Zach Butler

Zach Butler is a Postdoctoral Scholar with Oregon State University in the Department of Civil Engineering. He works remotely and lives in Boise, Idaho where he has joined the Cryogars group as an Affiliate. His current research focus is on snowpack modeling and improving it through data assimilation and machine learning. He received his Ph.D. (2025) in Water Resources Science from Oregon State University and masters (2021) degree in Applied Meteorology from Plymouth State University. Zach also works as a meteorologist for OpenSnow, using his passion in meteorology to forecast and study mountain weather. When not forecasting or modeling, Zach is making bread at home, mushroom hunting, or trail running with his golden retriever Gus.