Jason is an atmospheric scientist who specializes in multi-scale atmospheric characteristics of extreme weather events. Prior to joining PSU, Jason obtained his Ph.D. from the University at Albany in 2011, spent one year in Boulder, CO as a post-doc at the Water Cycle Branch of the NOAA Earth Systems Research Laboratory, and spent one year as a research meteorologist at a weather software company, EarthRisk Technologies, in San Diego, CA. His research interests include better understanding and improving forecasts of the atmospheric processes conducive to (1) extreme precipitation events across the U.S. in association with “atmospheric rivers” and (2) extreme temperature events across the U.S. in association with heat waves and cold-air outbreaks.