Steve Vavrus
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Director and State Climatologist
Email: sjvavrus@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 265-5279
In addition to serving as the State Climatologist of Wisconsin, Steve is a Senior Scientist at UW—Madison’s Division of Extension and the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research. He is an expert on Wisconsin climatology, extreme weather, global climate change, and Arctic climate. Steve also serves as co-director of the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI) and is the chair of its Climate Working Group.
He earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from the University of Wisconsin—Madison and received a bachelor’s degree in meteorology from Purdue University.
Publications from Steve’s research can be found here.