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Dr. Marks is a retired meteorologist at the Hurricane Research Division at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorology Laboratory for NOAA from 1980-2024, and director from 2003-2023. He led the NOAA Hurricane Forecast Improvement Project (HFIP) from 2007-2024. He also served as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography at the University of Miami, as well as a Fellow of marine and atmospheric research at the University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies. He is a member of the American Meteorological Society, becoming a fellow in 2000, and serving on the Council from 2013-2016. Marks’ research interests include analyzing meteorological remote sensing data sets (e.g., microwave radar and radiometer), particularly in tropical cyclones. He received a B.S. in Meteorology from Belknap College and both an M.S. and Sc.D. in Meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.