Where are you from?  Where were you before you joined CliMAS in Illinois? I am from Naperville, IL. Before joining CliMAS at Illinois minoring in atmospheric sciences, I started at the University of Illinois majoring in Aerospace Engineering which I will graduate from in May of 2024. I am excited to continue my education in CliMAS, pursuing a Master’s in...

Jessica Skocinski is one of our new Fall 2023 graduate students, however, she is not a new University of Illinois student. Jessica was an undergraduate here for 4 years and is now on her way to being what she has dreamt about: an operational forecaster and, per Jessica, “especially in aviation”. Jessica has a penchant for the friendly skies as she is also learning to become a pilot, taking...

Meet an undergrad in Atmospheric Sciences: Jared Stickney! An Illinois native, he hails (no pun intended) from as far northeast as you can go in the Land of Lincoln: Hainesville, IL.  Speaking of old Abe, he was friends with the founder of Jared’s hometown! Jared likes tornadoes…a lot.  His favorite topics in weather study include tornadogenesis (the process by which a tornado forms)...

We can’t think of a better person to be in Atmospheric Sciences than someone from the “Summer Capital of the Philippines”.  Baguio City native, Michie De Vera, was born and raised in a place that sits on a plateau and is about 1.5 kilometers above sea level which brings in a cooler climate.  Those stats get her hometown that stellar nickname.  After finishing her undergraduate...

Brand new to the Orange and Blue is Maile Sasaki, starting her first year as a grad student in Atmospheric Sciences.  As she begins this latest journey, we wanted to get to know her as she gets to know the University of Illinois. Maile hails-no pun intended-from the Bay Area in Northern California via Albuquerque, New Mexico and studied physics as a UG at UC Santa...