Tel: (919) 345-5463
Email: jjhemper AT ncsu.edu
Education:
M.S. Student, Atmospheric Science, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, August 2007 - Present.
B.S. Degree, Meteorology with a concentration in Marine Science, Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University, May 2007.
Work Experience:
Graduate Research Assistant, Air Quality Forecasting Lab, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, August 2007 to Present.
Meteorologist, State Climate Office of North Carolina, May 2007 to August 2007.
Meteorologist Intern, National Weather Service Raleigh, NC, May 2007 to August 2007.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, State Climate Office of North Carolina, August 2006 to May 2007.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, State Climate Office of North Carolina, May 2005 to August 2005.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, NCSU/NC Health Department, January 2005 to May 2005.
Research Experience:
- State Climate Office of North Carolina, Meteorologist. Main tasks included: Evaluation of evapotranspiration estimation techniques, development of evapotranspiration climatology in N.C., meteorological summary and report on the 2007 Easter freeze, and assisting in data requests as a public service.
- State Climate Office of North Carolina, Undergraduate Research Assistant. Main tasks included WRF model runs to investigate the influence of eddies in the Gulf Stream on winter cyclogenesis, development and implementation of software to estimate evapotranspiration at climate monitoring stations across N.C. (sponsored by Department of Crop Science at NCSU).
- State Climate Office of North Carolina, Undergraduate Research Assistant. Main tasks included analysis of the efficiency and accuracy of Degree Day forecasts for Touchstone Energy and N.C. Electric Cooperatives.
- North Carolina State University/ NC Health Department, Undergraduate Research Assistant. Main tasks included using GIS tools to identify watersheds with dangerous Arsenic concentrations in Gaston County, N.C.
Publications:
Non-refereed conference proceedings:
Estimating Daily Potential Evapotranspiration across North Carolina Using Radiation Estimates for the Penman-Monteith Equation, The 16th Annual NC State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 17th, 2007, Raleigh, NC.
Mapping Dangerous Levels of Arsenic in Gaston County Wells, The 14th Annual NC State University Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 28th, 2005, Raleigh, NC.
Awards and Honors:
Dean’s list spring 2007
Members/Activities:
Secretary, Student Chapter of AMS at NCSU 2006-2007
Webmaster, Student Chapter of AMS at NCSU 2006-2007
Manager, Student chapter AMS Softball 2006
Tour guide, NCSU orientation 2005-2007
Junior class representative for student chapter of AMS 2005-2006
Member, Central chapter AMS 2005-2006
Captain, Student chapter AMS Ultimate Frisbee intramurals 2005-2006
Member, Student Chapter of AMS at NCSU 2003-2007
Member, Episcopal Campus Ministries 2004-2006
