Faozi Said received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway, in 2015. From 2012 to 2014, he was a Guest Research Scientist with the Spatial Oceanography Laboratory, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, Brest, France. He is working for Global Science and Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD, USA, as a Senior Research Scientist with the Ocean Surface Winds Team, Center for Satellite Application and Research, National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His research interests include sea surface wind retrieval algorithm development for both active and passive microwave remote sensing instruments, including the Scatsat-1 and NASA Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System missions. His work also includes data calibration and validation of these two missions, including the SMAP satellite mission.