Michael Diamond

Affiliation: Florida State University 

Title: Assistant Professor of Meteorology and Environmental Science 

Country: USA 

Michael Diamond is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science at Florida State University studying how interactions between clouds and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols influence Earth’s climate. His group studies clouds in the hope of gaining a better understanding of Earth’s physical climate system (and the climate systems of other planets) through observations, modeling, and theory. He is also very interested in how climate science can and should be used to inform policy, and in science policy (both science for policy and policy for science) more broadly. 

Michael is the principal investigator on a NOAA Climate Program Office project to investigate how well “ship tracks” caused by maritime pollution can serve as analogues for the salt tracks envisioned in marine cloud brightening proposals. He has published more than two dozen papers on the role of clouds and aerosols for Earth’s climate in general and for solar radiation modification in particular