Steve joined NCAR's oceanography section in 1998 after getting his M.Sc. in Physics from Brown University. Prior to that, he did his undergraduate work at Dartmouth College and then spent two years in Fiji as a Peace Corps volunteer. Steve obtained his Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Colorado while working at NCAR. Steve has contributed extensively to the development and application of the ocean component of the Community Earth System Model, and he served as the scientific liaison for the Ocean Model Working Group for several years. Steve's recent research has focused on the internal variability of the climate system, the origins and dynamics of large-scale ocean circulation changes, and the potential for predicting near-term climate variations.

HONORS AND AWARDS
2014 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Outstanding Publication
Award (Yeager et al., 2012, A Decadal Prediction Case Study: Late 20th Century
North Atlantic Ocean Heat Content. J. Climate, 25, 5173-5189, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D11-00595.1)
2014 CGD Special Recognition Award to recognize Outstanding Publication nomination
2010 NCAR Computational & Information Systems Lab (CISL) Special Recognition
Award for contributing to the implementation of ensemble data assimilation in the
CESM Parallel Ocean Program (POP) model
1997 University Fellowship, Brown University
1993 Haseltine Physics prize, Dartmouth College
1992 Phi Beta Kappa (Junior Year), Dartmouth College
1990/2/3 Rufus Choate Scholar (top 5% of class), Dartmouth College
1991 Second Honor Group (top 15% of class), Dartmouth College

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP
2014- Supervisor: Who Kim (NCAR Post-doc then Associate Scientist II)
2015-2016 Supervisor: Fred Castruccio (NCAR Project Scientist I)
2015-2016 Chair: Task Team 3, U.S. AMOC Executive Committee
2015 Reviewer: German MiKlip Decadal Prediction Project renewal evaluation
2015 Member: Scientific Steering Committee, UK RAPID/US AMOC International
Science Meeting (Bristol, UK)
2015 Mentor: Hrishikesh Chandanpurkar (NCAR Advanced Study Program Graduate
Student Visitor; 08/2015-01/2016)
2015 Participant: UCAR Manager Mojo leadership program
2014-2015 Member: Organizing Committee of the Community Earth System Model (CESM)
Tutorial Workshop (Boulder, CO)2014 Member: Organizing Committee of the U.S. AMOC Science Team Meeting
(Seattle, WA)
2013-2015 vice-Chair: Task Team 3, U.S. AMOC Executive Committee
2004-2009 Science Liaison: Community Climate System Model Ocean Model Working Group