Dr. Michael Montgomery is a professor of tropical meteorology in the Department of Meteorology at the Naval Postgraduate School. His meteorological research and teaching interests span dynamic meteorology, synoptic meteorology, geophysical fluid dynamics, geophysical turbulence, theoretical, experimental, and computational fluid dynamics, and applied mathematics. Meteorological research expertise in tropical cyclones (hurricanes/typhoons), midlatitude cyclones, polar lows, fronts, mesoscale convective vortices, tornadoes, stratospheric circumpolar vortex, and other atmospheric vortices.
A complete list of his published works can be found under the Publications section.
Education
| Ph.D. |
1990 |
Harvard University (Applied Mathematics/Dynamic Meteorology) |
| M.S |
1986 |
Harvard University (Applied Mathematics) |
| M.S. |
1985 |
University of Washington (Engineering Science) |
| B.S. |
1983 |
University of Washington (Mathematics) |
Research Positions
| May 1, 2006 - Present |
Full Professor, Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, & Senior Research Scientist, Hurricane Research Division, NOAA, Miami, FL |
| 2003 - May 1, 2006 |
Full Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| 1997 - 2003 |
Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| August 1992 - 1997 |
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO |
| August 1991 - August 1992 |
Department of Energy Global Change Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, Hurricane Research Division, NOAA, Miami, FL |
| May 1990 - July 1991 |
Postdoctoral Fellow in Dynamic Meteorology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
Awards
| 2010 |
NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Outstanding Scientific Paper Award: Structure of the eye and eyewall of Hurrican Hugo (1989). Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1237-1259 (2008)", Dr. Frank Marks, Dr. Peter G. Black, Dr. Michael T. Montgomery and Dr. Robert W. Burpee |
| 2008 |
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Graduate School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (GSEAS), Merit Award for Research: "For his fundamental contributions to the understanding of tropical cyclones, their formation, dynamics and prediction, and for his dedication to the mentoring of graduate students and young scientists in a collaborative environment" |
| 2003 |
American Meteorological Society Clarence Leroy Meisinger Award for "Providing fundamental understanding in asymmetric hurricane dynamics and vortex Rossby waves" |
| 1998 |
Colorado State University, Engineering Faculty Award of Excellence for "Outstanding achievements and professionalism in education and service to the Atmospheric Science Program" |
Professional Service (Current)
- Panel member of NSF Observing Facilities Advisory Panel (OFAP), appointed member 2004-2009
- Panel member of NOAA's National Science Advisory Board for Hurricane Intensity Research Working Group (HIRWG), 2005-2006
- Editor, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
- Reviewer for scientific journals including, but not limited to: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Weather and Forecasting, Monthly Weather Review, nature, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
- Reviewer for proposals submitted to National Science Foundation and NASA
- Editor, Special Issue on "Intense Vortices from the Small-scale to the Planetary-scale" in Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans
Professional Societies
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Sigma Xi
- American Meteorological Society
- American Geophysical Union
