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Resumé for Mark R. Sinclair

Present position:

Professor and Chair
Department of Meteorology
College of Aviation
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
3700 Willow Creek Rd
Prescott AZ 86301
Email: mark.sinclair@erau.edu

Research specialties

  • Synoptic meteorology
  • Mid-latitude weather systems
  • Midlatitude storm tracking
  • Synoptic climatology
  • Southern Hemisphere and Antarctic meteorology
  • Orographic precipitation processes

Academic qualifications:

Ph.D, Meteorology, US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1985
B.Sc (hons) Physics, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand, 1975

Past professional positions held:

1992-98 Scientist, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Ltd. (previously part of New Zealand Meteorological Service)

Items below pertain to continuous employment with New Zealand Meteorological Service, which was restructured in July 1992.

1986-92Research Meteorologist
1981-85Ph.D student, US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California (Advisor: Prof. R.L. Elsberry). Earned GPA of 3.88
1979-81Research Meteorologist, including summers of 1979-80 and 1980-81 at Scott Base, Antarctica.
1978-79Meteorologist in Charge, Royal NZ Air Force Base, Ohakea, New Zealand
1976-77Weather forecaster, National Weather Forecasting Centre, Wellington, NZ

Honours/Distinctions/Memberships:

2002Awarded Tenure, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott AZ
2001Adjunct Faculty, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2001Listed in "Who’s Who in America"
2000Listed in "Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers"
1987-98Honorary Lecturer, School of Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealandv
1983-4Listed in "Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges"
1981-5Awarded National Research Advisory Council Fellowship (a scholarship paying salary and tuition) for overseas PhD study.

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