I am a scientific programmer with a background in meteorology, remote sensing, and GIS. I am a contractor with SSAI at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and I support the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO).
8/2021
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Present
Scientific Programmer / Analyst II
SSAI,
NASA GSFC
4/2021
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6/2021
Geospatial Data Programmer / Analyst
KBR,
DOT Volpe Center
6/2019
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3/2021
Scientific Programmer / Analyst II
KBR,
NOAA/NWS/DISS
10/2018
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6/2019
Scientific Programmer / Analyst II
KBR/SGT,
NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD
11/2016
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10/2018
Scientific Programmer / Analyst I
SGT,
NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD
M.S., Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 2016
B.S., Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University (Minors in Climatology, Earth Systems, GIS, Geography), University Park, PA, 2014
Ellen Steidle Achievement Award - 2013 Established in 1953 by Dean Edward Steidle to honor the memory of his wife, Ellen Girsham Steidle. The Ellen Steidle Achievement Award recognizes junior and senior Penn State Earth & Mineral Sciences (EMS) students for their service to the college. Students in good academic standing with at least two semesters as an EMS student may be nominated.
Satellite Observations of Trace Gases and Their Application for Studying Air Quality Near Oil and Gas Operations.
Kollonige, D., Thompson, A., Nichols, M., Fasnacht, Z., Martins, D., Dickerson, R.
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2014
Presented at the 2014 Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting
Seasonal and Annual Validation of Satellite Precipitation Products
Nichols, M., Rudlosky, S., Wang, J. J.
10
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2013
Presented at the Student Conference of the 38th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association
The Validation of the Operational AMSU Snowfall Identification Product.
Ferraro, R. R., Sapiano, M. R. P., Nichols, M., Meng, H., Zhao, L.
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2010
Poster Presentation at the 17th Conference Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography
Alumni Speaker at the Pennsylvania State University Total Engagement with EMS (TEEMS, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences)
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2017
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Present
https://www.ems.psu.edu/undergraduate/academic-advising/orientation-first-year-experience/teems
TEEMS is the first year orientation program for incoming students in the Pennsylvania State University College of Earth and Mineral Sciences which takes place at Lake Raystown in Pennsylvania in late August before student move-in. On the last evening of the orientation program, invited alumni come speak to the students in their major and give advice on how succeed as they move through their bachelors degree.
I am a scientific programmer with a background in meteorology, remote sensing, and GIS. I am a contractor with SSAI at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and I support the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO).
