Brian Olsen

Education:

Family:

Aurora: (my lovely wife), hails from Jackson, Wyoming, and Elko, Nevada. We married August 23, 2003 in the San Diego Temple. She is an elementary school teacher.
Wesley James Olsen: our firstborn, is 5 years old now. Wow. Baby Pictures are here!
Aubrey Anne Olsen: Born July 30, 2008, is one of the joys of our lives.
Dad: Jim, born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah
Mom: Gay, from La Crescenta, California. What can I say? She's the BEST!
Siblings:
- Greg has two beautiful daughters, Katelyn and Taylor.
- Marc just married his sweetheart, Katherine and are living in Provo, Utah.
- Cherilyn is in High school now and continues to produce nearly perfect report cards. Amazing.

Weather Interests:

General Interests:

Road Trips/vacations. Visit or
Singing, Piano, Composing/arranging music. I sing with the Sterling Singers.
Hiking, Fishing, Camping, and anything Outdoors
Mad About You, Seinfeld, The Learning Channel. I like television that either makes me laugh or makes me think.

Career Interests/Goals:

I'm very interested in mesoscale meteorology, such as mesoscale convective systems, squall lines, and the like.
I am currently working as a staffmember here at the University of Utah developing ROMAN and other cool projects.
Eventually I plan to attend graduate school and work on Western weather phenomena or severe weather.
In the end I will probably be an operational forecaster in the NWS. I wouldn't mind working for the National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) or the Storm Prediction Center (SPC).

Web Links:

Feel free to e-mail me at brian.v.olsen@utah.edu
Work: (801)272-3000:w
Updated Saturday, June 6, 2009