Atmospheric Science Club at UWM

Undergraduate Students

• Eric James (Alternate Email)

• Aaron Jermier

• Kari Kiefer

• Alana Nehring

• Michelle Poedel

• Chris Turay

• Collin Witherow

• Joey Zipperer

Graduate Students

• Bill Borghoff
  • Meteorologist Intern, National Weather Service Forecast Office, Milwaukee/Sullivan, WI
  • Earned UWM Bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Science, Spring 2007
• Laura Carnahan
• Nate Jamison
• Alex Johnson
• Jennifer Knapkiewicz
  • Earned UWM Bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Science, Spring 2007
• Michael Kurz
  • Earned UWM Bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Science, Spring 2007
• Nick Schwartz
  • Earned UWM Bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Science, Spring 2007
• Kate Smith
• Melissa (Butt) Schumann
  • Earned UWM Bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Science, Spring 2006
• Dawn Thielke
  • Earned UWM Bachelor's degree in Atmospheric Science, Spring 2006

Atmospheric Science Staff

• James Frederick
  • Atmospheric Science/Mathematics Instructor
• Mike Westendorf
  • Atmospheric Science Instructor
  • Coordinator of UWM's Innovative Weather, a campus forecasting company providing internships for Atmospheric Science juniors/seniors and graduate students.

Recent Graduates and Other Members

• Adam Smith (Bachelor's, Spring 2006; Master's, Fall 2007)
  • Postgraduate research intern under Dr. Larson
• Lisa Bengtsson (Bachelor’s, Spring 2005)
  • Ph.D Student, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden
• Cory Behnke (Master’s, Spring 2005)
  • General Forecaster, National Weather Service Forecast Office, Detroit/Pontiac, MI
• Megan Carter (Master's, Spring 2006)
  • C2HM HILL, Salt Lake City, UT
• Tony DeGrand (Bachelor's, Spring 2006)  WEBSITE
  • Meteorologist, WJFW-TV (Channel 12), Rhinelander, WI
• Michael Falk
  • Former Postgraduate Research Intern under Dr. Larson
  • 2006 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winner
• Michael Fishelson aka Michael Fish
  • Weekend Meteorologist, WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), Milwaukee, WI
• Joanna George (Bachelor's, Spring 2006)
  • Graduate Student, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
• Eron Jones (Master's, Spring 2007)
  • Wind Energy Consultant, Vbar, Inc
• Scott Klier (Bachelor's, Spring 2006)
• Ashley Korrer (Bachelor's, Spring 2006)
• Kurt Kotenberg (Master's, Spring 2006) WEBSITE
  • Meteorologist, WEAU-TV (Channel 13), Eau Claire, WI
• Sarah Levinson (Master's, Spring 2006) WEBSITE
  • NOAA/NCEP Climate Prediction Center, Camp Springs, MD
• Zhiyuan "Jason" Liu (Ph.D, Fall 2005)
  • EQECAT Consulting, Oakland, CA

• Mike Matuszewski (Bachelor's, Spring 2007)

• Nick Morgan (Bachelor's, Spring 2006)
  • Ensign, NOAA Corps ship Fairweather, Ketchikan, AK
• Kazumi Nakada (Master’s, Spring 2005)
• Brian Niznansky (Bachelor's, Spring 2005) WEBSITE
  • Evening Meteorologist, WAOW-TV (Channel 9), Wausau, WI
• Luke Sampe (Master's, Spring 2006)  WEBSITE
  • Chief Meteorologist, WJFW-TV (Channel 12), Rhinelander, WI
• Chris Spannagle (Master's, Fall 2007)
• Sara (Bruening) Van Klooster (Master's, Spring 2005)
  • C2HM HILL, Salt Lake City, UT