Eric Kihn

Eric Kihn is the Chief of the Oceanographic and Geophysical Science and Services Division, taking the role in 2018 after serving as acting Director of the NGDC. Over more than 25 years of NOAA service, he has been a researcher, group leader, and professional data manager whose efforts led or contributed to the development of projects like Space Weather Analysis (SWA), and two award-winning analytic systems in the Space Physics Interactive Data Resource and the Environmental Scenario Generator. He heads the World Data Service for Geophysics and actively contributes to the Earth System Information Partners professional organization.