Dr. Austin Harris
- Postdoctoral Researcher, NCAR
As with many meteorologists, I can retrace my interest in the weather back to a specific date: May 3rd, 1999. On this date, I watched an F-5 tornado track through my hometown of Moore, OK. The experience led me to the University of Oklahoma (B.S), a study abroad with the University of Reading, an internship with the Storm Prediction Center, and eventually to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (M.S). Arguably the most impactful experience on my young career thus far has been with Innovative Weather (IW).
The only program of its kind, IW provided me with 2-years of invaluable experience in operational meteorology while in graduate school. Forecasting for, and proving decision support services to real-world clients have been instrumental to my development as a professional. Perhaps most importantly, IW allowed me to discover exactly where my deeper interests in meteorology reside: research, teaching, leadership, communications, and the Oklahoma City Thunder.