Codes in a GUI, pickleball player, known to read Shakespeare for fun, has seen every Marvel movie multiple times.

Steven Vahl joined the JCSDA in Boulder in March 2021 as a Software Engineer on the JEDI core team. He is the team liaison to the United Kingdom Meteorological Office (Met Office or UKMO), working on the integration of the Met Office models with JEDI. Prior to that he worked at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for over two years, integrating the MPAS model with JEDI.

Steve has over 25 years of experience as a software engineer, mostly in the private sector. He worked for over 12 years developing software for portable near-infrared (NIR) spectrometers, including projects to identify minerals and pharmaceuticals by their NIR spectral signature. He has also worked in biotech and business management software.

Steve received his Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis, and Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is originally from Omaha, Nebraska and has now lived in Colorado for over 25 years.

Apart from work, Steve enjoys watching and discussing Marvel and Star Wars movies and shows with his two teenage sons. You will also frequently find him on a pickleball court.