Lynn Greenleaf has worked as a Mission Control engineer on the early missions of NASA’s Space Shuttle, supported multiple space and ground simulation projects, and worked as a senior scientist on ballistic missile defense, including live tests in the Pacific. She recently retired from the Department of Mathematics at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Her most recent research interests include mathematical simulation with a special focus on modeling violent storms such as tornadoes and hurricanes. She now lives in northern Colorado.