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JISAO Review 2005
About the Reviewers |
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[1] Leonard Pietrafesa, Ph.D., Panel Chair
Director of External Affairs
College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences
North Carolina State University
Box 8201, 118 Cox
Raleigh, NC 27695-8201
Phone: 919-515-7777
Email: Len_Pietrafesa@ncsu.edu
After receiving his Ph.D. in Fluid Physics and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics in 1973 from the University of Washington, Dr. Pietrafesa joined the faculty at North Carolina State University and was made Full Professor in 1980. He has served as the Head of the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Director of the University Honors Council and Dean for Research and Director of the Center for Severe Storms in the Southeast. Presently he is Director of the Office of External Affairs, College of Physical and Mathematical Science and Director of the NOAA Cooperative on Climate and Weather Impacts on Society and the Environment. His research and publications are diverse and include system wide modeling of wind and density driven circulation in coastal and estuary systems, coastal and inland flood forecasts, the interaction between the atmosphere and ocean in storm genesis and modification, interactively wave- current coupled modeling, tropical cyclone intensity modeling, and the climatology of the frequency of occurrence and tracks of tropical cyclones both in the Atlantic and Pacific, coastal sea level, extra-tropical cyclones, precipitation and river discharge. He discovered the mechanisms for the topographic deflection of the Gulf Stream and creation of the Charleston Trough and coined the air-sea interaction term "buoyancy stress". Recent foci are on the linkages between weather and climate and human disease, end to end modeling of physical through human systems and building a real time reporting coastal air-sea observing network offshore of the Carolinas. He is widely published, his research awards total more than $22M, and his service includes being Chair of the Science Advisory Board of NOAA, Chair of the USA-Peoples Republic of China Steering Committee on Virtual Collaboratories, Chair, NASULGC Board on Oceans and Atmosphere, Chair of the Council on Ocean Affairs, the precursor to CORE, a member of the AGU Public Policy Committee, and a member of the Board of Trustees of UCAR.
[2] James L. Kinter III, Ph.D.
Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies
4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302
Calverton, MD 20705
Email: kinter@cola.iges.org
Tel: 301-595-7000
Fax: 301-595-9793
Dr. James L. Kinter III is Director of the Center for
Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies (COLA) where he manages all aspects of
basic climate research conducted by the Center. Dr. Kinter's research
includes studies of atmospheric dynamics and predictability on 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 (SST) anomalies using general
circulation models of the Earth's atmosphere. Dr. Kinter is also an
Associate Professor in the Climate Dynamics Ph.D. Program of the School
of Computational Sciences at George Mason University, where he has
responsibilities for curriculum development and teaching atmospheric
dynamics as well as advising Ph.D. students. After earning his doctorate
in geophysical fluid dynamics at Princeton University in 1984, Dr.
Kinter has 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)
prior to joining COLA. Dr. Kinter has served on many national review
panels for both scientific research programs and supercomputing programs
for computational climate modeling. A full resume is available on
request.
[3] Ned Cyr, Ph.D.
Chief, Marine Ecosystems Division
NOAA Fisheries
1315 East West Highway F/ST7
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 713-2363 X 159
Email: ned.cyr@noaa.gov
Dr. Cyr received his Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina in
1991. Prior to his current position as Chief of the NOAA Fisheries
(NMFS) Marine Ecosystems Division, he was employed as a Fisheries
Biologist with the NMFS Office of Protected Resources and International
Affairs Specialist with NOAA's Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary
for International Affairs. His areas of interest include fisheries
oceanography, climate effect on marine fisheries, ecosystem approaches
to fisheries research and management, and development and implementation
of large-scale ecosystem monitoring and assessment programs. Dr. Cyr
also serves as Manager of NOAA's Climate and Ecosystem Program.
[4] Galen A. McKinley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
1225 W. Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 262-4817
Email: galen@aos.wisc.edu
Dr. Galen McKinley is an ocean biogeochemist who uses global and
regional models to understand the ocean carbon cycle and global carbon
cycle. Her current research foci are the interactions of physical and
biogeochemical processes in the ocean; interannual variability in
air-sea CO2 fluxes; and the use of inert gases both to improve our
understanding of gas exchange and deep mixing, and to better represent
these processes in models. Dr. McKinley received her PhD in Climate
Physics and Chemistry from MIT in 2002. She worked as a consultant to
the Mexican National Institute of Ecology from 2002-2003. From
2003-2004, she was a post-doc at Princeton University. Most recently,
Dr. McKinley has joined the faculty of the Department of Atmospheric and
Oceanic Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Her website, http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~galen/ , has additional information about her
background, research interests and publications.
[5] Robert Weller, Ph.D. [Ex Officio Cooperative Institutes Director]
Cooperative Institute for Climate and Ocean Research
Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Clark 2, MS#29
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Phone: (508) 289-2508
Email: rweller@whoi.edu
Robert A. Weller received his Ph.D. in 1978 from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He is the Director of the Cooperative Institute for
Climate and Ocean Research at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
(WHOI), and has worked at WHOI since 1979. His research focuses on
atmospheric forcing (wind stress and buoyancy flux), surface waves on
the upper ocean, prediction of upper ocean variability, and the ocean's
role in climate. He has served as the Secretary of the Navy Chair in
Oceanography. He has been on multiple mooring deployment cruises and has
practical experience with ocean observation instruments. Dr. Weller has
served on several NRC committees over the years, including the recent Committee to Review the U.S. Climate Change Science Program Strategic
Plan and the Committee on Implementation of a Seafloor Observatory
Network for Oceanographic Research, he was also a member of the Board on
Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. He is currently serving on the NRC
Committee on Strategic Guidance for NSF's Support of the Atmospheric
Sciences. He also serves on the NOAA Climate Observing System Council
and the UNESCO/World Climate Research Program's Ocean Observations Panel
for Climate. He is author or coauthor of over 75 research papers.
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