Furtado, Jason

Mentoring Mindset:

Mentoring is about helping students to grow personally and professionally and to empower them to make informed decisions to achieve their goals.

Higher Education and Employment Background:

• Education
  • Ph.D., Earth and Atmospheric Sciences – Georgia Institute of Technology
  • M.S., Atmospheric Science – Colorado State University
  • B.S., Meteorology & B.S., Mathematics – Lyndon State College
• Professional Experience
  • Associate Professor, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
  • Assistant Professor, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma
  • Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University
  • Staff Scientist, Climate Analysis Branch, Atmospheric and Environmental Research

Life Defining Moments in Meteorology and Higher Education:

• Being a first generation college student, and the first in my extended family to get a Ph.D.
• Doing a research internship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center during my junior year of college.
• Switching graduate schools for my Ph.D.
• Living through both the 1995-96 and 2014-15 record-breaking snow seasons in New England.