Jeffrey Brent BasaraDr. Basara received his B.S. Degree in Atmospheric Science from Purdue University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Meteorology from the University of Oklahoma. He served as a Research Scientist and the Director of Research for the Oklahoma Climatological Suvey before joining the School of Meteorology as an Associate Professor in 2012, where he served as the Associate Director of the Graduate Program from 2017-2018. Currently, he serves as the Executive Associate Director of the Hydrology and Water Security Program as well as the Director of the Kessler Atmospheric and Ecological Field Station - a nearly 400 acre facility located near Washington, OK. His research interests are focused on the interactions between weather, climate, water, and ecosystems from local to global scales, and in particular, precipitation extremes and land-atmosphere interactions. In 2014, he was named a Kavli Fellow of the United States National Academy of Sciences. Read More Read Less