EESA Council Group photos

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

Awards Committee

Bill Riley (Co-Chair and Representative to the Lab Director’s Recognition Committee)
Lisa Kelly (Co-Chair)
Tim Kneafsey (Representative to the Lab Director’s Recognition Committee)
Bhavna Arora
Nick Bouskill
Charles Koven
Nigel Quinn
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.

Area Staff Committee

Area Safety Committee

Vivi Fissekidou (Chair)
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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.