Mark A. McInerney is an American meteorologist, climate data scientist, and employee at NASA.

[1][2][3] McInerney studied meteorology at Central Michigan University, where he received his B.S..

in software engineering and distributed computing at Grand Valley State University.

[5] McInerney moved to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in 2010, where he worked until spring 2023.

[6][7][8] Later in 2023, McInerney took on the position as the first NASA Director of UAP Research.