Dr. Jon Nese, who grew up in Steubenville, Ohio, is a senior lecturer at Penn State University. He holds a B.S. (1983), an M.S. (1985), and a Ph.D. (1989) in Meteorology, all from Penn State.[1] He has been a faculty member at the university first from 1989–1998, and then from 2005 to the present.
From 1998 to 2002, he was Chief Meteorologist at the historic Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia.[2] From 2002 to 2005, he was a storm analyst at The Weather Channel,[3] appearing on the morning show "Your Weather Today" with Marshall Seese, Heather Tesch, and Alexandra Steele. While at The Weather Channel, he wrote and co-produced informational weather segments known as Dr. Nese's Notebook. He is the co-author of two books: The Philadelphia Area Weather Book and A World of Weather: Fundamentals of Meteorology.[1]
Currently, Nese appears on Penn State's weather magazine show Weather World, where he occasionally hosts and provides weekly informational features called WeatherWhys (WxYz) [1]. From 2005-2007, Nese partnered with fellow Penn State faculty member and sports enthusiast O. Richard Bundy on the popular radio program Let's Talk Penn State. From 2006-2009, Nese also appeared on Huddle Up, a Penn State football show on the local public television station WPSU-TV.
Nese is married and has three children and is a fan of many Penn State sports, including football, basketball, gymnastics, volleyball and soccer.