Troy is in charge of managing projects, students working on those projects, and participating in research grants within the Center.  Troy’s experience includes implementing GIS in meteorology/climatology, severe weather hazards research, spatiotemporal analysis of long-term macro-scale and micro-scale population dynamics, and cartography.  Troy received a Master’s degree in Geography from Northern Illinois University in 2013 after receiving Bachelor’s degrees in Geography with a GIS concentration and Meteorology from Central Michigan University in 2011.