Dr. Mike Brown is the state climatologist for Mississippi and a professor of meteorology/climatology in the Department of Geosciences.  His research interests include land-surface-atmosphere interactions and severe local storms, public perception of warnings, tornado damage paths and enhanced convection, lightning probabilities at NCAA stadiums, and thermodynamic characteristics of severe…

Dr. Andrew Mercer is a meteorologist/climatologist whose primary research expertise centers on the application of machine learning/artificial intelligence methods to large-scale meteorological and climatological problems. He has published works in many different meteorological areas, including mountain windstorm forecasting, wind energy forecasting, warm-season…

Robert Swanson is an Instructor in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Mississippi State University. He writes and performs children’s music about weather and astronomy for school and library groups. In an effort to teach science in an innovative and interesting way, Bob combines his passions for both science and music. A self-trained musician who plays guitar, harmonica,…