David Titley

David Titley
Titley in 2009
Born1958 (age 67–68)
Military career
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Navy
NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps
Scientific career
Alma materPenn State, Naval Postgraduate School
AwardsFellow of the American Meteorological Society since 2009
FieldsMeteorology, oceanography
InstitutionsU.S. Navy, NOAA Corps, Penn State
ThesisIntensification and structure change of super Typhoon Flo as related to the large-scale environment (1998)

David William Titley (born 1958) is a professor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University and the founding director of their Center for Solutions to Weather and Climate Risk. He was also NOAA's chief operating officer from 2012 to 2013. Before assuming these positions, he was a rear admiral in, and the chief oceanographer of, the U.S. Navy, in which he served for 32 years. He is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society.