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John A. Knaff John.Knaff@ Tropical/Satellite Meteorologist NOAA/NESDIS/StAR Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch Campus Delivery 1375 Fort Collins, CO 80523-1375 EDUCATION Ph.D. Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, 1997 Dissertation: ``Progress towards seasonal prediction in the tropics MS Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, 1992 Thesis: ``Evidence of a stratospheric QBO modulation of tropical convection BS Texas AM University, Meteorology, 1989 EXPERIENCE Meteorologist, NOAA/NESDIS/StAR, Fort Collins, December 2006- present Research Scientist II, CIRA, Colorado State University, July 2004 - November 2006 Research Scientist I, CIRA, Colorado State University, July 2002 Research Associate, CIRA, Colorado State University, May 1999 - July 2002 Post Doctoral Fellow, CIRA, Colorado State University, July 1997 - April 1999 Post Doctoral Research Associate, Colorado State University, April 1997 - July 1997. Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University, July 1989- April 1997 AWARDS 2012, CO-LABS Awards for High Impact Research for creating advanced software that allows them to make direct comparisons between satellite observations and model forecasts to give a complete picture of tropical storms and their environments. Me 2012 Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for providing skillful operational hurricane intensity models as demonstrated by the NHC forecast verifications for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. 2010 Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for developing, implementing and conducting outreach for the new National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Speed Probability products – along with M. DeMaria, A. Krautkramer, C. Lauer, C. Sisko, R. Knabb, C. Junkins, T. Schott, M. Mainelli, and E. Rappaport. 2007 NOAA Bronze Award for the development and operational implementation of the Tropical Cyclone Formation product that quantitatively predicts storm formation probability along with Mark DeMaria, Ant