Ramblings of a Graduate Student

CV

Education

(In progress) Ph.D. in Meteorology, University of Oklahoma (TBD; Topic related to Warn-on-Forecast).
M.S. in Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma, 2007. Thesis Advisors: Dr. Harold E. Brooks and Professor David J. Karoly. Thesis Title: An Assessment of the Severe Weather Environment of North America Simulated by a Climate Model
B.S. in Mathematics and Physics (Cum Laude), The University of Arkansas, 2005. Honors Advisor: Professor Gay B. Steward. Honors Thesis Title: Modern Technology and Its Application in Severe Weather Information Dissemination

Professional Employment

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Liaison to the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT; January 2010 – Present)
Graduate Research Assistant (1.0 GRA), Dr. Jack Kain and Dr. Kevin Kloesel, National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and The University of Oklahoma (Fall 2009 – Present)
Graduate Research Assistant (1.0 GRA), Dr. Mike Biggerstaff and Dr. Lou Wicker, National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) and The University of Oklahoma (Summer 2009)
Adjunct Faculty, Mid-America Christian University (Spring 2009)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (0.5 GTA), School of Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma (Summer 2007 – Spring 2008; Spring 2009; Fall 2009)
Graduate Research Assistant (1.0 GRA), Dr. Harold Brooks and Prof. David Karoly, The University of Oklahoma (Summer 2006 – Spring 2009)
Graduate Teaching Assistant (1.0 GTA), School of Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma (Fall 2005 – Spring 2006)
Laboratory Instructor, University Physics I Honors Laboratory, The University of Arkansas (Spring 2005)
Teaching Assistant, University Physics I, The University of Arkansas (2003 – 2004)

Courses Taught

Synoptic Meteorology Laboratory, The University of Oklahoma (Fall 2009)
Ordinary Differential Equations, Mid-American Christian University (Spring 2009)
Mathematical Modeling, Mid-America Christian University (Spring 2009)
Introduction to Meteorology II Laboratory,The University of Oklahoma (Spring 2008; Spring 2009)
Introduction to Meteorology I Laboratory, The University of Oklahoma (Fall 2005; Fall 2007)
Introduction to Meteorology II, The University of Oklahoma (Summer 2007)
Severe and Unusual Weather, The University of Oklahoma (Spring 2006)
University Physics I Honors Laboratory, The University of Arkansas (Spring 2005)

Personal & Community Leadership Positions

Hazardous Weather Testbed Map Discussion Coordinator (Spring 2009 – Present)
VORTEX II Operations Center coordinator (Summer 2009; V2 Year 1)
Local Manager, Wx Challenge Forecast Contest (Fall 2008 – Present)
Forecaster, Experimental Forecast Program (EFP; Spring 2008)
Forecaster / CASA Cognitive Scientist, National Severe Storms Laboratory Spring Experiment (Spring 2008)
Student Member, American Meteorological Society (AMS) Severe Local Storms (SLS) Scientific and Technological Activities Commission (STAC; 2008 – 2009)
Chair, Student Affairs Committee, School of Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma (2007 – 2009)
On-site Meteorologist, United States Youth Soccer Southern Regional Championships, Oklahoma City, OK (29 June – 4 July 2007)
Event Meteorologist, Norman May Fair (3 – 7 May 2007)
Forecast Team Leader, Intense Observation Period 1, Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (Spring – Summer 2007 & 2008)
Member, Edu-Tech Committee, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, The University of Oklahoma (2007 – Present)
Policy Fellow, Sasaki Institute; The University of Oklahoma (2006 – Present)
Director of Operations, Oklahoma Weather Laboratory, The University of Oklahoma (Fall 2006 – Fall 2007)
Chief Justice, Associated Student Government Judiciary, The University of Arkansas (2004 – 2005)
President, Society of Physics Students, The University of Arkansas (2004 – 2005)
President, FORWARN (2004 – Present)
Founder and Director, FORWARN (2003 – Present)
President, Pomfret Hall, The University of Arkansas (Fall 2001)

Emergency Management Experience

Communications Assistant, Weapons of Mass Destruction Drill, Western Arkansas District (February 2004)
ARES / RACES / SKYWARN Volunteer, Crawford County, Arkansas (2003 – 2008)
Participant, Bioterrorism Table Top Discussion, Western Arkansas District (Summer 2003)
ARES / RACES / SKYWARN Volunteer, Sebastian County, Arkansas (2000 – Spring 2008)

Certifications

Hazardous Materials Responder – Level 1 (2000-2003)
Amateur Radio Operator – KD5LKH (2000-2010)

Honorary/Society Memberships

National Weather Association, Student Member (2007 – present)
Weather and Society Integrated Studies (WAS*IS) (2006 – present)
American Meteorological Society, Student Member (2004 – present)
Mortar Board, The University of Arkansas (2004)
Pi Mu Epsilon, The University of Arkansas (2004)
Society of Physics Student, The University of Arkansas (2001-2005)

Scholarships, Awards, and Special Recognition

School of Meteorology’s Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant, OU’s School of Meteorology (2007-2008)
Director’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Department, OU’s School of Meteorology (2006-2007)
Outstanding Service to CASA during IOP1 (Summer 2007)
American Meteorological Society Summer Policy Colloquium Fellowship (2006)
Young Scientist Travel Award, European Meteorological Society (2004)
Robert D. Maurer Research Scholarship, The University of Arkansas (2004-2005)
Physics Faculty Scholarship, The University of Arkansas (2004)
Chancellor’s Scholarship, The University of Arkansas (2001-2005)

Research Grants

Honors College Research Grant, The University of Arkansas “Modern Technology and Its Applications In Severe Weather Information Dissemination”. Principal Investigator, $2,500. (11/15/2004 – 5/14/2005)
Honors College Research Grant, The University of Arkansas “Freaky East Wind”. Principal Investigator, $2,700. (2/15/2004 – 8/14/2004)
Roland S. Boreham Grant – Proposal to Provide Free Pagers to Volunteer Emergency Responders. Principal Investigator, $20,000 (February 2003)

Invited Talks

“Winter Weather Forecasting: Pretending to Know What We’re Talking About”. Oklahoma Weather Laboratory (Fall 2007, Fall 2008)
“What the Hail?!?: Severe Thunderstorms and Climate Change”. Science Café Norman (4 December 2008)
Roundtable Discussion. National Weather Service Next Generation Warning Services Workshop (4 December 2008)
“A Preliminary Assessment of Future Changes in the Severe Thunderstorm Environment”. Department of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma (Fall 2008)
“Assessment of the Severe Weather Environment of North America Simulated By a Global Climate Model”. ECE Weekly Seminar, National Center for Atmospheric Research (Fall 2007)

Peer Reviewed Formal Publications – Lead Authored

Conference Preprints

Marsh, P.T., H.E. Brooks, and D.J., Karoly, 2007: Assessment of the European severe weather environment simulated by the CCSM3. Preprints, 4th European Conference on Severe Storms, Trieste, Italy, European Meteor. Soc., 2pp.
Marsh, P.T., H.E. Brooks, and D.J. Karoly, 2007: An assessment of the severe weather environment of North America simulated by a global climate model. Preprints, 87th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, USA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 2pp.

Conference Oral Presentations

Marsh, P.T., H.E. Brooks, and D.J. Karoly, 2009: A Preliminary Investigation of Severe Thunderstorm Environment Distributions under Global Warming as Simulated by CCSM3, 7th Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW), Norman, OK, USA
Marsh, P.T., H.E. Brooks, and D.J. Karoly, 2008: A preliminary investigation of severe thunderstorm environment distributions under global warming as simulated by CCSM3, 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, USA
Marsh, P.T., D.J. Karoly, and H.E. Brooks, 2008: A preliminary assessment of future changes in the severe thunderstorm environment in North America, 88th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA, USA
Marsh, P.T., H.E. Brooks, and D.J. Karoly, 2007: Assessment of the European severe weather environment simulated by the CCSM3. 4th European Conference on Severe Storms, Trieste, Italy
Marsh, P.T., 2007: Assessment of CCSM3 severe weather environment of North America. 11th Annual CCSM Workshop, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
Marsh, P.T., 2004: Modern technology and its applications in severe weather information dissemination. 4th Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society, Nice, France

Conference Poster Presentations

Brooks, H.E., T.E. Thompson, C.M. Shafer, C. Schwartz, P.T. Marsh, A. Kolodziej, N. Dahl, and D. Buckey, 2008: Evaluation of ESTOFEX forecasts: Severe thunderstorm forecasts. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, USA
Brooks, H.E., T.E. Thompson, C.M. Shafer, C. Schwartz, P.T. Marsh, A. Kolodziej, N. Dahl, and D. Buckey, 2008: Evaluation of ESTOFEX forecasts: Lightning forecasts. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, USA
Marsh, P.T., D. Bodine, K.H. Goebbert, C.M. Shafter, and M.J. Laufersweiler, 2008: A student centered, student led, volunteer forecasting organization at The University of Oklahoma. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA, USA
Goebbert, K.H., C.M. Shafter, P.T. Marsh, and M.J. Laufersweiler, 2008: A new operational forecasting webpage at The University of Oklahoma. 88th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, LA, USA
Marsh, P.T., H.E. Brooks, and D.J. Karoly, 2007: An assessment of the future severe weather environment of North America simulated by a global climate model. NOAA’s 32nd Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Marsh, P.T., H.E. Brooks, and D.J. Karoly, 2007: An assessment of the severe weather environment of North America simulated by a global climate model. 87th Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Non-peer Reviewed Publications – Sole Authored

“History of Tornado Forecasting”. European Meteorological Society’s 2005 Weather Calendar (English, French, German)
“A Journey into the Heart of Mother Nature”. 2003 KFSM TV-5 Website
“The Makings of a 21st Century Weatherman”. 2000 KFSM TV-5 Almanac