Dr.
Louis W. Uccellini is currently Director of the National
Centers for Environmental Prediction in the National Weather
Service. In this position, he is responsible for directing
the planning, science and technology, and operational
responsibilities related to NCEP’s model and service
center’s responsibilities.
Dr.
Uccellini was the Director of the NWS Office of Meteorology
from 1994 to 1999; Chief of the NWS Meteorological Operations
Division from 1989 to 1994; and prior to that he was a Section
Head for the Mesoscale Analysis and Modeling Section in
the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Laboratory for Atmospheres
from 1978 to 1989.
He
received his Bachelor of Science (1971), Masters (1972),
and Ph.D. (1977) degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
He has published over 50 journal articles and chapters
in books on subjects ranging from mesoscale analysis of
gravity waves, jet streaks and cyclones to the use of
satellite data in analysis and modeling applications.
He is also a coauthor on a widely acclaimed book on East
Coast snowstorms that was published by the American Meteorological
Society in 1990; a chapter in the 1999 AMS publication
“The Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones”,
which provides a historical review of advances in forecasting
extratropical cyclones at NMC-NCEP; and a chapter in the
1999 book “Storms”, which provides a review
of the NWS forecast process and the linkage to emergency
response.
Dr.
Uccellini has received numerous awards in recognition of
his research and operational achievements including the
Maryland Academy of Sciences Distinguished Young Scientist
Award (1981), the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific
Achievement (1985), the American Meteorological Society’s
prestigious Clarence Leroy Meiseinger Award (1985), and
the National Weather Association’s Research Achievement
Awards for Significant Contributions to Operational Meteorology
(1996). He was elected as a Fellow to the AMS in 1987. In
2001, he was awarded the Presidential Meritorious Executive
Rank Award.
A
native of Bethpage, Long Island, New York, Dr. Uccellini
is an 24 year resident of Columbia, Maryland. He and his
wife, Susan Eichman Uccellini, have three children: Anthony,
Francesca, and Dominic.