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Current Members of SSRG

Adam Houston
- Dr. Adam Houston is a professor of Atmospheric Sciences in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. He joined the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences in 2006. Prior to this he served as a visiting instructor at UNL in the 2005-2006 academic year and served as both a visiting assistant professor and postdoctoral research assistant in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Purdue University in the 2004-2005 academic year. Dr. Houston received his Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his B.S. in meteorology from Texas A&M University.

Matt Wilson
- Matt Wilson joined the SSRG as a Ph.D student in fall 2019. Prior to this, he received his Masters in Meteorology-Climatology from UNL in 2019 working in Dr. Van Den Broeke’s group, and earned his BS in Meteorology from Valparaiso University in 2017.
Kyle Pittman
- Kyle joined SSRG in the fall of 2020. Prior to pursuing a graduate degree in atmospheric science at UNL, he completed an undergraduate degree in Meteorology at Northern Illinois University in the spring of 2020 Kyle's UNL web page.
Daniel Butler
- Daniel is a Graduate Research Assistant working on his Master’s degree with Dr. Adam Houston. He received his B.S. in Meteorology at Central Michigan University in 2019.
Charles Kropiewnicki
- Charles is a master’s student studying under Dr. Houston after completing his undergraduate education at the University of Maryland.
Ben Moll
- Ben joined the SSRG as a Master’s student under Dr. Houston in the fall of 2023. Before this, he received his B.S. in Physics at Concordia University Nebraska in the spring of 2023.
Mark De Bruin
- Mark is a first-year master’s student and Graduate Research Assistant studying under Dr. Houston. He completed his undergraduate studies in meteorology at Iowa State University in 2023.
Peyton Stevenson
- Peyton is a Graduate Research Assistant working on his master's degree under Dr. Adam Houston. Prior to this, he received his BS in Meteorology from Texas A&M University in 2021.