Wisconsin State Climatologist and Co-director of the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI)
Wisconsin State Climatology Office, Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Steve Vavrus is director of the Wisconsin State Climatology Office and a Senior Scientist in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research, where he serves as assistant director. He is an expert on Wisconsin climate, extreme weather, global climate change, and Arctic climate. Most of his research involves computer climate models to estimate changes in Earth’s climate in the past and future.
Steve serves as co-director of the statewide Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) and is a member of its Climate Working Group. He is also a member of the Wisconsin Heat Health Network, the Wisconsin Climate and Health Program’s Science Advisory Team, and the American Association of State Climatologists. Steve earned an M.S. and Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and received a B.S. degree in meteorology from Purdue University.
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Keynote Presentation: "Climate Science and How It Informs Future Design Conditions"
Monday, May 20, 2024
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