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DR.
MARK A. LANDER
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF METEOROLOGY |
Dr. Lander began his tropical meteorological
career with the US Navy at the Fleet Weather
Center on Nimitz Hill, Guam. After leaving
the Navy, he went to the University of Hawaii
to obtain a PhD in Meteorology. HisPhD was
conferred in May 1986. In the late 1980's and
early 1990's the Navy conducted a series of
typhoon experiments in the western North Pacific,
and he found myself once again back on the
island of Guam. From 1990 through 1998, he
pursued typhoon research at WERI sponsored
by the Office of Naval Research.
In 1999, he joined the faculty of WERI, and
added his expertise in meteorology, climate,
and tropical cyclones to the ongoing work of
the other WERI faculty whose expertise was
in related fields of hydrology, hydrogeology,
water quantity, water quality, and other environmental
issues of interest to the people of Guam, the
FSM, and the CNMI. While still studying typhoons,
he has expanded his interests to El Niño,
Guam's aquifer, rainfall in all of Micronesia,
and all matter of problems related to the water
quantity and water quality of our region. He
has developed courses on local weather and
climate that he teaches at the University of
Guam. Outside his professional activities,
he has long been a hike leader of the �boonie� stomp
program sponsored by the Guam Department of
Parks and Recreation. He enjoys hiking, diving,
and his extensive travel throughout Micronesia
for business and pleasure. |
