Jeffrey A. Andresen,
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Agricultural Meteorologist
Room 417, Natural Science Bldg.
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan 48824
Office Phone Number: 517-355-0231
Office Fax: 517-432-1076
Email: andresen@pilot.msu.edu

Jeff is a native of the Quad Cities area of Iowa/Illinois, born and raised in Rock Island. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Northern Illinois University in the field of meteorology. His graduate training was at Purdue University, where he obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the area of agricultural meteorology/climatology. Following graduate school, Jeff worked briefly with as an agricultural meteorologist with the National Weather Service's Midwest Agricultural Weather Center at Purdue. From 1987 to 1990, he served as an analyst with USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board in Washington D.C. involved in international crop/weather impact assessment and production estimation. From 1991 to the present, he has been employed by Michigan State University's Dept. of Geography, initially as an academic/extension specialist in the area of agricultural meteorology, and as an assistant professor beginning in 1996. He serves as director of MSU's Agricultural Weather Office and associated extension/outreach activities.

Current research projects include the identification of climate change and potential impacts in the Great Lakes basin, the impact of instrument sensor change on climatological series, the role of snow cover in determining cold damage to overwintering crops, and the use of meteorological data in integrated pest management activities and in reduction of weather-dependent risk in agricultural systems.