Antonio Busalacchi Jr. is the president of the

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(UCAR) since 2016. Prior to joining UCAR, Busalacchi was a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, director of the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and Chair of the Council on the Environment (ConE) at the

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. He has served as chair of the Joint Scientific Committee of the

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. and co-chair of the National Research Council's Decadal Survey for Earth Science and Applications from Space. He has also served as a head scientist of a division of the

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. In 2016, Busalacchi was elected as a member into the

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for the understanding of tropical oceans in coupled climate systems via remotely sensed observations and for international leadership of climate prediction/projection research. In 2023, he was made an honorary member and fellow of the

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