Neil Jacobs
Neil Jacobs | |
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| 12th Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere 12th Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office November 14, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Rick Spinrad |
Acting | |
| In office February 25, 2019 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Timothy Gallaudet |
| Succeeded by | Benjamin Friedman (acting) |
| Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | |
| In office February 15, 2018 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Stephen Volz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 12, 1973 |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | University of South Carolina (BS, BS) North Carolina State University (MS, PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Atmospheric science |
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| Thesis | The role of marine thermal gradient structure on Gulf Stream-related extratropical cyclogenesis (2005) |
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Other academic advisors | Leonard J. Pietrafesa |
Neil Andrew Jacobs, Jr. (born December 12, 1973) is an American scientist and the current Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He had previously served as the acting NOAA administrator in the first Trump Administration.