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P. Milne appointed Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Program Director in OPP/ANT
The appointment of Dr. Peter Milne as Program Director for the Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (AOAS) Program in the Division of Antarctic Sciences.
Dear Colleague,
I’m pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Peter Milne as Program Director for the Antarctic Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (AOAS) Program in the Division of Antarctic Sciences.
A graduate of both the University of Melbourne (Australia) and the University of Miami, Peter was a research associate professor at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Division of Marine and Atmospheric Chemistry. His research interests include marine photochemistry, atmospheric composition and reactivity, and the atmospheric transport of organic compounds in urban and remote ocean settings.
Peter has served as a Program Officer (rotator) at NSF in the Chemical Oceanography program of the Division of Ocean Sciences, and also in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences, working with the UCAR and Lower Atmospheric Observing Facilities section. As a result, he brings significant knowledge of NSF’s facilities including ships, aircraft platforms such as the NCAR C-130 and G-V (HIAPER), the supercomputer facilities at CISL, and joint community modeling efforts such as CCSM and WRF. He has also worked with JOI (now COL – Consortium for Ocean Leadership) as Director of Observing Systems, helping to formulate initial requirements and plans for the Ocean Observing Initiative (OOI), a major research facility project being constructed by NSF on behalf of the oceanographic community.
Immediately prior to this appointment Peter served as ATM Program Director for several NSF cross-cutting and multidisciplinary programs and was also closely involved with both the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate and Large Scale Dynamics programs.
Peter’s broad interests in the ocean and atmospheric sciences and his interests in fostering interdisciplinary activities will mesh well with the opportunities and challenges of AOAS program. Peter's appointment was effective on 12 January 2008 and he can be reached via e-mail at pmilne@nsf.gov or via telephone at 703 292-8033.
Sincerely,
Scott Borg
Director, Division of Antarctic Sciences
NSF/OPP