The Climate Sciences Department has core competency in operating field observatories and undertaking observations and ecosystem manipulation experiments to study soil biogeochemistry, vegetation dynamics, and tropical, boreal, and sub-Arctic ecology. Department members are experienced in the collection and interpretation of eddy covariance measurements, tower and aircraft observations, and isotopic measurements of CO2, CH4, CO, 13C,…
Climate Sciences
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Read MoreMeasuring and Modeling the Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Scientists operate field observatories and undertake observations and ecosystem manipulation experiments.
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Read MoreModeling Climate Change and Climate Change Solutions
Scientists develop predictive models that reveal the complex processes shaping and controlling the planet.
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Read MoreSimulating Clouds, Rain, and the Water Cycle
Knowledge in cloud and convective dynamics are incorporated into DOE’s Earth System Models.
Overview
The Climate Sciences Department is the newest Earth and Environmental Sciences Area’s Department, founded in April 2007, and now has more than 100 scientific staff members. Through the Department’s ongoing contributions toward DOE’s strategic mission, and its success in attracting top talent pursuing tightly focused research goals, Berkeley Lab is recognized as one of the U.S. DOE’s National Laboratories (see FY2015 DOE Strategic Plan) with core competency in Climate Change Science.
The Department’s research capabilities lie in three primary areas:
- Modeling climate change and climate change solutions
- Simulating clouds, rain, and the water cycle
- Measuring and modeling the terrestrial carbon cycle.
Core Capabilities
Modeling Climate Change and Climate Change Solutions
Scientists in the Climate Sciences Department are experts in developing predictive models that reveal the complex processes shaping and controlling the planet. Their scientific modeling expertise includes the ability to perform multiscale simulations of abrupt and extreme climate change through development, deployment, and diagnosis of new model frameworks. The Department is actively developing the first…
Simulating Clouds, Rain, and the Water Cycle
Departmental scientists have expertise in cloud and convective dynamics and the ability to incorporate that knowledge into DOE’s Earth System Models. Work includes studies of the energy available for triggering convection, the coupling between convection and its large-scale environment, and the transport of mass, momentum, aerosols, water vapor, and other chemical species in convection.
David Ackerly
Faculty Scientist
Phone:
dackerly@lbl.gov
Sarahi Arriaga Ramirez
Graduate Student Research Assistant
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sarriaga@lbl.gov
Sébastien Biraud
Staff Scientist
Climate Sciences Department Head
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scbiraud@lbl.gov
James K. Bishop
Senior Faculty Scientist
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Fax:
jkbishop@lbl.gov
William Ronald Boos
Faculty Scientist
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wrboos@lbl.gov
Xitian Cai
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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xtcai@lbl.gov
Cristina Castanha
Principal Research Associate
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ccastanha@lbl.gov
Oriana Elizabeth Holtz Chafe
Research Associate
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oechafe@lbl.gov
Jeffrey Chambers
Faculty Scientist
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jchambers@lbl.gov
Wai-Yin Stephen Chan
Scientific Engineering Associate
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swchan@lbl.gov
Alexander Charn
Graduate Student Research Assistant
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alexandercharn@lbl.gov
Cecilia Chavana-Bryant
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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cchb@lbl.gov
John Chun Hong Chiang
Faculty Scientist
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JCChiang@lbl.gov
Housen Chu
Research Scientist
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hchu@lbl.gov
William D. (Bill) Collins
Director, Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division,
Director, Environmental Resilience Accelerator (Era),
Senior Scientist
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Fax:
wdcollins@lbl.gov
Sigrid Dengel
Scientific Engineering Associate
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sdengel@lbl.gov
Alan V. Di Vittorio
Research Scientist
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avdivittorio@lbl.gov
Junyan Ding
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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junyanding@lbl.gov
Nicola Falco
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
nicolafalco@lbl.gov
Daniel Feldman
Research Scientist
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Fax:
drfeldman@lbl.gov
Yanlei Feng
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Benjamin Fildier
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Phone:
bfildier@lbl.gov
Inez Fung
Faculty Scientist
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ifung@lbl.gov
Jennifer A. Holm
Research Scientist
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Fax:
jaholm@lbl.gov
Hector Alejandro Inda Diaz
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Phone:
haindadiaz@lbl.gov
Kripa Akila Jagannathan
Graduate Student Research Assistant
Phone:
kajagannathan@lbl.gov
Kolby Jeremiah Jardine
Research Scientist
Phone:
kjjardine@lbl.gov
Andrew D. Jones
Research Scientist
Program Domain Lead for Earth Systems and Society
Phone:
adjones@lbl.gov
Noel Keen
Software Developer
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ndkeen@lbl.gov
Trevor Keenan
Faculty Scientist
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Fax:
trevorkeenan@lbl.gov
Ryan G. Knox
Software Developer
Phone:
rgknox@lbl.gov
Charles Dunbar Koven
Staff Scientist
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cdkoven@lbl.gov
Lara Kueppers
Faculty Scientist
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Fax:
lmkueppers@lbl.gov
Chaincy Kuo
Project Scientist
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ckuo@lbl.gov
Gregory Lemieux
Software Developer
Phone:
glemieux@lbl.gov
Xiangzhong (Remi) Luo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
xzluo@lbl.gov
Zhou Lyu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
zlyu@lbl.gov
Ankur Mahesh
Student Assistant
Phone:
amahesh@lbl.gov
Zelalem Amdie Mekonnen
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
zmekonnen@lbl.gov
Andrew Moyes
Senior Scientific Engineering Associate
Phone:
abmoyes@lbl.gov
Jessica Needham
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
jfneedham@lbl.gov
Robinson I. Negron-Juarez
Research Scientist
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Fax:
robinson.inj@lbl.gov
Travis A. O’Brien
Research Scientist
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taobrien@lbl.gov
John Patrick O’Brien
Graduate Student Research Assistant
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jpobrien@lbl.gov
Christina Marie Patricola
Research Scientist
Phone:
cmpatricola@lbl.gov
Rachel C. Porras
Senior Research Associate
Phone:
rcporras@lbl.gov
Thomas Lorin Powell
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
Fax:
tlpowell@lbl.gov
Shaoyue Qiu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
sqiu@lbl.gov
Naama Raz-Yaseef
Project Scientist
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Fax:
nryaseef@lbl.gov
Robert Rhew
Guest Faculty Scientist
Affiliate
Phone:
rrhew@lbl.gov
Alan Rhoades
Hydroclimate Uncertainty Postdoctoral Fellow
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arhoades@lbl.gov
William J. Riley
Senior Scientist
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wjriley@lbl.gov
Mark Risser
Research Scientist
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mdrisser@lbl.gov
David Romps
Faculty Scientist
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dromps@lbl.gov
Jennifer L. Soong
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
jsoong@lbl.gov
Jinyun Tang
Research Scientist
Phone:
Fax:
jinyuntang@lbl.gov
Margaret S. Torn
Ecologist & Biogeochemist
Senior Scientist
Phone:
Fax:
mstorn@lbl.gov
Pouya Vahmani
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
pvahmani@lbl.gov
Lydia J. Smith Vaughn
Graduate Student Research Associate
Phone:
lydiajsmith@lbl.gov
Ian N. Williams
Research Scientist
Phone:
inwilliams@lbl.gov
Dong Kook Woo
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
dkwoo@lbl.gov
Zexuan Xu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
zexuanxu@lbl.gov
Da Yang
Faculty Scientist
Phone:
dayang@lbl.gov
Yao Tang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
yaotang@lbl.gov
Qing Zhu
Research Scientist
Phone:
Fax:
qzhu@lbl.gov