Ryan Boyles (photo: Roger Winstead)

Boyles Named Director of State Climate Office

Ryan Boyles has been named director of the State Climate Office (SCO), located on Centennial Campus.

The SCO is a public service center in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Its focus is the extension of weather and climate information and science to support education, government and businesses in North Carolina.

Boyles received a BS in meteorology from NC State in 1997. While working at the SCO, he earned his MS in 2000 and his PhD in 2006.

Boyles is the chief scientist responsible for promoting the SCO’s climate services for extension, research, and education of applied meteorology and climatology.He supervises staff and students, assists state and county agencies, and interacts with a variety of public and private sector clients to ensure development and delivery of advanced climate science and services.

The SCO is involved in a wide variety of climatological research, including NC climate change and variability, El Niño/ La Niña effects on NC weather and climate, agricultural and water resource management, air quality and environmental management, disaster mitigation, and land-falling hurricanes in North Carolina. The SCO partners with state and federal agencies, and its work is of vital importance to agriculture, industry, emergency management and others.

Boyles works to increase the exposure of the SCO and NC State as a resource for weather and climate expertise and information, including expansion of the NC Environment and Climate Observing Network (NC ECONet) and development of weather- and climate-based decision support tools.

Professor Sethu Raman entered phased retirement after 10 years as SCO director.

(Source: Scope Magazine, NCSU, Winter 2007)

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