Bridgette Mason

Bridgette is an ORISE Research Fellow with the USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub. Bridgette received her B.S. (2021) and M.S. (2023) in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, with a focus on crop and soil management. Bridgette’s master’s research sought to improve the usability of soil temperature information to support agricultural decision making by developing an agriculturally focused, data-based Illinois soil temperature climatology. As a graduate student, Bridgette also worked closely with the Illinois State Climatologist Office, participating in and presenting at agriculture meetings to provide stakeholders with weather and climate information. As a native of Illinois’ farmland, Bridgette has a deep-rooted passion for using her expertise of atmospheric sciences in the agriculture industry and looks forward to doing so with the Hub!