Dr. Elsayed Talaat is the Director of the Office of Space Weather Observations at NOAA NESDIS. The term “space weather” generally refers to conditions
resulting from solar and geomagnetic activity that can potentially affect our technological society on Earth and in near-Earth space including human life and property. In this talk he will talk about how NOAA is making us a Space Weather Ready Nation: building a nation that is ready, responsive and resilient to space weather events.Dr. Elsayed Talaat is the Director of the Office of Space Weather Observations at NESDIS.
Before joining NOAA, Dr. Talaat was the Chief Scientist of the Heliophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. In this role, he directed overall development efforts for the Heliophysics space science program in Solar, Heliospheric, Magnetospheric, and Ionospheric, Thermospheric, and Mesospheric physics.
Dr. Talaat received his Bachelor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering from the University of Washington, and a Master’s of Science and doctorate from the University of Michigan in Atmospheric and Space Sciences. He has authored or collaborated on over 60 journal papers and over 250 conference papers.
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