Mark McInerney

Mark McInerney
Mark McInerney
Education	WashU At Brookings (Public Leadership) Grand Valley State University (MS - Software Engineering & Computing) Central Michigan University (BS - Meteorology)
Known for	NASA Director of UAP Research
Awards	National Weather Service – Highest Award (2003)
Scientific career
Fields	Climatology Meteorology U.A.P.
Institutions	NASA NOAA

Mark A. McInerney is an American meteorologist and climate data scientist. He was the NASA Director of UAP Research but took advantage of NASA's second delayed resignation program offering and retired from the agency in July 2025. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Education and career

McInerney studied meteorology at Central Michigan University, where he received his B.S.. He went on to obtain an M.S. in software engineering and distributed computing at Grand Valley State University. In 1994, McInerney joined the National Weather Service at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, where he worked at multiple locations, including the National Hurricane Center. ^[4] He gained the highest honor of the National Weather Service in 2003. ^[5]

McInerney moved to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in 2010, where he worked until spring 2023. During this time, he coordinated the technical strategies of the Earth Observing System Data and Information System, including data management in the climate data analytics system. ^{[6] [7] [8]} Later in 2023, McInerney took on the position as the first NASA Director of UAP Research. ^[2]

References

1. Chang, Kenneth (14 September 2023). "NASA Introduces New U.F.O. Research Director - The role was created in response to the recommendations of a report that found the agency could do more to collect and interpret data on unidentified anomalous phenomena". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 14 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
2. Brett Tingley (15 September 2023). "NASA appoints new head of UFO research". Space.com. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
3. "NASA Names UFO Chief to Investigate Mystery Craft Sightings". Bloomberg.com. 14 September 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
4. "Wilma barrels across Florida". The Denver Post. Associated Press. 24 October 2005. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
5. "Mark McInerney Gains National Weather Service Highest Honor". www.greenenvironmentnews.com. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
6. McKenzie, Denise. "Location Powers: Orlando". www.locationpowers.net. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
7. Schnase, John L.; Lee, Tsengdar J.; Mattmann, Chris A.; Lynnes, Christopher S.; Cinquini, Luca; Ramirez, Paul M.; Hart, Andrew F.; Williams, Dean N.; Waliser, Duane; Rinsland, Pamela; Webster, W. Phillip; Duffy, Daniel Q.; McInerney, Mark A.; Tamkin, Glenn S.; Potter, Gerald L. (2016). "Big Data Challenges in Climate Science: Improving the next-generation cyberinfrastructure". IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine. 4 (3): 10–22. doi:10.1109/MGRS.2015.2514192. ISSN   2168-6831. PMC   6839778 . PMID   31709380.
8. Earth Science Data Systems, NASA (29 July 2020). "Data Chat: Mark McInerney". Earthdata. Retrieved 16 September 2023.