John Owen Roads

Background

Roads, John Owen was born on January 20, 1950 in Lafayette, Colorado, United States.

Education

Bachelor, U. Colorado, 1972; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977; Orson Anderson scholar, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1991-1992; National Science Foundation graduate fellow, 1972-1975.

Career

Laboratory assistant, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1969-1970; research assistant, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, 1970-1972; postgraduate research meteorologist, Scripps Institute Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 1977; assistant research meteorologist, Scripps Institute Oceanography, University of California San Diego, 1977-1989; research meteorologist, Scripps Institute Oceanography, University of California San Diego, since 1989. Associate director climate research division Scripps Institute Oceanography, since 1996. Panel member National Academy Sciences Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment, Washington, since 1993.

Director Scripps Experimental Climate Forecast Center, San Diego, since 1986.

Achievements

• John Owen Roads has been listed as a noteworthy Research meteorologist by Marquis Who's Who.