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
- Jonathan Ajo-Franklin
- Sebastien Biraud
- Eoin Brodie
- Romy Chakraborty
- Barry Freifeld
- Ben Gilbert
- Andy Jones
- Lisa Kelly
- Peter Nico
- Travis O’Brien
- Curt Oldenburg
- Carl Steefel
- Margaret Torn
Awards Committee
- Jonathan Ajo-Franklin (Co-Chair, also EGD Representative to Lab Awards Committee)
- Nick Bouskill
- Shaun Brown
- Valarie Espinosa-Ross (Administrative Liaison)
- Andy Jones
- Liange Zheng
- Tim Kneafsey
- Nigel Quinn
- Margaret Torn (also CESD Representative to Lab Awards Committee)
- Don Vasco
- Maryann Villavert (Co-Chair)
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.
- Jonathan Ajo-Franklin
- Bhavna Arora
- Nick Bouskill (Chair)
- Hang Deng
- Sara Hefty (Administrative Liaison)
- Jennifer Holm
Area Equipment & Instrument Committee
Sub-committees: Computational Resources, Laboratory Resources, Field Support Resources
- Eoin Brodie
- Mark Conrad (Chair)
- Tom Daley
- Stefan Finsterle
- Vivi Fissekidou
- Peter Lau
- Greg Newman
- Carl Steefel
- Margaret Torn
Area Staff Committee
Area Safety Committee
- Vivi Fissekidou (Chair)
- See all Committee Members
Lab-wide Committee and Council Representatives
Conference Council – Carol Valladao
CSAC & CPIC – Peter Lau
Communications Council – Maryann Villavert
Diversity and Inclusion Council – Neslihan Tas & Vivi Fissekidou (Area Representatives)
Division Business Council (DBC) – Peter Lau
Lab Staff Committee (LSC) – Curt Oldenburg (EGD) & Hoi-Ying Holman (CESD)
Laboratory Support Advisory Committee (LSAC) – Lisa Kelly (Area and EGD) & Eoin Brodie (CESD)
Laboratory Awards Committee – Jonathan Ajo-Franklin (EGD) & Margaret Torn (CESD)
Library Committee – John Christensen
Property Management – Karen Elliott & Peter Lau
Resource Management Leadership Council (RMLC) – Grace Miller
Safety Advisory Committee (SAC) – John Christensen
Travel Liaison Committee (TLC) – Karen Elliott
Women Scientists and Engineers Council (WSEC) – Jiamin Wan (EGD) & Romy Chakraborty (CESD), Chair of the Empowerment Committee