Name: Science Sundays: Tornadoes: Beyond the TWISTERS movie
Start: 2024-11-03T16:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-11-03T18:00:00-04:00
Location: 1739 N High St, Columbus, OH 43210-1307, United States

Science Sundays: Tornadoes: Beyond the TWISTERS movie

Have you ever wondered how a tornado forms? Are tornadoes really becoming more frequent and more violent? What is it like to be a real storm chaser? Can you really destroy a tornado? In this talk, Dr. Jana Houser, a severe weather expert and veteran storm chaser, will delve into the current state of the science surrounding everything tornadoes, providing answers to these questions and more.
This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are requested, but not required to attend. Seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
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Jana Houser is an associate professor in the Department of Geography at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in analysis of tornadoes and the supercell thunderstorms that commonly produce them by using state-of-the-art mobile radar observations, with particular emphasis on the tornado formation process. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from Penn State University in 2004. She went on to pursue her Master of Science degree in 2008 and PhD in 2013 both in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma where she studied under the mentorship of renowned severe weather expert Dr. Howard Bluestein. From 2013 until 2022, she was a professor of meteorology at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
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Science Sundays is a free lecture series open to the public that provides a wide range of current and emerging topics and issues in science that touch our everyday lives. Speakers are experts in their fields from on campus and around the world with experience in making their topics interesting and accessible for audiences of all ages, with or without a science background.
Each lecture is followed by a free, informal reception from 4-5 p.m. at the Ohio Staters Traditions Room in the Ohio Union.
If you have questions about accessibility or wish to request an accommodation for a disability please contact John Beacom ([email protected]; 614-247-8102). With advance notice of two weeks, we can generally provide seamless access.