Eric received BS degree in Meteorology from Univ. of Missouri - Columbia in 2008. He received the NASA GSFC undergraduate summer internship in 2008, and the AMS travel grant in 2009.  His research topic is on the wind energy in the US mid-west region. In Dec. 2009, Eric received $5000 from NASA Nebraska Space Grant and EPSCoR program for supporting his research on wind energy.

Job after grauation: a Meteorologist at Thomson Reuters.