CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Joseph T. Schaefer
Title: Director, Storm Prediction Center
Education:
Degree Major Subject Date University B.S. Meteorology 1965 St. Louis University Ph.D. Meteorology 1973 St. Louis University
Professional Societies:
American Meteorological Society (1964 - Present; Fellow 1985)
American Geophysical Union (1965 - Present)
National Weather Association (1981 - Present; Vice-President 1987)
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (1986 - Present)
Missouri Academy of Sciences (1987 - Present)
Positions Held:
1963: Student Trainee, NWS Office Evansville, In
1964: Student Trainee, National Severe Storms Forecast Center, Kansas City, MO
1965: Meteorologist, NWS Office Wichita, KS
1966-1969: Meteorologist, NWS Forecast Office, St. Louis, MO
1969-1971: Research Meteorologist, Navy Weather Research Facility, Norfolk, VA
1971-1976: Research Meteorologist, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK
1976-1983: Chief, Techniques Development Unit, National Severe Storms Forecast Center, Kansas City, MO
1983-1991: Chief, Scientific Services Division, NWS Central Region, Kansas City, MO
1991-1995: Director, NWS Training Center, Kansas City, MO
1995-Present: Director, NCEP Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK
Dr. Schaefer's scientific interests focus upon synoptic and mesoscale meteorology. He has done extensive work on forecasting techniques, tornado climatology, forecast verification, and the application of technology to forecasting. In 1990, he received a Department of Commerce Bronze Medal for his warning verification work, and in 1993 he received an American Meteorological Society editors award. He has published over three dozen articles in the professional literature, and has written chapters in four textbooks. He is former Chair of the AMS Severe Local Storms Committee, and a past member of the AMS Committee on Fellows. He has taught at St. Louis University, the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Kansas City Kansas Community College.