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Dorien Minor is a third year EAS major with a focus in Meteorology, and has academic interests in tropical cyclogenesis, numerical weather prediction and climate dynamics. Dorien is an active member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS); he will serve as the President of Georgia Tech’s AMS Student Chapter, StORM Club, beginning in Fall 2020, and he attended the 100th AMS Annual Conference in January. At Georgia Tech, Dorien is part of the Georgia Tech WxChallenge team, which ranked 6th in the nation during the 2019-2020 season, and is also a member of the National Society of Black Engineers, African American Student Union, and the Association for Environmental Engineers and Scientists. To complement his interests in weather forecasting and broadcasting, Dorien began a weather broadcasting account on Instagram called EAS Finesse. After college, Dorien plans to begin his career as a broadcast meteorologist with the ultimate goal of beginning his own STEM-based television network. Outside of meteorology, he enjoys playing basketball, playing the piano and percussion, and spending time with friends.