Dr. Kerry Cook

Biography

Kerry Cook is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin's Jackson School of Geosciences since August 2008. He began his career at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab at Princeton University and has 18 years of experience as a professor at Cornell University, where he taught courses in Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Dynamics, and Atmospheric Physics. Cook is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society and has served on the Board of Trustees for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. He currently chairs the American Meteorological Society's Board on Climate Variability and Change and serves on the NSF GEO Advisory Council. His research focuses on predicting and understanding climate change and variability across various regions, including Africa, South America, and the central U.S. His team utilizes numerical models of the climate system to enhance understanding of the interactions between Earth's surface features and atmospheric circulation. Cook has published a textbook titled 'Climate Dynamics' (2013, Princeton University Press), with a second edition expected in 2024.

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