Paul O'Gorman

Paul O’Gorman joined the MIT faculty in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) in 2008 and currently serves as faculty chair of the EAPS Committee on Education and as the EAPS Graduate Officer. Paul is known for advancing our understanding of the large-­scale dynamics of the atmosphere, the response of precipitation extremes to climate change, the intensity of extra-tropical storm tracks, and the difference in warming between tropical oceans and land areas. Paul is co-lead on one of the five MIT Climate Grand Challenges flagship projects, designed to mobilize the Institute’s entire research community around tackling the most difficult unsolved climate problems. Titled “Preparing for a new world of weather and climate extremes,” the project aims to build a scalable toolkit to help vulnerable communities better predict future extremes and accelerate the transition to low-carbon resources.