Rob provides weekend forecasts and contributes to weekday weather coverage for the San Francisco Bay area. He also produces and reports on weather-related news specials including a report on climate change affecting Alaska's glaciers. The American Meteorological Society recognized his "On Thin Ice" news special with its "Excellence in Scientific Reporting" award for "highlighting the importance of climate change's relevance to future impacts to the San Francisco Bay Area." Rob's career in broadcast news began off camera as a news production associate. He later joined the local news assignment desk at KNBC in Burbank where he worked in news special projects also seen on CNBC. Before calling NBC Bay Area home, Rob worked in Seattle and in Sacramento where he spent three years as a morning and weekend weather anchor. Rob was also a weather anchor and reporter in San Luis Obispo and Palm Desert. Rob holds the American Meteorological Society's Television Seal of Approval #1682 earned Emmy awards in 2015, 2011, and 2002 from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, San Francisco Chapter. He completed his Master of Science degree in Geosciences (Meteorology/Geology/Hydrology) from Mississippi State University. Rob is also a graduate of the University of Arizona where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Journalism and English. In time away from NBC Bay Area, Rob is a guest lecturer at Cal State East Bay and San Jose State University for meteorology, geology and planetary science courses. His community work includes helping raise lupus awareness and spending time assisting at lupus events during the year.