GMD Aerosol Group Chief John Ogren retiring from Federal Service
In January 2016 John Ogren will be retiring from his federal position at NOAA. Happily for all of us, he'll still be working half time in the aerosol group as a University of Colorado employee. Pat Sheridan will be acting group chief for the NOAA Aerosol group once John switches over.
Some highlights of John's federal career at NOAA:
- Creation of the Federated Aerosol Network with global collaborators. When John started at NOAA in 1991, there were 4 NOAA stations making baseline aerosol measurements when John started and now the collaborative network consists of 27 stations around the globe measuring a wide range of aerosol types.
- Development of the CLAP from lab prototype to technology transfer at BMI
- Founding member of GAW SAG (Scientific Advisory Group) in 1997, chairman from 2009-2015
Climbing out?
Awards
- NOAA Administrator's Award (2006), with Pat Sheridan and Jim Wendell, "For development of a robust, responsive, stable instrument package for unattended operation on light aircraft that has measured 625 profiles of aerosol radiative forcing over 5 years."
- Dept. of Commerce Silver Medal (2014), with Pat Sheridan, "For establishing an international, cooperative network to make long-term, coordinated measurements of aerosol climate-forcing properties."
- NOAA Technology Transfer Award (2015), with Pat Sheridan and Jim Wendell, "For developing a small and robust instrument to monitor light absorption by atmospheric aerosols, and recruiting a manufacturer to produce it commercially."
We're looking forward to a new set of highlights once he's passed on his administrative duties to Pat. (and we wonder how he'll top acronyms like the 'CLAP' and the 'SAG'!)
Note: John insists that WMO was responsible for the 'SAG' acronym!