The Speakers

Welcome to our speakers page! You can learn more about this year's live guest speakers below.

Emily Dobbs

Emily Dobbs grew up in Florence, Alabama, and she graduated from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) with a B.S. in Earth Systems Science – Atmospheric Science concentration in 2018. During her time at UAH, she was heavily involved with UPSTORM, undergraduate research, and the NASA DEVELOP program. Since Emily’s time at UAH, she has worked in the geospatial intelligence industry, and she is now at Baron Weather as a Project Manager. In her free time, she can be found hiking local trails with her two dogs.

Mariama Feaster

Mariama Feaster is a 2nd-year graduate research student at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH). She graduated with Bachelor of Science in Meteorology from Jackson State University and is currently working on her thesis research: Observational Investigation Mesovortices and Associated Tornadoes within Quasi-linear Convective Systems (QLCS) for her Masters. She is also a member of UPSTORM, UAH AMS/NWA Student Chapter, Space Hardware, and UAH Anime Club and was recently appointed as a Student Member of AMS Board on Higher Education including Board Member of STEMBrains. Her hobbies involve watching anime, observing weather, and STEM outreach volunteerism.

Todd McKinney

Todd McKinney is an undergraduate senior studying Atmospheric Science at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He currently works as an an undergraduate Research Assistant under the Atmospheric Chemistry department. Todd has participated in numerous studies including atmospheric trajectory modeling, surface to air interactions, and ozone air quality profiling. He has also held a Pathways Internship position at NOAA Air Resources Laboratory’s HYSPLIT modeling team. Todd enjoys launching balloons, outdoor adventures, and chasing tornadoes.

Andrew Pritchett

Senior Meteorologist, National Weather Service in Huntsville, AL

Chris Reed

Emergency Management Officer, Huntsville-Madison County Emergency Management Agency

Dr. Brent Roberts

Brent’s expertise lies in several interdisciplinary areas of atmospheric and climate science including coupled atmosphere-ocean processes, global energy and water cycle variability, satellite remote sensing, machine learning, atmospheric modeling, and application of Earth observations to support decision support systems. His passion is not only for conducting research but to also address the gaps between research outcomes and stakeholder community needs.

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