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Dr. Otis Brown

Candidate for Florida At-large Board of Directors seat.

DR. OTIS BROWN is currently the Dean of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami; and a professor in the Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography. He is one of the world's experts in studying the ocean through observations obtained from instruments aboard earth-orbiting satellites. Dr. Brown has participated in research cruises throughout the world including the Atlantic and Indian Oceans and the Arabian Sea. He has over 100 scientific publications and has received national recognition from notable scientific organizations such as NASA, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Meteorological Society and the American Geophysical Union. As a professor at The Rosenstiel School Dr. Brown has mentored students, fellows and faculty and built one of the Nation's leading programs in remote sensing. As a member of the NOAA's Science Advisory Board, the Southeastern Universities Research Association Board of Trustees, the Board of Directors of the Southeast Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System (SEACOOS), and other high-level scientific steering committees, he has and continues to play an important role in leading our nation's ocean research program. As the Dean at the Rosenstiel School, Dr. Brown is also at the head of one of the nation's top oceanographic research and education institutions.

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