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Joanne Simpson (formerly Joanne Malkus, born Joanne Gerould; March 23, 1923 – March 4, 2010) was the first woman in the United States to receive a Ph.D. in meteorology, which she received in 1949 from the University of Chicago.
Joanne Simpson became the first woman Ph.D. meteorologist. She also pioneered studies of cloud models, hurricanes, weather modification, and guided the development of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission.
Mar 12, 2010 · Joanne Simpson, the first woman to earn a PhD in meteorology, didn’t just break into a field where women weren’t welcome. She broke the door down and accumulated a list of scientific achievements that’s rare for any scientist, regardless of gender.
Mar 31, 2010 · Meteorologist who brought the study of clouds to the forefront of Earth science. Before Joanne Simpson got into meteorology, neither women nor clouds were taken very seriously in the emerging...
Joanne Simpson (foreground) in the 1950s examining images of clouds she took during flights over the Pacific Ocean. “You have to be lovable to be loved,” her mother told Simpson as a child. That desire to be loved propelled Simpson through a painful life.
JOANNE SIMPSON (nee Gerould), former leader of the Tropical Rain Measuring Mission and storm modeling program at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center and the “mother” of modern research on tropical clouds and hurricanes, died on March 4, 2010, at the age of 86.
Joanne Simpson transformed the science of the tropical atmosphere and set a course in science for professional women to follow. She had a lifelong passion for clouds and severe storms, flying into and above them, measuring and modeling them, theorizing about the role of tropical clouds in the planetary circulation, and mentoring a generation of ...
Apr 23, 2004 · Joanne Simpson became the first woman Ph.D. meteorologist. She also pioneered studies of cloud models, hurricanes, weather modification, and guided the development of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission.
Oct 7, 2020 · A leader, collaborator, mentor, and pioneering scientist, Simpson (1923-2010) turned an early fascination with clouds and weather into groundbreaking work across six decades of significant changes in meteorological science.
JOANNE SIMPSON ( nee Gerould), former leader of the Tropical Rain Measuring Mission and storm modeling program at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center and the “mother” of modern research on tropical clouds and hurricanes, died on March 4, 2010, at the age of 86.
