Curriculum Vita

EDUCATION

EMPLOYMENT

GEOPHYSICAL FLUID DYNAMICS LABORATORY/NOAA
Meteorlogist/Programmer 1971-73
Research Associate 1973-84
Research Meteorologist 1984-98
Group Head 1998-2002
Retired from Federal Gov. 2002

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING CENTER/NCEP/SAIC
Research Meteorologist 2002-2010

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Professor 1994-1995

CCPO/ODU UNIVERSITY
Adjunct Professor 2003-
Senior Scientist (SSRP) 2010-

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES & COMMITTEES:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Tropical cyclone modelling
Hurricane landfall, hurricane genesis
Physical parameterizations
Impact of data on tropical cyclone forecasting
Impact of Global Warming on tropical cyclones
Coupled atmospheric/ocean models
Mesoscale modelling

AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

AWARDS:
ERL/NOAA best paper award 1983 (Hurricane genesis)
Banner I. Miller Award(AMS) 1984 (Hurricane genesis)
ERL/NOAA best paper award 1993 (Hurricane forecast)
US Dept. of Commerce Gold Medal 1996 (Hurricane forecast system)
Banner I. Miller Award(AMS) 1998 (Hurricane forecast model)
OAR/NOAA best paper award 1999 (Impact of dropsondes)
OAR/NOAA best paper award 2001 (Impact of Global Warming on tropical cyclones)
NOAA research employee of year 2002 (Transition of hurricane research to operations)

PUBLICATIONS:
numerous publications on tropical cyclones structure, hurricane landfall, modelling, genesis, impact of data, impact of global warming, design and programming regional and nested numerical models