Mark Vaughan - Atmospheric Scientist

Mark Vaughan
Born October 13, 1952 in Alpena, Michigan

Education: B.S. Mathematics

Favorite School Subject: English

Favorite Teacher: Mrs. Elizabeth Smith -- the world's most awesome and animated high school English teacher

Favorite Sports: swimming, sailing

Favorite Music: goof rock, punk rock, and classical music

What is your title? Atmospheric Scientist -- Lidar Researcher & Algorithm Developer

What do you do? I design efficient sets of step-by-step computer instructions that can be used to transform scientific measurements into useful data.

What is the best thing about your job? The best part of my job is knowing that the knowledge we gain from our remote sensing experiments will help people throughout the planet better understand the Earth's climate.

What is the simplest piece of technology that you use? a pencil