John Nielsen-Gammon
Regents Professor
Texas State Climatologist; Director, Southern Regional Climate Center
Applied Climatology, Extreme Rainfall, Drought Monitoring, Local Circulations
Education
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
Awards
Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2016
Editor’s Award, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, American Meteorological Society, 2015
2013 Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, American Geophysical Union, 2014
Sigma Xi – Texas A&M Chapter Outstanding Science Communicator, 2013
Texas A&M SEC Distinguished Achievement Award, 2013
Dean’s Achievement Award, Service, Texas A&M College of Geosciences, 2012
2011 Weather Hero, The John C. Freeman Weather Museum, 2012
Regents Professor, The Texas A&M University System, 2011
Newsmaker Image Award, Texas A&M University, 2011
The Woody Guthrie Award Presented to a Thinking Blogger, 2011
Fellow, American Meteorological Society, 2011
Certificate of Recognition, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2007 (with M.J. Mahoney, Chris Smith, and Wayne Angevine)
Editor's Award, Monthly Weather Review, American Meteorological Society, 1997
Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, Texas A&M University Association of Former Students, 1996
Presidential Faculty Fellow, National Science Foundation/White House, 1995
Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Geosciences and Maritime Studies, Association of Former Students, 1995
National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest, First Place, 1991
National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest, First Place, 1990
National Collegiate Weather Forecasting Contest, First Place, 1989
Additional Information
John Nielsen-Gammon has been on the faculty at Texas A&M University since 1991. He is currently a Regents Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and also serves as the Texas State Climatologist and Director of the Southern Regional Climate Center. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. in 1990. He does research on various types of extreme weather from droughts to floods, as well as air pollution and computer modeling. As Texas State Climatologist, he helps the State of Texas make the best possible use of weather and climate information, through applied research, outreach, and service on state-level committees. He is a fellow of the American Meteorological* Society.*pronunciation: “meteor - a - logical”
