{"id":4719,"date":"2018-03-26T07:30:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/?p=4719"},"modified":"2018-10-02T09:44:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T14:44:54","slug":"women-of-nssl-qa-with-kodi-berry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/2018\/03\/women-of-nssl-qa-with-kodi-berry\/","title":{"rendered":"Women of NSSL: Kodi Berry"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kodi Berry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To celebrate Women\u2019s History Month in March NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is\u00a0<\/span>publishing a series of stories highlighting some women working at the lab. One Q&A segment will be published each Monday in March.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kodi Berry is a research scientist and <\/span>Sea Grant<\/span><\/a> liaison for the <\/span>Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies<\/span><\/a> working at NSSL. Berry, who also serves as the <\/span>executive officer of the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed, completed her doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 2014. <\/span><\/p>\n

Q: How did you get into your field?<\/strong>
\nA: Originally I planned on going into physical therapy but quickly realized in college that I am much better at physics than biology and chemistry. I literally sat down with the class bulletin and flipped through all of the majors and their course requirements. When I got to meteorology and saw the physics requirements I thought, \u201cthat sounds perfect.\u201d<\/p>\n

Q: What is it about your job that interests you?<\/strong>
\nA: I really enjoy seeing how broadcast meteorologists react to, use, and explain experimental products in a simulated television studio. Each year we do our three-week experiment, I learn more about the broadcasting profession and technology. They\u2019re also a really fun group of people to work with.<\/p>\n

Q: Tell us something that might surprise us about you.<\/strong>
\nA: I was a collegiate co-ed cheerleader at the University of Nebraska for four years as an undergraduate. Go Huskers!<\/p>\n

Q: What advice would you provide to up and coming meteorologists or others in your field?<\/strong>
\nA: Take advantage of a wide variety of internship opportunities. While I never planned to go into broadcasting, I\u2019m thankful for my summer internship at a news station in Topeka, Kansas now that my research focuses on how broadcasters communicate uncertainty to their viewing audience. It\u2019s always valuable to walk in someone else\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n

Q: What is the most memorable experience of your career?<\/strong>
\nA: The most memorable experience of my career was attending the American Meteorological Society\u2019s Summer Policy Colloquium. The AMS Summer Policy Colloquium brings a select group of graduate students, faculty, and professionals to Washington, D.C. for an intense, ten-day immersion in science policy. It was an amazing ten days that serves as my gold standard for professional workshops and meetings.<\/p>\n

Q: What one day sticks out to you during your career? Do you remember one day in particular detail?<\/strong>
\nA: The day of my dissertation defense sticks out to me most. Once I got past my initial nerves, I seemed to go on autopilot. When it was over, several committee members told me it was a joy to be on my committee and they wished all defenses were like mine.<\/p>\n

Q: What is one thing you couldn\u2019t live without at work?<\/strong>
\nA: Aside from coffee, I couldn\u2019t live without pictures of my family and my daughter\u2019s artwork. They always brighten up a stressful day.<\/p>\n

Q: What is the greatest challenge you\u2019ve had to overcome in your life thus far?<\/strong>
\nA: The greatest challenge I\u2019ve overcome was finishing my Ph.D. with a newborn baby. It was difficult to balance school, work, and family. However, she was my greatest motivation because I want her to know she can do anything she puts her mind to.<\/p>\n

Q: Where is your favorite place to be?<\/strong>
\nA: The beach. There\u2019s just something about the smell of the ocean and sound of waves crashing that instantly relaxes me.<\/p>\n

Q: If you could do another job for just one day, what would it be?<\/strong>
\nA: I would love to try being a veterinarian for a day. I love dogs and many think I missed my calling to be a veterinarian. But, I like physics a lot more than biology and chemistry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To celebrate Women\u2019s History Month, NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory is\u00a0publishing a series of stories highlighting women working at the lab. Kodi Berry is a research scientist and Sea Grant liaison for the Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies working at NSSL, and serves as the executive officer of the NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":4744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[622,611,610,638],"class_list":["post-4719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-people","tag-featured","tag-qa","tag-women-of-nssl","tag-womens-history-month"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4719"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4918,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4719\/revisions\/4918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inside.nssl.noaa.gov\/nsslnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}