Dr. Ferrare has over thirty years of experience in lidar remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols and water vapor. Starting in 1985 at NASA Goddard, he investigated aerosol optical and physical properties using satellite data and ground based lidar measurements. He led retrievals of aerosol backscattering and extinction profiles from the DOE Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) Southern Great Plains Raman Lidar, was Chair of the ARM Aerosol Working Group (2000-2004) and remains a member of the ARM Climate Research Facility Science Board. Dr. Ferrare served as PI on NASA and DOE ARM projects related to lidar measurements of aerosols and water vapor and is a past member of the CALIPSO science team. Dr. Ferrare has flown on NASA hurricane and severe weather research missions and designed flight strategies to acquire science measurements for these missions. He led deployment of the LaRC airborne HSRLs in multiple national and international field missions, and served as flight scientist for NASA aircraft during airborne field campaigns SEAC4RS (2013), ORACLES (2016), and ACEPOL (2017). He chaired the Aerosol Working Group for the future NASA Aerosol-Clouds-Ecosystem (ACE) satellite mission and is a member of the Science and Applications Leadership Team (SALT) on the Aerosol, Clouds, Convection, and Precipitation (ACCP) Mission Study.