Alumni

 

 

Here is a list of former Atmospheric Science students at KU. If you are an alumnus and would like to be included, simply contact the webmaster.  We had a hardware failure over Winter Break 2002, so if your information needs to be changed, please send us another e-mail and we'll get right on it.


NAME / Webpage

E-MAIL

CURRENT JOB


1976

Lawrence Lollar
llollar@beevilleisd.net
Physics and Chemistry Teacher at A. C. Jones High School, Beeville, TX

1982


Evan Jones evanjones@iname.com Senior Engineer, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Albuquerque, NM

1983


Brian Francis
(M.S. 1989)
brian.francis@noaa.gov Senior Forecaster, NWS Tucson, AZ
Mark Watson mwatson@wacs.wausau.wi.us President Wausau Area Catholic Schools, Wausau Wisconsin

1984


Stanley C. Howerton hwcomdso@horizon.hit.net --

1985


Randy Baker air1rtb@air.ups.com Senior Meteorologist, UPS Airlines, Louisville, KY
Bob Harrigan Siestabob@aol.com Chief Meteorologist, WWSB-TV, Sarasota, FL
Steven Kisner skisner@kdsi.net NWSFO, Hastings, NE

1986


Grant Pitzer grantpitzer@yahoo.com Pilot at Delta Airlines
Scott Whitmore -- Journeyman Forecaster, National Weather Service, Topeka, KS

1987


Eric Boldt eric.boldt@noaa.gov Senior Meteorologist, National Weather Service, Missoula, MT.
Barry Brandt weather@katv.com Meteorologist, KATV Little Rock, AR.
Michelle Joest joest@cadence.com Information Delivery Staff

1988


Kevin Darmofal kevin.darmofal@noaa.gov Lead Meteorologist, WFO Wichita
Scott Dergan -- NWSFO, Topeka, KS
John Dolusic jdolusic@wtva.com Meteorologist, WTVA-TV, Tupelo, MS
Mark McMahon markmcmahon@earthlink.net KC-135R pilot, Nebraska Air National Guard
Rob Peppers 13news@wibw.com Meteorologist, WIBW-TV, Topeka, KS
Douglas Watson dwatson@kdhe.state.ks.us Staff Meteorologist, Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment, Topeka, KS

1989


Jeff Gerber jgerber@wfsa.com Meteorologist, WSFA-TV, Montgomery, AL
Matt Hinkin WXCHINOOK@aol.com Meteorologist, WATE-TV, Knoxville, TN
John LaGue -- --
Mike LaPoint mlapoint@touchtmj4.com Morning/Midday Meteorologist, WTMJ-TV Milwaukee, WI

Larry Lowe lnl@awips1.abrfc.noaa.gov HAS Forecaster

1990


Mark Bogner mbogner@ksn.com Assistant Chief Meteorologist, KSNW-TV, Wichita, KS
Bryan Ruby bryansd@aol.com National Weather Service, Sioux Falls, SD
Ray Gomez -- --
Larry Hinson Larry.Hinson@noaa.gov NWSFO, Omaha, NE
Ryan McCammon winter86@swbell.net NWSFO, Dodge City, KS
Brent Shaw Brent.Shaw@wni.com Scientific Technologist, Weathernews Americas Inc, Norman, OK

Brian Walawender Brian.Walawender@noaa.gov Information Technology Officer, NWSFO, Topeka, KS

1991


Matt Foster vortex@shreve.net Senior Forecaster, NWSO Shreveport, LA
Austen L. Onek austenl@aeneas.net Meteorologist/Webmaster WREG-TV, Memphis, TN
Daniel R. Wilkus dan_wilkus@wr.com Air Programs Manager, Westar Energy, Co.

1992


Michael W. Ceule mike.pam@ceule.net Offutt AFB, Nebraska
David Eversole (M.S.) david.eversole@noaa.gov NWSFO, Mobile, AL
Rick Katzfey weather8@WVLT-TV.com Chief Meteorologist, WVLT-TV, Knoxville, TN
Jeff Manion jeffrey.manion@noaa.gov National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill, MO

Brandt Maxwell (M.S.)
brandt.maxwell@noaa.gov NWSFO, San Diego, CA

Mike Nicco MNicco@aol.com Meteorologist, KARK-TV, Little Rock, AR
Jim Phillips jimp@websurf.net Meteorologist, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
Jillene Wahl jwahl@kake.com Meteorologist, KAKE-TV, Wichita, KS
John Winter jwinter3@tampabay.rr.com Meteorologist, WFLA-TV, Tampa, FL

1993


James Dudley James.Dudley@noaa.gov NWSFO, Hanford, CA
Joe Heim (M.S.) -- --
Mike Hudson mhudson@qni.com National Weather Service, Pleasant Hill, MO
Marc Kramer huskerhawk@hotmail.com Meteorologist KETV, Omaha, NE
Rob Koch rkoch@kstp.com Meteorologist, KSTP-TV, Minneapolis, MN
Andy Kula andy.kula@noaa.gov Senior Forecaster, NWSFO, Huntsville, AL

Kyle J. Lucas lucaskj@bv.com Black & Veatch Engineering, Kansas City
Rodney Price Rprice8@cox.net Weekend Morning Meteorologist, KWCH-TV, Wichita, KS
York Schweder schweder@midusa.net --
Kurt Shobe zzshobe@wu.acc.edu Instructor, Washburn Univ., Topeka, KS

1994


Don Coash dcoash@ibm.net WeatherData, Inc., Wichita, KS
Susan Glantz rnsuzee@aol.com RN, St. Joseph Health Center, KCMO; Private CPA
Brian Loving bloving@usgs.gov Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
Kevin Polston kev54@kcnet.com Meteorologist, NWS Training Center, KCMO
Clinton Rockey clinton.rockey@noaa.gov NWSFO, Portland, OR
Andy Ward (M.S.) auward@northernnet.com Physics and Chemestry teacher, Moose Lake, MN

1995


Rob Brooks jayhawk@estreet.com Northrop Grumman - Mission Systems, Denver, CO
Mickey Delfelder themick88@yahoo.com Self-Employed; Freelance Multimedia Developer

Alan Denton -- --
Abby (Walsh) Goodman agoodman@trinityconsultants.com Air Quality Consultant, Trinity Consultants, Overland Park, Ks
Sarah Heeb wws@ix.netcom.com Widespread Weather Services, Inc.
Susan K. Kula skula@iastate.edu Air Pollution Meteorologist with Iowa State University
Chris Murphy cwmurph@email.clover.net Shipping manager, Edgetech I.G., Inc.
Karen Orcutt (M.S.) karen.f.orcutt@saic.com Software Engineer & Meteorologist, Science Applications International Corporation, Hampton, VA
Gregg Potter gregg@anythingweather.com President & Lead Meteorologist at AnythingWeather Communications, Inc.

Chad Sandwell csandwell@team4news.com Meteorologist, KGBT TV, Harlingen, TX
Brad Travis btravis@traveller.com Meteorologist, WAFF-TV, Huntsville, AL
Robyn Weeks rweeks@weather.com The Weather Channel

1996


Scott Evers tornado@tampabay.rr.com AEGON, St. Petersburg, FL
Jeff House twilite_demand@yahoo.com Weather Data Inc, Wichita, KS
Matt Jezewski mattj@chinook.phsx.ukans.edu --
Richard Naden (M.S.) maden@fs.fed.us
Predictive Services Fire Weather Meteorologist for the National Park Service at SWCC, Albuquerque, NM

Seth Loyd sloyd@iastate.edu Grad School, Iowa State Univ.
Scott Stanford scott@nc.rr.com GlaxoWellcome, Research Triangle Park, NC

1997


Dennis Fraker fraker@twinlakes.com --
Jennifer Jackson schoningd@aol.com --
Kevin Lawrence lawrence@kfyrtv.com Chief Meteorologist, KFYR-TV (NBC), Bismarck, ND
Demarick Patton dj316p@falcon.cc.ukans.edu --
Eric Renner - - --
Paul Shallberg pauls@falcon.cc.ukans.edu --
Scott Watson Scott.Watson@noaa.gov Forecaster, NWSFO, Springfield, MO
Grant Wimmer gwimmer@secnetgroup.com Secure Network Groups, Lawrence

1998


Amy Akers amy@wacc.org Wichita Area Chamber of Commerce
Mark Burger Mark.Burger@noaa.gov NWSFO, Wichita, KS.
Geoffrey Dawson dawson.geoffrey@shaw.af.mil Flight Commander, 28th Operational Weather Squadron, Shaw AFB, SC
Nate Higgins nhiggins@wrex.com Chief Meteorologist, WREX Rockford, IL.
Ryan Jewell Ryan.Jewell@noaa.gov Forecaster, Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK.
Aaron W. Johnson Aaron.Johnson@noaa.gov NWSFO, Goodland, KS.
David Nadler David.Nadler@noaa.gov Senior Forecaster, NWSFO Huntsville, AL

Kimberly Simms (Friedrichsen) kimothy_s@yahoo.com Insight Consulting Services, IT Technical Consultant

1999


Kris (Zentmire) Butler -- The Forrester Group, Springfield, MO

Chris Dillon dilloncg@bv.com Black & Veatch, Overland Park, KS
Sarah Dougan -- --
Walter Geiger synoptic2@hotmail.com Meteorologist, Western Texas Weather Mod
Julie Harms -- ------
Aaron Justus ajjustus@hotmail.com Weather Producer KMBC-TV, Kansas City, MO.
Stephanie (Lovett) Klipfel okbyenow@aol.com Meteorologist, Delta Airlines
Mick McGuire Mickey.Mcguire@noaa.gov NWSFO Goodland, KS
Bryan Robbins robio2@hotmail.com Aviation Meteorologist, Jeppesen DataPlan, Los Gatos, CA
Lance Steele lancesteele42@yahoo.com Offshore Forecast Coordinator, Weathernews Americas Inc, Norman, OK

2000


Doug Cramer Doug.Cramer@noaa.gov NWSFO in Springfield, Missouri
Emily Behrens EBBehrens@cvty.com Coventry Health Care of Kansas, Financial Analyst
Matthew Elwell melwellku@hotmail.com Meteorologist KULR-TV, Billings, MT
Israel Jirak -- Colorado State University
Erin Jurecic -- --
Caleb Midgley -- Texas Tech University
Catherine Sherfey -- Environmental Scientist, Black & Veatch, Overland park, KS
Ryan Shirk shirkr@hotmail.com Project Manager, Tetra Tech, Inc., Wichita, KS

2001


William DeWitt - -
Brian Koochel - Meteorologist, Weather or Not
Tiffany Smith - -
Keith Weber kweber@ksnt.com Weekend Meteorologist, KSNT-TV Topeka

2002


Lucas Boyer - -
Adam Burnett - -
David Crnkovich dcrnkovich@yahoo.com Chief Meteorologist, WOHL-TV, Lima OH
Karen Eagle Karen.Eagle@noaa.gov Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO
Matt Harden - -
Doug Heady - Chief Meteorologist, KOAM-TV, Pittsburg, KS
Jeff Johnson jjohnson1500@hotmail.com 2nd Lt. AFWA, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE
Matt Makens makensm@sunflower.com Weekend Meteorologist, KSNT-TV, Topeka, KS
Menola Paiva - Weather Officer, USAF
Matt Sayers msayers@sunflowerbroadband.com Morning Meteorologist, 6NEWS Lawrence
Darrel Smith drsmith57@hotmail.com Meteorologist, National Weather Service Forecasting Office, Topeka, KS

Mike Umscheid - -
Wu Meng-Geosciences wmeng@hotmail.com Doctoral Studies, EECS, University of Kansas

2003


Charlie Dorssom charles.dorssom@vance.af.mil
Wing Weather Officer at Vance AFB in the USAF

Amanda Fisch - -
Wesley Hovorka w_hovorka@hotmail.com WeatherBank, Inc, Edmond, OK

Patrick Leiker
Patrick.Leiker@ttemi.com Air Quality Specialist, Tetra Tech EMI, Lenexa, KS

Eric Levy - -
Matt McClasky mcclasky@burnsmcd.com
Assistant Environmental Scientist, Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City, MO

Ray Miller Ray.J.Miller@gmail.com Forecaster, WeatherEye, Inc., Saint Paul, MN

Jennifer Noblitt jennoblitt@myway.com
Offshore Oil Forecaster, Weathernews Americas Inc, Norman, OK

Scott Patterson spatters@baseops.com
Aviation Meteorologist, Baseops World Fuel, Houston, TX

Tim Reith service@weathercentral.tv
Weather Central, Inc., Madison, WI

2004

Omar Aljaber
omaljaber@qchem.com.qa
Developee Environmental Engineer, Qatar Chemical Company LTD (QChem), Doha, Qatar

Jessica Anderson
- -
Tanya Brown
tanya.m.brown@ttu.edu
National Science Foundation PhD Fellow at Texas Tech University (Studying Wind Engineering)
Brandon Dunstan
Brandon.Dunstan@noaa.gov
Meteorologist Intern, Raleigh, NC

Brandi Gunter
- -
Matthew Jacobs
- -
Matthew Laubhan
- -
Joshua Molgren
- -
Dustin Prockish
- -
Ashley Wedan
- -
2005

Thong Dang
Tom.Dang@noaa.gov
Meteorologist Intern, Anchorage, AK

Justin Gesling



Susan Heiman



Morgan Huff



Ryan Jakubov



Aubrey Krehely



Stewart Manning



Bobby Sutton



Gregory Tatro
taterearl@yahoo.com
Weekend Meteorologist/Weekday Reporter at KHAS-TV, Hastings, NE

Ashley Van Asdale

Air Quality Scientist at Black & Veatch

Amanda Wisdom



2006

Jen Ferger
jferger1@msn.com
Meteorologist, Weather Central, Inc.,   Madison, WI

Cameron Lewis



Kristen McCann



Drew Smith