The Earth and Environmental Sciences Area (EESA) committees, Division Representatives, and Lab-wide committees enable EESA and Berkeley Lab to make decisions, take action on, or report on subject matter critical to operational and scientific activities. If you would like more information or are interested in participating on discussions regarding the subject areas identified below, please feel free to contact the representative or member.
EESA Organized Committees and Councils
Area and Division Councils
The Earth and Environmental Sciences Area Council is composed of the Division Directors, all program domain leads, department heads, and operations manager. Additional invitees include operations leads, human resources, and the safety coordinator plus ad-hoc members. The council is chaired by the Associate Lab Director and meets twice a month, typically on Mondays.
Division Councils, which are held once a month, are chaired by the Division Director and includes the department heads, Division program domain leads, operations managers, human resources, and the safety coordinator plus ad-hoc members.
Chairs
- Susan Hubbard, Area
- Bill Collins, Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division
- Jens Birkholzer, Energy Geosciences Division
Council Members
- Sebastien Biraud
- Eoin Brodie
- Romy Chakraborty
- Ben Gilbert
- Andy Jones
- Lisa Kelly
- Peter Nico
- Curt Oldenburg
- Christina Patricola
- Jonny Rutqvist
- Carl Steefel
- Margaret Torn
- Yuxin Wu
Awards Committee
- Mark Conrad (Chair and Representative to the Lab Director’s Recognition Committee)
- Bhavna Arora
- Nick Bouskill
- Lisa Kelly (Co-Chair)
- Tim Kneafsey
- Charles Koven
- Nigel Quinn
- Bill Riley (Representative to the Lab Director’s Recognition Committee)
- Don Vasco
- Liange Zheng
Distinguished Scientists Seminar Series Committee
The Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series Committee invites eminent individuals from various disciplines in the scientific community whose research is outstanding, interdisciplinary, and of broad interest to strategic initiatives in the earth sciences to present their research at Berkeley Lab.
- Bhavna Arora
- Nick Bouskill (Chair)
- Hang Deng
- Jennifer Holm
- Martin Schoenball
- Christine Ramos (Administrative Liaison)
Area Staff Committee
- Curtis Oldenburg (Chair)
- Eoin Brodie
- Yves Guglielmi
- Bill Riley
- Jonny Rutqvist
- Carl Steefel
- Margaret Torn
Area Safety Committee
- Vivi Fissekidou (Chair)
- See all Committee Members
Early Career Development Grants (ECDG) Committee
The Earth and Environmental Sciences Early Career Development Grants (ECDG) Committee is composed of a representative from each of the five departments. The committee is charged with managing the ECDG program. The intent of the ECDG is to provide an opportunity for early career, scientific staff to develop new concepts, tools, and approaches with the potential to complement and/or enhance existing EESA research programs, lead to or make progress on new EESA research directions, or to lay the foundation for future proposals. These projects are envisioned to be ‘seed’ projects that can be completed within 1-2 years. The ECDG committee will evaluate the projects and may request short presentations by candidates whose proposals are under consideration for funding. The committee meets annually.
EESA IDEA Committee
- Susan Hubbard, (Chair)
- Tracy Bigelow
- Jens Birkholzer
- Romy Chakraborty
- Sandy Chin
- Bill Collins
- Hang Deng
- Ali Douraghy
- Vivi Fissekidou
- Preston Jordan
- Lisa Kelly
- Chaincy Kuo
- Neslihan Tas
Lab-wide Committee and Council Representatives
Conflict of Interest (COI) Advisory Committee – Boris Faybishenko
Communications Council – Ali Douraghy
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Advisory Board – Romy Chakraborty & Preston Jordan
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Council – Vivi Fissekidou & Neslihan Tas (Area Representatives)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Leadership Council – William Collins
Division Business Council (DBC) – Peter Lau and Lisa Kelly
Early Career Programs – Peter Fiske
Lab Staff Committee (LSC) – Curt Oldenburg (EGD) & William Riley (CESD)
Laboratory Support Advisory Committee (LSAC) – Lisa Kelly (Area and EGD) & Eoin Brodie (CESD)
Laboratory Awards Committee – Mark Conrad (EGD) & William Riley (CESD)
Library Committee – John Christensen
Property Management – Peter Lau
Safety Advisory Committee (SAC) – John Christensen
Scientific IT Advisory Committee – Charuleka Varadharajan
Travel Liaison Committee (TLC) – Christine Ramos
Women Scientists and Engineers Council (WSEC) – Hang Deng (EGD) & Chaincy Kuo (CESD)