Dr. Peffers brings over 24 years of experience as an active-duty service member, a civil servant for the USAF, the Chief Scientist for a DoD contractor, an adjunct professor of Meteorology for Embry Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide Campus, the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) of Tomorrow.io, and now as Senior Lead of the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) Technology Transfer program. Dr. Peffers earned his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science in collaboration with the U.S. Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC). After earning his Ph.D., Dr. Peffers worked at AFTAC and became the branch chief of the Meteorological Modeling and Analysis team that is responsible for designing and operating weather modeling systems that are used to monitor compliance with multiple global nuclear test ban treaties. Dr. Peffers then joined STAR, LLC to serve as Chief Scientist where he managed numerous DoD contracts and projects involving the development and sustainment of operational weather models and weather-driven Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) forensic analysis and forecasting systems for various agencies within the DoD and international governments. At  Tomorrow.io, Dr. Peffers led the Tomorrow.weather division of the company that is responsible for building operational weather analysis and forecasting systems that leverage Tomorrow.io's satellite constellation.