Dr. Marshall Shepherd: from Science Fair to Science Leader

About this episode

Dr. Marshall Shepherd didn't plan to become a meteorologist. A life-threatening honeybee allergy forced him to abandon his childhood dream of becoming an entomologist, leading to a sixth-grade science project that changed the course of his life, and eventually the field of atmospheric science. In this episode of Atmosphere , Emily Gracey sits down with Dr. Marshall Shepherd, former president of the American Meteorological Society, former NASA scientist, associate dean and director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia, Forbes contributor, and host of Weather Geeks . Together they explore Dr. Shepherd's concept of the "end-to-end scientist" - the idea that great…