CERTIFICATIONS/HONORS:
Certified Consulting Meteorologist (No. 163), American Meteorological Society (1977)
Member, National Council of Industrial Meteorologists (elected 1979)
Seals of Approval, Television and Radio Weathercasting, American Meteorological Society
Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (1993); AMS Councilor (2000-2003)
President (Elect), American Meteorological Society (2005)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
Ph.D., Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago (1970)
Graduate Advisor: Prof. T. Theodore Fujita; Hertz Foundation Fellow
Research Aviation Summer Fellow, National Center for Atmospheric Research (1968)
M.S., Dept. of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago (1965) - Ford Foundation Fellow
B.S., Dept. of Meteorology, Saint Louis University (1964)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Meteorological Society
American Geophysical Union
National Weather Association

AFFILIATIONS:
President, Forensic Meteorology Associates, Inc./FMA Research, Inc. (1990 - )
President/Senior Scientist, R•SCAN Corporation (1980-1990)
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1969-1976)
Research Scientist, Coop. Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State Univ. (1990 - 1994)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University (1985-1990)
Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota (1975-1979)
Associate Professor (tenured) and Administrator, Air Pollution Analysis Laboratory, College of
Engineering and Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1969-1975)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
• Over 140 published book chapters and articles in professional journals, conference preprint volumes and technical symposia proceedings; designed nation’s first commercial, operational lightning detection network; experience with advanced weather sensing and computerized display systems.
• Principal or co-principal investigator in advanced atmospheric science research programs (over $6 million) from various agencies including NASA, National Science Foundation, US Environmental Protection Agency, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, US Air Force Space Division, Nuclear Regulatory Commission and numerous electric utilities conducted within both universities and consulting firms; served on UCAR and National Research Council committees
• Operational weather forecasting experience (over 10,000 forecasts prepared).
• Broad based experience with meteorological observations and data analysis, coastal weather, hurricanes, severe storms and lightning research, research aviation, air pollution meteorology, and remote sensing systems such as lightning detection networks, radar and satellite.
• Almost twenty years experience in commercial television and radio weathercasting in major markets (Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, and the ABC Television Network); served as national media spokesperson for Honeywell, Inc. on indoor weather and air quality issues; frequent public lecturer on weather and popular science topics, including lightning, tornadoes and severe weather.
• Over 25 years experience as a consultant and expert witness in insurance claims investigations and litigation, serving defendants, plaintiffs and as a court-appointed expert.

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