Eric Leuliette, Ph.D., joined the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2007 as a research oceanographer at the Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry in Silver Spring, Md. Prior to joining NOAA, he was an assistant research professor at the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research at the University of Colorado.
Dr. Leuliette is a member of the Ocean Surface Topography Science Team and the GRACE Science Team. As a member of Working Group 1 of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Dr. Leuliette shared in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize won by former Vice President Al Gore. Dr. Leuliette was a contributing author and reviewer for the chapter "Observations: Oceanic Climate Change and Sea Level" of the IPCC's Fourth Assessment Report Climate Change 2007: the Physical Science Basis. The IPCC Working Group I (WG1) assesses the physical scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change.
He received a B.S. in physics from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in physics from the University of Colorado in Boulder. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Texas's Center for Space Research in Austin. He was assistant director of National Youth Science Camp for one year.
Dr. Leuliette is a 1986 graduate of Roosevelt-Wilson High School.
His research interests include satellite altimetry and geodesy, sea level rise, time variations of Earth's gravity field and Earth orientation and geophysical applications of the Global Positioning System.
He has co-authored a number of publications, including Geodetic measurements of postglacial adjustments in Greenland, Constraining hydrological and cryospheric mass flux in southeastern Alaska using space-based gravity measurements, and Calibration of TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason altimeter data to construct a continuous record of mean sea level change.

Education 
Ph.D., Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1998
M.S., Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1994
B.S., Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 1990
 

Professional Experience 
2004-present, Assistant Research Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
2000-2004, Research Associate, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado
1999-2000, Research Engineer/Scientist Associate, Center for Space Research, The University of Texas at Austin
1998-1999, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Space Research, The University of Texas at Austin
 

Awards (selected) 
CIRES Graduate Research Fellowship, 1996-1997
Certificate of Appreciation, TOPEX/POSEIDON Project, 1995
 

Research Interests 
Satellite geodesy and altimetry, sea level change, Earth gravity field determination, time variations of Earth's gravity field and Earth orientation, geophysical applications of the Global Positioning System, space policy. 

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