Matthew Biddle
Original Boulder WAS*IS

I am currently finishing my Ph.D. in the Department of Geography at the University of Oklahoma with a sub-specialty of Natural Hazards and a dissertation topic that examines warning behavior and response in the 1999 Oklahoma City Area tornado. I have a professional background in environmental regulation and remediation, I’m a former Emergency Management Director of a rural Oklahoma town, and I’m a long time volunteer with Oklahoma County Emergency Management. I was directly involved in the response and recovery for both the Murrah Bldg bombing and the 1999 tornadoes. My secondary interests in Geography include the Great Plains and Midwest. I am a ten year veteran driver for National Severe Storms Laboratory tornado intercept teams, and have also worked with National Geographic and the National Science Foundation on various tornado field projects, such as VORTEX. As far as non-academic activities go.......I currently have little time to even think about anything else as I am desperately trying to finish the dissertation for a FALL 05 graduation. I would normally love to drive around the area with no particular place to go, to visit Nederland or some other close small town, and just get out and enjoy the scenery. However, I am so tired and beat up right now that I am not looking to over-extend myself because I am REALLY looking forward to the workshop. I like to watch hockey at the bar (since I do not get to do that much at home currently), and would probably take care not to be too overbooked with a lot of trips and extra activities, so as too make sure I use the free time to rest given all I am trying to get done this Fall. I hope to not seem anti-social if there are a few nights I do not leave the room or the hotel lounge trying to conserve myself. (I am permanently on crutches and am still recovering from a recent infection in my knee).
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