Molly Smith

Molly grew up in a desert part of California, and became interested in weather after the 1997-1998 El Niño turned her normally dry hometown into a lake. When it was time for college, she left Southern California for a more meteorologically active part of the country, getting a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and then a master’s degree from the University at Albany, where she specialized in tropical cyclone modeling. Because one move across the country was not enough, Molly then applied for a job with NOAA’s Global Systems Laboratory and moved to Colorado. She is now happily ensconced and working on model verification, but also makes sure there’s time for reading piles of books and taking her cat on walks around the neighborhood.