| about john: education					   | 
| 1993 - 1999 | Ph.D., 
					        Atmospheric Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA, 
					        Advisor: Dr. Gregory J. Tripoli Dissertation: Inertial Stability, Cumulus Momentum Transport, and the Genesis of Tropical Plumes | 
| 1988 - 1991 | M.S., 
					        Atmospheric Science, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA, 
					        Advisor: Dr. Jeffery S. Tilley Thesis: Cold Surges along the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains: A Classification Scheme and Synoptic Case Study | 
| 1983 - 1988 | B.S., Atmospheric Science [Minor: Mathemetics & Botany], University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA | 
					  

