Education
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences (Tropical Meteorology)
Purdue University
August 1990 - January 1994Masters of Science in Meteorology
University of Alberta
September 1986 - May 1989Bachelors of Science (spec) in Physics
University of Alberta
September 1981 - May 1985
Professional Experience
Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science and COAPS
Florida State University: Professor
2013 - PresentDepartment of Meteorology and OAPS
Florida State University: Associate Professor
2008 - 2013Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute (GFDI) Associate
2004 - PresentDepartment of Meteorology and COAPS
Florida State University: Assistant Professor
2002 - 2008Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies
Florida State University: Research Associate
1996 - 2002College of Marine Studies, Univ. of Delaware: Postdoctoral Fellow
1994 - 1995Purdue University: Research Asst./Teaching Asst.
1990 - 1993University of Alberta: Research Assistant
1988 - 1990
Activities and Honors
Co-Deputy PI, ODYSEA Mission Concept Development
2022 - PresentMember, US CLIVAR Mesoscale and Frontal-Scale Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions and Influence on Large-Scale Climate Working Group
2019 - 2023Associate Editor, Remote Sensing
2020 – presentMember, Butterfly satellite mission development team
2019 - 2021Member, Editorial Board, Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (2018 – ongoing)
National Academies Decadal Survey on Earth Satellites, weather and air quality panel member
2016 - 2018Co-chair Joint Commission on Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) cross-cutting Task Team on Satellite Data Requirements
2013 - 2017Co-chair Ocean Observations Panel for Climate
2013 - 2017Co-lead, WaCM satellite mission development team
2013 - 2016Chair, International Ocean Vector Winds Science Organizing Com.
2010 - PresentNASA Sea Surface Temperature Science team
2010 - 2018GCOM-W2 Joint Research and Operational User Working Group
2009 - 2010NASA NEWS Science team
2009 - 2013William T. Pecora Award for the QSCAT mission team
2008Participations in ASCAT Science Advising Group
2008 - PresentOcean Vector Wind Science Team: Team Leader
2008 - PresentUS CLIVAR Working Group on High Latitude Surface Fluxes Co-Chair
2008 - 2012Associate Editor Journal Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
2007 - 2009NASA Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) science team
2005 - 2008NOAA Expert Team on the State of the Ocean
2005 - PresentSEAFLUX Working Group
2005 - 2013Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic Systems (SAMOS) Working Group
2005 - PresentNext Vector Winds Mission Science Working Group
2003 - 2004AMS Committee on Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere
2003 - 2006Co-chair for QuikSCAT Surface Truth
1998 - 2005Ocean Vector Winds Science Team, NASA/OSU QuikSCAT mission
1998 - PresentScience Working Team, NASA NSCAT mission
1996 - 1999ONR Ocean Science Postdoctoral Fellow
1994 - 1995
Memberships
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society
IEEE
IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society
International Pan Oceanic Remote Sensing Conference Association (PORSEC)
Last Updated 21 Feb., 2013