Michelle Hawkins Explained

Michelle Hawkins
Nationality:American
Workplaces:National Weather Service
Thesis Title:Investigation of ozone concentrations in the tropical Atlantic marine boundary layer during Saharan dust and biomass burning events
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:2007
Alma Mater:Howard University

Michelle Denise Hawkins is an American atmospheric scientist and chief of the severe, fire, public and winter weather services branch at the United States National Weather Service.[1]

Early life and education

Hawkins grew up in Chicago. She earned her bachelors of sciences in chemistry and PhD in atmospheric science from Howard University.[2]

Career

In her role at the National Weather Service, Hawkins leads programs and policies related to severe, public, and winter weather services, as well as weather-support response services for wildland fires in support of National Weather Service land management partners. In 2014 she worked with undergraduates at Howard University in a campaign designed to expand publicly-available information about summertime weather,[3] and in 2016 she talked with The Daily Beast about heat domes and increasing awareness of weather-related issues.[4] Her work includes issuing high heat warnings, and considerations of optimal timing for such warnings.[5] [6]

In 2022, Hawkins was named a fellow of the White House Leadership Development Program, and she is assigned to the Council on Environmental Quality.[7]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

In 2019 Hawkins was named a "Modern Day Technology Leader" at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards.[8]

Personal life

Hawkins is a mother; she lives in Maryland.[9]

References

  1. News: Perspective Celebrate Women's History Month with six inspiring women in atmospheric sciences . en-US . Washington Post . 2022-04-28 . 0190-8286.
  2. Web site: US Department of Commerce . NOAA . Michelle Hawkins . 2022-04-28 . www.weather.gov . EN-US.
  3. News: Samenow . James . June 18, 2014 . Howard University students pump up Weather Service's "Beat the Heat" campaign . Washington Post . ProQuest.
  4. News: Warshaw . Amelia . July 21, 2016 . Is a 'Heat Dome' Really Going to Fry the U.S.?: We've got a new word for your apocalyptic weather dictionary. . The Daily Beast, New York: The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC . ProQuest.
  5. News: Borenstein . Seth . 2019-03-14 . Study: high-heat warnings often go out too late . A27 . Republican and Herald . 2022-05-01.
  6. Vaidyanathan . Ambarish . Saha . Shubhayu . Vicedo-Cabrera . Ana M. . Gasparrini . Antonio . Abdurehman . Nabill . Jordan . Richard . Hawkins . Michelle . Hess . Jeremy . Elixhauser . Anne . 2019-03-19 . Assessment of extreme heat and hospitalizations to inform early warning systems . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 116 . 12 . 5420–5427 . 10.1073/pnas.1806393116 . 1091-6490 . 6431221 . 30833395 . free .
  7. Web site: 2022-04-28 . Dr. Michelle Hawkins . 2022-04-28 . www.performance.gov . en.
  8. Web site: February 13, 2019 . Meet the NOAA employees recognized at the 2019 Black Engineer of the Year Awards National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . 2022-04-29 . www.noaa.gov.
  9. https://twitter.com/drmhawkins Twitter bio

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