Brandon Selbig

Hello everyone! I am a current undergraduate student here at UW-Milwaukee as I add an Atmospheric Sciences major to my Bachelor of Science Degree with a major in Geology from Minnesota State University-Moorhead. I grew up in a small, two red light town, in western NY state called Wayland and that's where my love for all the natural sciences and how they interact and work off one another began. My interests began in different Earth Sciences such as Tsunamis, Volcanoes and Earthquakes and later grew as I got over my childhood fears of severe weather. Binge-watching late-night shows on the weather channel of natural disasters always had me asking questions and wanting to know why and how and as I grew and matured, I explored those questions. After the Super Outbreak from 2011, my junior year in high school, I grew an obsession for severe weather and figuring out all the factors that could create such a force of nature. My goals upon graduating from UWM in a year, I would love to explore and do research on how volcanic eruptions not only affect the atmospheric conditions around them regionally but also globally. Outside of school and work I am very active as I'm an ex-collegiate XC and Track runner and still train every day. You can usually find me with my dog Nala as we explore much of the country hiking, running and seeing all we can in nature! But you can also find me at home reading a book on science or history, watching a Joe Rogan Podcast, cheering on the Pittsburgh Steelers or probably most likely watching Avengers Endgame for the thousandth time!