Lauren Hand
Summer 2007 WAS*IS

I am currently a graduate student working towards my Master's degree in Geography at the University of Georgia. My research focuses on urban precipitation anomalies, specifically those over Oklahoma City. Last year, I was awarded the AMS Industry Graduate Fellowship to pursue my graduate work. As a fellow at last year's AMS annual meeting, I was introduced to the WAS*IS program and knew that the program's focus on applied meteorology would perfectly compliment my research. Not your typical meteorology student, I decided to move into the field after completing undergraduate work in chemical engineering and environmental science. I received my BS from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where I was a Meyerhoff scholar. I have held internships at Patuxent River Naval Air Base and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. My interest in hydrology and streamflow modeling with the Baltimore Ecosystem Study naturally progressed to include flash flood monitoring and intense rainfall events.