Category: Expertise

Nicholas Shanahan

Nicholas Shanahan joined NCICS as an outreach and engagement specialist in March 2023. Previously, Nicholas attended North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, where he…

Xiangdong Zhang

National Climate Assessment

Dr. Xiangdong Zhang is a senior scientist at NCICS and a research professor at the Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State…

Charlie Reed

Charlie Reed joined NCICS in 2022 as a Research Associate focusing on environmental epidemiology. He is currently working with communities in both North and South…

 
Sep 27, 2022

Billion-Dollar Disasters Are Happening More Often

Climate and weather events cause billions of dollars of economic damages every year in the United States. The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) Billion-Dollar…

 
May 10, 2022

Projecting Changes in Heavy Precipitation for Infrastructure Design

New design values for the intensity, duration, and frequency of heavy precipitation account for the projected effects of climate change. An interactive website provides easy…

Kyle Wodzicki

Kyle Wodzicki joined NCICS in March 2022 as a Climate Data Analyst. With nearly ten years experience performing atmospheric research, Kyle is applying his computer…

Mark Essig

National Climate Assessment Editor

Mark Essig joined NCICS in 2022 as a Scientific Technical Editor with the Assessments Technical Support Unit (TSU). He previously worked as a writer and…

 
Jan 19, 2022

New US State Climate Summaries

New State Climate Summaries for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands provide a concise look at observed and projected climate…

Nov 8, 2021

NOAA NESDIS Outstanding Science and Research Team Member Award

Congratulations to NCICS’s Jonathan Brannock, Ronnie Leeper, Olivier Prat, and Scott Wilkins, who were recognized as members of the 2021 Outstanding Science and Research Team…

Denis Willett

Denis joined NCICS in 2021 as a software engineer contributing to the NOAA Open Data Dissemination Program. His work focuses on leveraging cloud technologies for…