Francis Sisto

Title
Adjunct Instructor
Email
Department
Department of Applied Aerospace Science
College
College of Aviation

Office Hours

By appointment

Areas of Expertise

Meteorology, Climatology

Mr. Francis Calvin Sisto, known as Mr. Cal Sisto, is an adjunct instructor in the Department of Applied Aerospace Science. Mr. Sisto holds an M.S. in Meteorology with emphasis in Climate Science and a B.S. in Meteorology from Rutgers University.  He also earned a California teaching credential through studies at California State University, Fresno.  He was a television (on-air) meteorologist for over 30 years with New Jersey Public Television, WLOX-TV in Biloxi, Mississippi and WPSD-TV in Paducah, Kentucky.  After leaving TV, he served as a public and charter school science and math teacher in central California.  He has also served as a consulting meteorologist, providing reports, depositions and expert testimony in legal proceedings involving weather events.

Mr. Sisto is keenly interested in student engagement and success and finds great satisfaction in hearing about his students' newfound interest in and excitement about weather.  He is a Member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and former holder of the AMS Television Seal of Approval.  

  • M.S. - Master of Science in Meteorology, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
  • B.S. - Bachelor of Science in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Member, American Meteorological Society