He completed the sequence of B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma in 2008. His interests include atmospheric electricity and lightning and their links to meteorological processes, cloud physics and dynamics, scientific computing in Python, and the intersection between the arts, design, and scientific visualization. He is a member of the GOES-R GLM Science Team and past chair of the American Meteorological Society Committee on Atmospheric Electricity.