Michael D. King

Dr. Michael D. King is Senior Project Scientist of NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS), a position he has held since 1992. He also serves as Principal Investigator and Team Leader of the Atmosphere Discipline Group of the MODIS science team. He received the B.A. degree in physics from Colorado College in 1971 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in atmospheric sciences from the University of Arizona in 1973 and 1977, respectively, and joined Goddard Space Flight Center in January 1978.

Prior to his involvement with the EOS Project, Dr. King was Project Scientist of the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) from 1983-92. Dr. King is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and recipient of the Verner E. Suomi Award of the AMS for fundamental contributions to remote sensing and radiative transfer. He received an Honorary Doctor of Science from Colorado College in 1995, and is a Goddard Senior Fellow and recipient of the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, and NASA Exceptional Service Medal. He has also received the William Nordberg Memorial Award for Earth Science, Goddard’s highest scientific achievement award.