Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd

Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd is a leading international expert in weather and climate and is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia. Dr. Shepherd was the 2013 President of the American Meteorological Society, the nation’s largest and oldest professional/science society in the atmospheric and related sciences. He serves as Director of the UGA’s Atmospheric Sciences Program and Full Professor in the Department of Geography, where he is the Associate Department Head. Dr. Shepherd is also the host of The Weather Channel’s Award-winning Sunday talk show “Weather Geeks,” a pioneering Sunday talk show on national television dedicated to science and a contributor to Forbes Magazine. In 2021, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineers, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the first faculty member at UGA to achieve this trifecta, and the first African American to do so.