Principal Investigator: Sen Chiao

Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Howard University

Sen Chiao is the Director of the NOAA Cooperative Science Center in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology (NCAS-M) and a Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Howard University.  NCAS-M is a research through education enterprise led by Howard University and includes seven partner institutions. As the Center Director, Dr. Chiao provides the executive leadership for NCAS-M through strategic communications, design of the overall scientific focus and plans, and provides oversight, management, and planning for the implementation of all aspects of the NCAS-M programmatic activities. Before coming to Howard University, Sen served as the Meteorology and Climate Science Department chair at San Jose State University. 

His research work and interests include data analysis and modeling with an emphasis on meso-tropical topics. The overachieving goals are to advance our understanding of fundamental science in the areas of weather and climate extremes and their linkages to our environment as well as societal impacts.