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STAR Announces Paul DiGiacomo as
New Chief of the Satellite Oceanography and Climatology Division
 15 June 2009 - STAR is pleased to announce that
Dr. Paul M. DiGiacomo has
accepted the position of Chief of the Satellite Oceanography and
Climatology Division (SOCD) in the NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite
Applications and Research (STAR). Paul first came to NOAA in 2006,
having served the past three years as the Chief of the Marine
Ecosystems and Climate Branch in STAR/SOCD, as well as the NOAA
CoastWatch Program Manager. Prior to joining NOAA, 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 a biological oceanographer, with
particular interest in the remote sensing of coastal regions. 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 is active in a number of
national and international working groups and panels, including
presently serving as Co-Chair of the GOOS Panel for Integrated
Coastal Observations and Co-Chair of the Coastal Zone Community of
Practice of the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS),
and he also serves as the NOAA Representative to the International
Ocean Colour Coordinating Group. Please join us in congratulating
Paul and wishing him and SOCD much success!
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