I'm an information security engineer, amateur astronomer, and contributor on space topics for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC, The new Fox Weather channel, and the WeatherBrains podcast.

I volunteer with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Solar System Ambassador program supporting E/PO in central North Carolina, Virginia and beyond. This takes me to schools, museums, planetaria & anywhere else I can get people, especially kids, excited about the night sky and continuing our exploration of space.

I also help out with the NASA Langley Research Center Speakers Bureau on these topics as well and help hundreds of broadcast meteorologists around the country bring astronomy and spaceflight to their audiences.

Find me on Twitter:

@rtphokie (my Research Triangle Park home for the past 30 years + my alma mater's mascot)

@MarsWXreport (automated weather from MSL)

Photo credit: NC Museum of Natural Sciences