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From page 23... ... Appendix C Committee Biographical Sketches COMMITTEE TO THE REVIEW THE NSF AGS DRAFT SCIENCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Dr. Susan K. Avery, Chair Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Susan K. Avery is the President and Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) . Prior to taking this position she was on the faculty at the University of Colorado, Boulder from 1982‐ 2008. Dr. Avery uses her position and her background in atmospheric research to convey the importance of understanding the Earth as a system connected by ocean, atmosphere, terrestrial, and human interactions. Under her leadership, WHOI is diversifying funding and pursuing more interdisciplinary discovery research as well as problem‐oriented research and the application of fundamental research to ocean‐related crises. The institution is also developing a wide range of platforms and tools for access to the ocean. Dr. Avery serves on many national and international boards, committees, and program review committees, and is active in professional societies. She is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the American Meteorological Society, for which she also served as president. Her research interests include atmospheric circulation and precipitation, the development of new radar techniques and instruments for observing the atmosphere, and the role of climate science in decision support. Dr. Daniel N. Baker (NAE) Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... 24 Appendix C an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering. He currently is an investigator on several NASA space missions including the MESSENGER mission to Mercury, the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission, and the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... Appendix C 25 Hughes' research focuses on the dynamics of the Earth's magnetosphere and its interactions with the solar wind and the ionosphere. Dr. James L. Kinter III Center for Ocean‐Land‐Atmosphere Studies Dr. James L. Kinter III is Director of the Center for Ocean‐Land‐Atmosphere Studies (COLA) where he manages all aspects of basic and applied climate research conducted by the Center. Dr. Kinter's research includes studies of climate predictability on sub‐seasonal and longer time scales. Of particular interest in his research are prospects for prediction of El Niño and the extratropical response to tropical sea surface temperature anomalies using high‐resolution coupled general circulation models of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land surface. Dr. Kinter is a Professor in the Climate Dynamics Ph.D. Program of the College of Science at George Mason University, where he has responsibilities for curriculum development and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on climate change, as well as advising Ph.D. students. After earning his doctorate in geophysical fluid dynamics at Princeton University in 1984, Dr. Kinter served as a National Research Council Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and as a faculty member of the University of Maryland (teaching faculty 1984‐1987; research faculty 1987‐1993) Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... 26 Appendix C Dr. Jennifer A. Logan Harvard University Dr. Jennifer A. Logan was a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University until 2013. Her research has used global models and analyses of atmospheric data to improve our understanding of the processes affecting atmospheric composition, and the changes wrought by human activity. Recent work has focused on demonstrating the value of tropospheric observations from the Aura satellite for assessing transport characteristics of meteorological fields used to drive global models. Other research interests include insights gained from hindcasts of atmospheric composition, analysis of ozone trends, and prediction of fires in North America using climate models and the effects of these fires on future air quality. Dr. Logan has coauthored over 120 publications, and she is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is a member of the NOAA Science Advisory Board. Prior NRC service includes membership on the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, the Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey, and the Committee on the Role and Scope of Mission‐Enabling Activities in NASA's Space and Earth Science Mission. Dr. Logan received her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Edinburgh University and her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. John Nielsen‐Gammon Texas A&M University Dr. John Nielsen‐Gammon is the Regents Professor and Texas State Climatologist at Texas A&M University. Dr. Nielsen‐Gammon's weather‐related work involves jet streams, extreme rainfall events, and land and sea breezes. His air quality research includes field forecasting support, numerical simulation, and diagnostic analysis of ozone events in Houston and Dallas for the Texas Air Quality Studies in 2000 and 2005‐6. Dr. Nielsen‐Gammon has also worked on drought monitoring and forecasting, air pollution climatology, and improvements to the climate data record. Dr. Nielsen‐ Gammon received a Presidential Faculty Fellow award (now known as PECASE) from the National Science Foundation and the White House in 1996, a Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching at Texas A&M University from the Association of Former Students in 1996, and was named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Read the entire page →

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... Appendix C Committee Biographical Sketches COMMITTEE TO THE REVIEW THE NSF AGS DRAFT SCIENCE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES Dr. Susan K. Avery, Chair Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dr. Susan K. Avery is the President and Director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) . Prior to taking this position she was on the faculty at the University of Colorado, Boulder from 1982‐ 2008. Dr. Avery uses her position and her background in atmospheric research to convey the importance of understanding the Earth as a system connected by ocean, atmosphere, terrestrial, and human interactions. Under her leadership, WHOI is diversifying funding and pursuing more interdisciplinary discovery research as well as problem‐oriented research and the application of fundamental research to ocean‐related crises. The institution is also developing a wide range of platforms and tools for access to the ocean. Dr. Avery serves on many national and international boards, committees, and program review committees, and is active in professional societies. She is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the American Meteorological Society, for which she also served as president. Her research interests include atmospheric circulation and precipitation, the development of new radar techniques and instruments for observing the atmosphere, and the role of climate science in decision support. Dr. Daniel N. Baker (NAE)

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... 24 Appendix C an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering. He currently is an investigator on several NASA space missions including the MESSENGER mission to Mercury, the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission, and the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)

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... Appendix C 25 Hughes' research focuses on the dynamics of the Earth's magnetosphere and its interactions with the solar wind and the ionosphere. Dr. James L. Kinter III Center for Ocean‐Land‐Atmosphere Studies Dr. James L. Kinter III is Director of the Center for Ocean‐Land‐Atmosphere Studies (COLA) where he manages all aspects of basic and applied climate research conducted by the Center. Dr. Kinter's research includes studies of climate predictability on sub‐seasonal and longer time scales. Of particular interest in his research are prospects for prediction of El Niño and the extratropical response to tropical sea surface temperature anomalies using high‐resolution coupled general circulation models of the Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land surface. Dr. Kinter is a Professor in the Climate Dynamics Ph.D. Program of the College of Science at George Mason University, where he has responsibilities for curriculum development and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses on climate change, as well as advising Ph.D. students. After earning his doctorate in geophysical fluid dynamics at Princeton University in 1984, Dr. Kinter served as a National Research Council Associate at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and as a faculty member of the University of Maryland (teaching faculty 1984‐1987; research faculty 1987‐1993)

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... 26 Appendix C Dr. Jennifer A. Logan Harvard University Dr. Jennifer A. Logan was a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University until 2013. Her research has used global models and analyses of atmospheric data to improve our understanding of the processes affecting atmospheric composition, and the changes wrought by human activity. Recent work has focused on demonstrating the value of tropospheric observations from the Aura satellite for assessing transport characteristics of meteorological fields used to drive global models. Other research interests include insights gained from hindcasts of atmospheric composition, analysis of ozone trends, and prediction of fires in North America using climate models and the effects of these fires on future air quality. Dr. Logan has coauthored over 120 publications, and she is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She is a member of the NOAA Science Advisory Board. Prior NRC service includes membership on the Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, the Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey, and the Committee on the Role and Scope of Mission‐Enabling Activities in NASA's Space and Earth Science Mission. Dr. Logan received her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Edinburgh University and her Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. John Nielsen‐Gammon Texas A&M University Dr. John Nielsen‐Gammon is the Regents Professor and Texas State Climatologist at Texas A&M University. Dr. Nielsen‐Gammon's weather‐related work involves jet streams, extreme rainfall events, and land and sea breezes. His air quality research includes field forecasting support, numerical simulation, and diagnostic analysis of ozone events in Houston and Dallas for the Texas Air Quality Studies in 2000 and 2005‐6. Dr. Nielsen‐Gammon has also worked on drought monitoring and forecasting, air pollution climatology, and improvements to the climate data record. Dr. Nielsen‐ Gammon received a Presidential Faculty Fellow award (now known as PECASE) from the National Science Foundation and the White House in 1996, a Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching at Texas A&M University from the Association of Former Students in 1996, and was named a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS)

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Appendix C-- Committee Biographical Sketches Pages 23-26

Appendix C-- Committee Biographical Sketches
Pages 23-26