National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration
United States Department of Commerce

Dr. Michael McPhaden

NOAA Senior Scientist
Staff Affiliation: 
NOAA/PMEL
PMEL Division: 
Ocean Climate
PMEL Project: 
Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • 2007-present Director, Global Tropical Moored Buoy Array (GTMBA) Project Office, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA
  • 1998-present 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-present Senior Fellow, 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-present Senior Fellow, 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