2014 News & Events

Dr. David Fahey has been selected as the new director of CSD effective Monday, December 28, 2014.

An internationally recognized scientist with 35 years of experience at our NOAA lab, Fahey has contributed significantly to the development of NOAA's research related to climate, the stratosphere, and atmospheric composition, as well as to international assessment activities on those topics.

NOAA is increasingly recognized as an environmental intelligence provider to the Nation, enabling sound public decisions to be based on science. CSD's work to advance the scientific understanding of atmospheric chemical processes is essential for understanding and predicting changes in Earth’s environment. Leading this division is an important responsibility for NOAA and the Nation.

David joined the laboratory in 1979 as a postdoctoral researcher after receiving advanced degrees in physics from the University of Wisconsin and the University of Missouri. His principal research interest is the measurements of trace gases and aerosols in the troposphere and lower stratosphere using instruments onboard research aircraft. His interpretative studies have addressed stratospheric ozone depletion, the photochemistry of nitrogen oxides, the formation of nitric acid containing aerosols, and the role of black carbon aerosol in climate.

He has served as a principal investigator and project scientist for a number of airborne sampling missions with NASA's research manned and unmanned aircraft and as a participant in several international scientific assessments of ozone depletion and climate. He is an author of the 2007 climate science assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has received the U. S. Department of Commerce Silver and Bronze Medals for Meritorious Federal Service, the American Meteorological Society Henry G. Houghton Award, and is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He also earned the 2009 Daniel L. Albritton Outstanding Science Communicator Award.

In March 2013, he was selected as a Senior Technical (ST) scientist in NOAA, a position recognizing his many scientific accomplishments, his leadership in research and assessment activities, and his superb skills in communicating science to the atmospheric science community, stakeholders, decision-makers, and the public.

Please join is in congratulating David.