Advisory Board
Meet the MESONET ADVISORY BOARD
Sara Bender
Director
Disaster Risk Reduction
MDEM
sara.bender1@maryland.gov
Joey Krastel
Risk Analyst, Meteorologist
Disaster Risk Reduction
MDEM
joey.krastel@maryland.gov
Dr. Louis Uccellini
Research Professor, AOSC
Fmr. Director, National Weather Service
Architect of NOAA's Weather-Ready Nation Program
luccelli@umd.edu
Dr. Jacob Carley
Physical Scientist, NCEP Environmental Modeling Center
Project Lead, Rapid Refresh Forecast System & Real-time
Mesoscale Analysis
NCWCP, UMD Discovery District, College Park jacob.carley@noaa.gov
Dr. Kevin Brinson
Director, Delaware Earth Observing System
Associate Climatologist, State of Delawarekbrinson@udel.edu
Dr. Russell R. Dickerson
Professor of Atmospheric & Oceanic ScienceUMDrrd@umd.edu
Dr. Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas
Maryland State Climatologist
Associate Research Professor, AOSC
UMDaruizb@umd.edu
Dr. Sumant Nigam
Professor & Chair, AOSC
Director, Maryland Mesonet
UMDnigam@umd.edu
Christopher Strong
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NOAA National Weather Service
Baltimore/Washington Officechristopher.strong@noaa.gov
Matthias Miziorko
Emergency Management Specialist
Montgomery County, MDMatthias.Miziorko@
montgomerycountymd.gov