Michelle Hawkins

Hawkins grew up in Chicago. She earned her bachelors of sciences in chemistry and PhD in atmospheric science from Howard University.{{Cite web |last=US Department of Commerce |first=NOAA |title=Michelle Hawkins |url=https://www.weather.gov/careers/chemistry_michelle_hawkins |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.weather.gov |language=EN-US}}

In her role at the National Weather Service, Hawkins leads programs and policies related to severe, public, and winter weather services, as well as weather-support response services for wildland fires in support of National Weather Service land management partners. In 2014 she worked with undergraduates at Howard University in a campaign designed to expand publicly-available information about summertime weather,{{Cite news |last=Samenow |first=James |date=June 18, 2014 |title=Howard University students pump up Weather Service's 'Beat the Heat' campaign |newspaper=Washington Post |id={{ProQuest| }} }} and in 2016 she talked with The Daily Beast about heat domes and increasing awareness of weather-related issues.{{Cite news |last=Warshaw |first=Amelia |date=July 21, 2016 |title=Is a 'Heat Dome' Really Going to Fry the U.S.?: We've got a new word for your apocalyptic weather dictionary. |work=The Daily Beast, New York: The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC |id={{ProQuest| }} }} Her work includes issuing high heat warnings, and considerations of optimal timing for such warnings.{{Cite news |last=Borenstein |first=Seth |date=2019-03-14 |title=Study: high-heat warnings often go out too late |pages=A27 |work=Republican and Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100817971/study-high-heat-warnings-often-go-out/ |access-date=2022-05-01}}{{Cite journal |last1=Vaidyanathan |first1=Ambarish |last2=Saha |first2=Shubhayu |last3=Vicedo-Cabrera |first3=Ana M. |last4=Gasparrini |first4=Antonio |last5=Abdurehman |first5=Nabill |last6=Jordan |first6=Richard |last7=Hawkins |first7=Michelle |last8=Hess |first8=Jeremy |last9=Elixhauser |first9=Anne |date=2019-03-19 |title=Assessment of extreme heat and hospitalizations to inform early warning systems |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |volume=116 |issue=12 |pages=5420–5427 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1806393116 |issn=1091-6490 |pmc=6431221 |pmid=30833395 |doi-access=free }}

In 2022, Hawkins was named a fellow of the White House Leadership Development Program, and she is assigned to the Council on Environmental Quality.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-28 |title=Dr. Michelle Hawkins |url=https://www.performance.gov/fellows/michelle-hawkins/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=www.performance.gov |language=en}}

• {{Cite journal |last1=Weinberger |first1=Kate R. |last2=Zanobetti |first2=Antonella |last3=Schwartz |first3=Joel |last4=Wellenius |first4=Gregory A. |date=2018-07-01 |title=Effectiveness of National Weather Service heat alerts in preventing mortality in 20 US cities |journal=Environment International |language=en |volume=116 |pages=30–38 |doi=10.1016/j.envint.2018.03.028 |pmid=29649774 |pmc=5970988 |issn=0160-4120}}
• {{Cite journal |last1=Hawkins |first1=Michelle D. |last2=Brown |first2=Vankita |last3=Ferrell |first3=Jannie |date=2017-01-01 |title=Assessment of NOAA National Weather Service Methods to Warn for Extreme Heat Events |url=https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/wcas/9/1/wcas-d-15-0037_1.xml |journal=Weather, Climate, and Society |language=EN |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=5–13 |doi=10.1175/WCAS-D-15-0037.1 |bibcode=2017WCS.....9....5H |s2cid=157117268 |issn=1948-8327}}
• {{Cite journal |last1=Vaidyanathan |first1=Ambarish |last2=Saha |first2=Shubhayu |last3=Vicedo-Cabrera |first3=Ana M. |last4=Gasparrini |first4=Antonio |last5=Abdurehman |first5=Nabill |last6=Jordan |first6=Richard |last7=Hawkins |first7=Michelle |last8=Hess |first8=Jeremy |last9=Elixhauser |first9=Anne |date=2019-03-19 |title=Assessment of extreme heat and hospitalizations to inform early warning systems |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |language=en |volume=116 |issue=12 |pages=5420–5427 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1806393116 |issn=0027-8424 |pmc=6431221 |pmid=30833395|bibcode=2019PNAS..116.5420V |doi-access=free }}

In 2019 Hawkins was named a "Modern Day Technology Leader" at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards.{{Cite web |date=February 13, 2019 |title=Meet the NOAA employees recognized at the 2019 Black Engineer of the Year Awards {{!}} National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |url=https://www.noaa.gov/education/news/meet-noaa-employees-recognized-at-2019-black-engineer-of-year-awards |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=www.noaa.gov}}

Hawkins is a mother; she lives in Maryland.[https://twitter.com/drmhawkins Twitter bio]

• Michelle Hawkins, [https://www.runnelscountyregister.com/story/news/2021/07/05/enhanced-features-text-based-nws-severe-thunderstorm-warning/7866057002/ Enhanced features of the text-based NWS Severe Thunderstorm] Warning, Runnels County Register, 2021
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