Ph.D. Student in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, M.S. Atmospheric Sciences University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, B.S. (Double Major: Earth Systems, Environment, and Society; Atmospheric Sciences) University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Andrew is currently a research scientist at NREL, focusing on wind and solar resource assessment and forecasting. For his Ph.D., he will be exploring various forecasting techniques for on and offshore wind energy, from numerical weather prediction (NWP) to ensemble methods incorporating statistical and machine learning tools. He is also interested in the climate aspect of wind energy, and how large physical systems such as the atmosphere and ocean will interact in the future to change the available wind resource. In his free time, he is an athlete on the Boulder Racing triathlon team, competing in a variety of local and international races.