Dr. Michael McPhaden

Professional Experience

• 2007-2026 Director, Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array (GTMBA) Project Office, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA

• 1998-2026 Senior Scientist, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington

• 1993-present Affiliate Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington

• 1992-2007 Director, Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) Array Project Office, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington

• 1990-2026 Senior Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (formerly Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean), University of Washington

• 1990-1993 Affiliate Associate Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington

• 1988-1990 Affiliate Assistant Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington

• 1987-2015 Senior Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research (formerly Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research), University of Hawaii

• 1986-1998 Oceanographer (various ranks), Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington

• 1984-1986 Research Assistant Professor, School of Oceanography, University of Washington

• 1982-1984 Visiting Research Scientist, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington

• 1980-1982 Research Scientist, Oceanography Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Education

• 1980 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Ph.D., Physical Oceanography; Dissertation title: "Models of the Equatorial Ocean Circulation"

• 1973 State University of New York at Buffalo, B.S., Physics, magna cum laude