Dr. Dan Cayan is a Research Meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He has
a lengthy career of research aiming to better understand how climate variability and changes operate over western North America, Cayan is one of the lead scientists involved in the ongoing series of climate change assessments for California.
Cayan received an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan School of Engineering. He went on to the University of California, San Diego where he earned a PhD in Oceanography. He has been employed by Scripps since 1977. Cayan is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.