environmental Sustainability
University of Oklahoma

Kai Zhang

Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

SCIPP Advisory Committee

Louisiana

David Schlotzhauer

CEM Hydrologist
NWS Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center

Suzanne Van Cooten

Hydrologist in Charge
NWS Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center


Mississippi

Tracie Sempier

Coastal Storms Outreach Coordinator
Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium


Oklahoma

Putnam Reiter

Information Technology Officer
Oklahoma Dept. of Emergency Management


Tennessee

Thomas Wilbanks

ORNL Corporate Fellow
MultiScale Energy - Environmental Systems Group - Environmental Sciences Division
Oak Ridge National Laboratory


Texas

Marilu Hastings

Environment Program Director
Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation

Bob Rose

Chief Meteorologist
Lower Colorado River Authority


National

Margaret Davidson

Director
NOAA Coastal Services Center

Gregg Garfin

Deputy Director
Science Translation and Outreach - Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
University of Arizona

William Hooke

Senior Policy Fellow and Director
American Meteorological Society Policy Program

Rebecca Jennings

Hurricane Program Specialist
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Region IV

Missy Stults

Science Research Fellow
University of Michigan

Russell Vose

Chief
Product Development Branch
National Climatic Data Center