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US atmospheric research center gets new president

OCT 19, 2011
Physics Today
Science : On 9 January 2012 Thomas Bogdan becomes president of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), which manages NSF’s National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. Bogdan previously worked as a senior scientist at NCAR, whose nearly 600 scientists and engineers study severe weather, climate change, geomagnetic storms, and other environmental factors. Currently he is director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center. Bogdan will succeed current UCAR president Richard Anthes, who is retiring after 23 years.
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