Dr. Paul M. DiGiacomo
is Chief of the Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division in the NOAA/NESDIS
Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). Paul is a biological
oceanographer, with expertise in water quality assessments, coastal marine
ecosystem dynamics and remote sensing of ocean, coastal, and inland waters.
He has a B.S. from Penn State University and a Ph.D. from UCLA, both in Biology,
and subsequently was a National Research Council (NRC) Resident Research Associate
at JPL.
Paul was Chief of the Marine Ecosystems and Climate Branch in STAR from 2006
to 2009, as well as the NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch Program Manager. Prior to joining
NOAA in 2006, Paul served as Supervisor of the Earth Missions Concepts Group at NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA, as well as the Discipline Program
Manager of the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Program Office at JPL.
Paul is active in a number of inter/national working groups and panels,
presently serving as Co-Chair of the Group on Earth
Observation (GEO) Blue Planet Initiative, Co-Lead of the GEO AquaWatch
coastal and inland water quality initiative, Chair of the Committee on Earth Observation
Satellite (CEOS) Coastal Observation & Application Study Team:
COAST, Co-Chair of the OceanPredict Advisory
Board, and, Lead for NOAA's JPSS Ocean Environmental Data Records Team.
Dr. Paul M. DiGiacomo
Dr. Paul M. DiGiacomo
is Chief of the Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division in the NOAA/NESDIS
Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR). Paul is a biological
oceanographer, with expertise in water quality assessments, coastal marine
ecosystem dynamics and remote sensing of ocean, coastal, and inland waters.
He has a B.S. from Penn State University and a Ph.D. from UCLA, both in Biology,
and subsequently was a National Research Council (NRC) Resident Research Associate
at JPL.