Christopher T. Towe
Meteorologist / Instructor
Department of Geography
College of Arts and Sciences
Fall office hours: T,Th 1:00 p.m.-3.00 p.m.
towe@ohio.edu
(740) 593-1151
(740) 590-6328
 

Vitae

 


 

 ACADEMIC PREPARATION:

M.A. in Geography: College of Arts & Sciences, Ohio University, 2005
Concentrations: Meteorology, Climatology, Cartography, GIS
Thesis Title: Nocturnal Cold Air Inversions Within Complex Terrain of Southeast Ohio: A Frost Hollow Case Study
Academic Advisor: Dr. Ronald Isaac

B.S. in Geography: College of Arts & Sciences, Ohio University, 2003
Concentrations: Meteorology, Cartography, Quantitative Methods, GIS
Academic Advisor: Dr. Nancy Bain

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

Visiting Instructor, Contracted from 2005 – Spring, 2008, Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Courses: Geography 202 - Introduction to Weather, Geography 302/502 – Meteorology, Geography 303/503 – Climatology

Associate Director, 2003 – 2005 Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis,Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens

Instructor, 2003 – 2005 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Courses: Geography 304/504 – Observations Meteorology, Geography 305/505 - Practicum Meteorology

Substitute Instructor, Winter, 2005 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Course: Geog 406 - Synoptic Meteorology

Teaching Assistant, Spring, 2004 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Course: Geog 407/507, Advanced Synoptic Meteorology

Teaching Assistant, Winter, 2004 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Course: Geog 406/506, Synoptic Meteorology

Substitute Instructor, Fall, 2004 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Course: Geog 302/502, Meteorology

Substitute Instructor, Fall, 2004 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Course: Geog 202, Introduction to Weather

Substitute Instructor, Summer, 2004 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Course: Geog 202, Introduction to Weather

Teaching Assistant, Winter, 2003 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Course: Geog 271, Introduction Statistics in Geography

RESEARCH:

Masters Thesis, 2004 – 2005 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
“Nocturnal Cold Air Inversions Within Complex Terrain of Southeast Ohio: A Frost Hollow Case Study”. June, 2005

Research Assistant, 2003 – 2004 Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
Assisted Ahmed Salahuddin on “The relationship between sea surface temperature in the Bay of Bengal and monsoon rainfall in Bangladesh, 1912 – 2001”. June, 2004

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

American Meteorological Society
Association of American Geographers

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Scalia Scholar, 2004
Outstanding Public Service Forecasting Award, 2003
Outstanding Public Service Forecasting Award, 2002

REFERENCES:

The following persons have written letters of recommendation on my behalf:

Ronald H. Isaac, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athens
isaacr@ohio.edu

Nancy R. Bain, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athen
bainn@ohio.edu

Hubertus (Hugh) L. Bloemer, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Geography, Ohio University, Athen
bloemer@ohio.edu

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