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Awards & Recognition
★Discover Magazine Award for Technology Innovation (1997)
★NSF Pioneer Award (2000)
★Computerworld-Smithsonian Award (1997)
★Fellow of American Meteorological Society
★Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science
★Public Service Award from Association of Independent Research Institutes (2019)
Notable Facts
→Served as Director of White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (2019-2021) under President Trump
→First OSTP Director who is not a physicist - specialized in meteorology and extreme weather
→Co-founded NSF Science and Technology Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
→Served two six-year terms on National Science Board (2004-2016), Vice-Chairman for final four years
→Published book 'Demystifying the Academic Research Enterprise' with MIT Press (2023)
→Founded weather technology company Weather Decision Technologies in 2000
→Generated over $40 million in research funding during 33-year career at University of Oklahoma
→Authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles and 200+ conference publications
→Currently Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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