Max Tsaparis is NewsNation's certified meteorologist based in his hometown, Chicago.
He holds the highest seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society and was one of the youngest members to successfully complete the certification. Max is an Associated Press winner for his science outreach stories and won the award for "Best Weathercast" from the Wisconsin Broadcast Association.
Prior to working at NewsNation, he tracked historic flooding in Madison, Wisconsin, tornado outbreaks in Rockford, Illinois and multiple tropical systems in Tallahassee, Florida. He is a graduate of Florida State University, where he studied meteorology, communications and math.
When Max isn't obsessing over weather across the country, you can find him walking his two pit-mixes, Reuben and Monkey, playing the piano or exploring the great restaurant scene in the Windy City.