In 2021, Jonathan Smith, Ph.D., an alumnus from the first class of Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions Undergraduate Scholarship Program (EPP/MSI USP), joined the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory as a Research Physical Scientist. Jonathan is now looking forward to coming full circle and mentoring scholars in the program that engaged him with NOAA and its mission.
![A photo of Jonathan Smith and a quote that reads "I want to encourage [young aspiring scientists] on a non-traditional path that reaching their desired position in the atmospheric sciences, or any other STEM field, is within reach." (Image credit: Courtesy of Jonathan Smith/Graphic: Audrey Maran, NOAA Office of Education) A photo of Jonathan Smith and a quote that reads "I want to encourage [young aspiring scientists] on a non-traditional path that reaching their desired position in the atmospheric sciences, or any other STEM field, is within reach."](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2022-01/Jonathan%20Smith_Quote%20card_landscape.jpg?h=4e91f014&itok=F9u031ii)
Jonathan Smith, Research Scientist, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory. (Image credit: Courtesy of Jonathan Smith/Graphic: Audrey Maran, NOAA Office of Education)