Barry Keim
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BornSeptember 9, 1963
EducationUniversity of New Orleans (B.A., 1987), Louisiana State University (M.S., 1990; Ph.D., 1994)
FieldsClimatology
InstitutionsLouisiana State University
Barry D. Keim | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 9, 1963 |
| Education | University of New Orleans (B.A., 1987), Louisiana State University (M.S., 1990; Ph.D., 1994) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Climatology |
| Institutions | Louisiana State University |
| Thesis | Temporal and synoptic analyses of heavy rainfall in the southeastern United States (1994) |
Barry David Keim (born September 9, 1963, in New Orleans, Louisiana)[1] is the Director of the Environmental Health, Climate, and Sustainability Program at the LSU-Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. He was previously the Richard J. Russell Professor in the Department of Geography & Anthropology at Louisiana State University (LSU). He served as the state climatologist for the state of Louisiana from 2002-2023. Before that he was on the faculty of the University of New Hampshire, and was the New Hampshire state climatologist, from 1994 to 2003.[2] He is known for researching extreme weather, such as hurricanes and heavy rainfall.[3]
