John W. Nielsen-Gammon


Texas A&M University
John Nielsen-Gammon is Regents Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University in College Station and serves as the Texas State Climatologist. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society. He teaches weather forecasting and climatology and does research in computer modeling, drought monitoring, historical data quality, and jet streams. He also writes a blog on weather and climate issues for the Houston Chronicle called Climate Abyss.