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Dr. Mark R. Schoeberl Chief Scientist Earth Sciences Directorate  Dr. Mark Schoeberl is an atmospheric scientist who specializes in stratospheric processes including wave dynamics, ozone depletion and trace gas transport. He has over 152 refereed publications and over 4200 citations in refereed atmospheric science journals. Since the early 1980's he has worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and is currently the Chief Scientist for the Earth Sciences Directorate and the EOS Aura Project Scientist. Dr. Schoeberl is past President of the Atmospheric Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). He is the former Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) Project Scientist. He was the Co-Project Scientist for the airborne VOTE/TOTE mission (1996) and was Co-Project Scientist for the airborne SOLVE I and II missions (2000), 2002). He is also a past member of the National AcademyÕs Board of Atmospheric Sciences. Dr. Schoeberl is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (1996), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1996), and the American Meteorological Society (1996). He was awarded GoddardÕs William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Sciences (1998), NASA's Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (1991), NASAÕs Outstanding Leadership Medal (1996) and Distinguished Service Award (2000), the latter being NASAÕs highest award of this type. Dr. Schoeberl grew up in Iowa, and received his Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Illinois in 1976.Dr. Williams has received well over two-dozen NASA awards in a variety of categories. Foremost among these are the NASA Medal for Outstanding Leadership (1997) and NASAÕs Exceptional Service Medal (2000). In 1999, he received the ÒAviation Week and Space Technology 1999 Laurels AwardÓ for outstanding achievement in the field of Space in recognition of his science leadership role for the highly successful Landsat 7 mission currently in orbit. |