Michelle Hawkins

Michelle Hawkins
Michelle Hawkins
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Howard University
	Scientific career
Institutions	National Weather Service
Thesis	Investigation of ozone concentrations in the tropical Atlantic marine boundary layer during Saharan dust and biomass burning events (2007)

Michelle Denise Hawkins is an American atmospheric scientist and chief of the severe, fire, public and winter weather services branch at the United States National Weather Service.^[1]

Early life and education

Hawkins grew up in Chicago.^[2] She earned her bachelors of sciences in chemistry and PhD in atmospheric science from Howard University.^[2]

Career

In her role at the National Weather Service, Hawkins leads programs and policies related to severe, public, and winter weather services, as well as weather-support response services for wildland fires in support of National Weather Service land management partners.^[2] In 2014 she worked with undergraduates at Howard University in a campaign designed to expand publicly-available information about summertime weather,^[3] and in 2016 she talked with The Daily Beast about heat domes and increasing awareness of weather-related issues.^[4] Her work includes issuing high heat warnings, and considerations of optimal timing for such warnings.^[5]^[6]

In 2022, Hawkins was named a fellow of the White House Leadership Development Program, and she is assigned to the Council on Environmental Quality.^[7]

Selected publications

Weinberger, Kate R.; Zanobetti, Antonella; Schwartz, Joel; Wellenius, Gregory A. (2018-07-01). "Effectiveness of National Weather Service heat alerts in preventing mortality in 20 US cities". Environment International. 116: 30–38. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2018.03.028. ISSN 0160-4120. PMC 5970988. PMID 29649774.
Hawkins, Michelle D.; Brown, Vankita; Ferrell, Jannie (2017-01-01). "Assessment of NOAA National Weather Service Methods to Warn for Extreme Heat Events". Weather, Climate, and Society. 9 (1): 5–13. Bibcode:2017WCS.....9....5H. doi:10.1175/WCAS-D-15-0037.1. ISSN 1948-8327. S2CID 157117268.
Vaidyanathan, Ambarish; Saha, Shubhayu; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana M.; Gasparrini, Antonio; Abdurehman, Nabill; Jordan, Richard; Hawkins, Michelle; Hess, Jeremy; Elixhauser, Anne (2019-03-19). "Assessment of extreme heat and hospitalizations to inform early warning systems". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (12): 5420–5427. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.5420V. doi:10.1073/pnas.1806393116. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 6431221. PMID 30833395.

Awards and honors

In 2019 Hawkins was named a "Modern Day Technology Leader" at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards.^[8]

Personal life

Hawkins is a mother; she lives in Maryland.^[9]

References

^ "Perspective | Celebrate Women's History Month with six inspiring women in atmospheric sciences". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
^ a b c US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Michelle Hawkins". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
^ Samenow, James (June 18, 2014). "Howard University students pump up Weather Service's "Beat the Heat" campaign". Washington Post – via ProQuest.
^ Warshaw, Amelia (July 21, 2016). "Is a 'Heat Dome' Really Going to Fry the U.S.?: We've got a new word for your apocalyptic weather dictionary". The Daily Beast, New York: The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC – via ProQuest.
^ Borenstein, Seth (2019-03-14). "Study: high-heat warnings often go out too late". Republican and Herald. pp. A27. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
^ Vaidyanathan, Ambarish; Saha, Shubhayu; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana M.; Gasparrini, Antonio; Abdurehman, Nabill; Jordan, Richard; Hawkins, Michelle; Hess, Jeremy; Elixhauser, Anne (2019-03-19). "Assessment of extreme heat and hospitalizations to inform early warning systems". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116 (12): 5420–5427. doi:10.1073/pnas.1806393116. ISSN 1091-6490. PMC 6431221. PMID 30833395.
^ "Dr. Michelle Hawkins". www.performance.gov. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
^ "Meet the NOAA employees recognized at the 2019 Black Engineer of the Year Awards | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". www.noaa.gov. February 13, 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
^ Twitter bio

External links

Michelle Hawkins, Enhanced features of the text-based NWS Severe Thunderstorm Warning, Runnels County Register, 2021
Michelle Hawkins on Twitter

[1] "Perspective | Celebrate Women's History Month with six inspiring women in atmospheric sciences". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

[:0-2] US Department of Commerce, NOAA. "Michelle Hawkins". www.weather.gov. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

[3] Samenow, James (June 18, 2014). "Howard University students pump up Weather Service's "Beat the Heat" campaign". Washington Post – via ProQuest.

[4] Warshaw, Amelia (July 21, 2016). "Is a 'Heat Dome' Really Going to Fry the U.S.?: We've got a new word for your apocalyptic weather dictionary". The Daily Beast, New York: The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC – via ProQuest.

[5] Borenstein, Seth (2019-03-14). "Study: high-heat warnings often go out too late". Republican and Herald. pp. A27. Retrieved 2022-05-01.

[6] Vaidyanathan, Ambarish; Saha, Shubhayu; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana M.; Gasparrini, Antonio; Abdurehman, Nabill; Jordan, Richard; Hawkins, Michelle; Hess, Jeremy; Elixhauser, Anne (2019-03-19). "Assessment of extreme heat and hospitalizations to inform early warning systems". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 116 (12): 5420–5427. doi:10.1073/pnas.1806393116. ISSN 1091-6490. PMC 6431221. PMID 30833395.

[7] "Dr. Michelle Hawkins". www.performance.gov. 2022-04-28. Retrieved 2022-04-28.

[8] "Meet the NOAA employees recognized at the 2019 Black Engineer of the Year Awards | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". www.noaa.gov. February 13, 2019. Retrieved 2022-04-29.

[9] Twitter bio