DR. MARK A. LANDER ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF METEOROLOGY

Dr. Lander began his tropical meteorological career with the US Navy at the Fleet Weather Center on Nimitz Hill, Guam. After leaving the Navy, he went to the University of Hawaii to obtain a PhD in Meteorology. HisPhD was conferred in May 1986. In the late 1980's and early 1990's the Navy conducted a series of typhoon experiments in the western North Pacific, and he found myself once again back on the island of Guam. From 1990 through 1998, he pursued typhoon research at WERI sponsored by the Office of Naval Research.

In 1999, he joined the faculty of WERI, and added his expertise in meteorology, climate, and tropical cyclones to the ongoing work of the other WERI faculty whose expertise was in related fields of hydrology, hydrogeology, water quantity, water quality, and other environmental issues of interest to the people of Guam, the FSM, and the CNMI. While still studying typhoons, he has expanded his interests to El Niño, Guam's aquifer, rainfall in all of Micronesia, and all matter of problems related to the water quantity and water quality of our region. He has developed courses on local weather and climate that he teaches at the University of Guam. Outside his professional activities, he has long been a hike leader of the ?boonie? stomp program sponsored by the Guam Department of Parks and Recreation. He enjoys hiking, diving, and his extensive travel throughout Micronesia for business and pleasure.