Congratulations to AOML’s research oceanographer Sang-Ki Lee for winning the scientific category at the 52nd Annual Federal Employee of the Year Award Program on May 12th. Sang-Ki is the author of numerous publications related to climate and weather phenomena, and leads projects including a study of the impact of regional sea surface temperature variability on ocean acidification and fisheries. His recent work on US tornado outbreak risk was the #1 NOAA Research story in 2016 based on public interest on NOAA’s social media accounts. Dr. Lee’s extensive publication history can be found here.