Max works as an Atmospheric Data Scientist working on software and data tools related to atmospheric and climate datasets. He is a member of the Geospatial Computing, Innovations, and Sensing (GCIS) department in the Environmental Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory. Max’s open-source software efforts mainly relate to radar and mesoscale meteorology, as well as earth system model diagnostics. He leads several educational and workforce development efforts, particularly short courses at various academic meetings.

Education

• B.S. in Meteorology, Valparaiso University, 2019
• M.S. in Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2021

Software Projects

• Python ARM Radar Toolkit (Py-ART), lead developer
• Intake-ESM, lead developer
• Project Pythia Radar Cookbook, lead developer
• Atmospheric Data Community Toolkit, core developer
• Xradar, Co-lead developer

Awards

• ARM Staff Service Award for Outstanding Contributions to Open Science and Educational Efforts, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement User Facility, 2023
• Argonne Impact Award for Extraordinary Effort, Argonne National Laboratory, 2023
• Special Recognition Award for Outstanding Dedication in Support of Project Pythia, National Center for Atmospheric Research Computational & Information Systems Laboratory, 2021

Memberships

• American Meteorological Society
• American Geophysical Union