EDUCATION:
Master of Science:     Meteorology, April 2006, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
             Thesis:           North Atlantic Decadal Variability of Ocean Surface Fluxes.
             Advisor:         Professor Mark A. Bourassa

Bachelor of Science:   Meteorology, May 2003, Millersville University, Millersville, PA
             Advisor:          Professor Alex DeCaria


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
             Florida State University: Graduate Research Asst.            08/2003 - present

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: 
             American Meteorological Society
             American Geophysical Union

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS:

Bourassa, M.A., R.N. Maue, S.R. Smith, P.J. Hughes, and J. Rolph, 
      2007: Global winds. State of the Climate in 2006. A. Arguez, H.J.
      Diamond, F. Fetterer, A. Horvitz, and J.M. Levy, Eds., Bull. 
      Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, S25-S27. 

Hughes, P.J., M.A. Bourassa, J. Rolph, and S.R. Smith, 2007: Tropical Atlantic flux 
      variability.J. Climate., submitted.

Bourassa, M.A., S.R. Smith, P. Hughes, and J. Rolph, 2006: Atlantic 
      monthly air-sea fluxes and the 2005 hurricanes. State of 
      Climate in 2005. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 535 pp.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

Hughes, Paul J., 2006: North Atlantic Decadal Variability of Ocean Surface
       Fluxes, M.S. Thesis, 1-30 pp., Florida State University.

Banks, R.F., M.A. Bourassa, P. Hughes, J.J. O'Brien, and S.R. Smith, 2006: Variability 
      of surface turbulent fluxes over the Indian Ocean. 14th Conference on Interactions 
      of the sea and Atmosphere, American Meteorological Society, CDROM.

Smith, S.R., M.A. Bourassa, J. Rolph, and P. Hughes, 2006: The FSU fluxes for
       the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.  Climate Observation Program 4 th
       Annual System Review, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD, USA, CDROM. 

Bourassa, M.A. and P.J. Hughes, 2006: Computationally fast and accurate surface turbulent 
      fluxes.CAS/JCS Working Group on Numerical Experimentation, Research Activities in 
      Atmosphereic and Oceanic Modeling, World Meteorological Organization, ed. J. Cote, 
      2006 Edition, 4:01-02.

Hughes, P.J., M.A. Bourassa, J. Rolph, and S.R. Smith, 2006: Interdecadal variability of 
      surface heat fluxes over the Atlantic Ocean.CAS/JSC Working Group on Numerical 
      Experimentation, Research Activities in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modeling, World 
      Meteorological Organization, ed. J. Cote, 2006 Edition, 2:17-18.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS:

Bourassa, M.A., P.J. Hughes, J. Rolph, and S.R. Smith, 2007: Hurricanes and Atlantic 
      surface flux variability.NOAA Climate Observation Division 5 th Annual System 
      Review, June, Silver Springs, MD.

Bourassa, M.A., and P.J. Hughes, 2006: Sensitivity of surface turbulent fluxes to observational 
      errors. 1st GOSUD/SAMOS Workshop, May, Boulder, CO.

Bourassa, M.A., P.J. Hughes, J. Rolph, and S.R. Smith, 2006: Tropical cyclone activity and 
      North Atlantic decadal variability of ocean surface fluxes. NOAA Climate Observation 
      Program 4th Annual System Review, May, Silver Springs, MD.

OTHER PRESENTATIONS:

Bourassa, M.A., P.J. Hughes, J. Rolph, and S.R. Smith, 2007: North Atlantic decadal 
      variability of ocean surface fluxes.7th Workshop on Decadal Climate Variability, 
      April, Waikoloa, HI.

Bourassa, M.A., P.J. Hughes, J. Rolph, and S.R. Smith, 2007: The FSU Fluxes. NOAA 
      Climate Observations Division 5thAnnual Review, June, Silver Springs, MD.

Hughes, P.J., and M.A. Bourassa, 2007: Variability of latent and sensible heat fluxes 
      over the tropical Atlantic.ONR Review,May, Tallahassee, FL.

Banks, R.F., M.A. Bourassa, P. Hughes, J.J. O'Brien, and S.R. Smith, 2006: Flux 
      variability in the Indian Ocean based on in situ observations. 14th Conference on 
      Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere, Jan., Atlanta, GA.

Bourassa, M.A., and P.J. Hughes, 2006: Hybrid surface turbulent fluxes model. 3rd 
      SEAFLUX Workshop, March, Tallahassee, FL.

Bourassa, M.A., and P.J. Hughes, 2006: Sensitivity of surface turbulent fluxes to errors 
      in bulk formula imputs. HYCOM NOPP GODAE Meeting, Nov., Tallahassee, FL.

Bourassa, M.A., and P.J. Hughes, and S.R. Smith, 2006: Comparison of surfave turbulent 
      flux products. Fall AGU Meeting, Dec., San Francisco, CA. 

Hughes, P.J., M.A. Bourassa, J.J. O'Brien, and S.R. Smith, 2006: Variability of monthly 
      FSU winds and heat fluxes over theAtlantic Ocean. 14th Conference on Interactions 
      of the Sea and Atmosphere, Jan., Atlanta, GA.

Hughes, P.J., M.A. Bourassa, J. Rolph, and S.R. Smith, 2006: North Atlantic decadal 
      variability of latent and sensible heat fluxes. Fall AGU Meeting, Dec., 
      San Francisco, CA.