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.
Mohit Dubey
Graduate Student Research Assistant
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mldubey@lbl.gov
David Ackerly
Faculty Scientist
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dackerly@lbl.gov
Emily Bercos-Hickey
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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ebercoshickey@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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jkbishop@lbl.gov
Niklas Blanadet
Research Associate
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nblanadet@lbl.gov
Barbara Bomfim
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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bbomfim@lbl.gov
William Ronald Boos
Faculty Scientist
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wrboos@lbl.gov
Hanna Breunig
Research Scientist
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hannabreunig@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
Senior Scientific Engineering Associate
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swchan@lbl.gov
Kuang-Yu Chang
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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ckychang@lbl.gov
John Chun Hong Chiang
Faculty Scientist
Housen Chu
Research Scientist
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hchu@lbl.gov
Fabio Ciulla
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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fciulla@lbl.gov
William D. (Bill) Collins
Associate Laboratory Director, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area
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wdcollins@lbl.gov
Sigrid Dengel
Scientific Engineering Associate
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sdengel@lbl.gov
Alan V. Di Vittorio
Research Scientist
Nicola Falco
Research Scientist
Daniel Feldman
Staff Scientist
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drfeldman@lbl.gov
Yanlei Feng
Graduate Student Research Assistant
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yanleifeng@lbl.gov
Inez Fung
Faculty Scientist
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ifung@lbl.gov
Xiulin Gao
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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xiulingao@lbl.gov
Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi
Faculty Scientist
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cgerleinsafdi@lbl.gov
Andrew S. Graus
Associate Software Developer
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agraus@lbl.gov
Jennifer A. Holm
Research Scientist
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jaholm@lbl.gov
Kripa Akila Jagannathan
Research Scientist
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kajagannathan@lbl.gov
Andrew D. Jones
Staff Scientist
Program Domain Lead for Earth Systems and Society
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adjones@lbl.gov
Noel Keen
Software Developer
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ndkeen@lbl.gov
Trevor Keenan
Faculty Scientist
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trevorkeenan@lbl.gov
Ryan G. Knox
Software Developer
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rgknox@lbl.gov
Charles Dunbar Koven
Staff Scientist
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cdkoven@lbl.gov
Lara Kueppers
Faculty Scientist
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lmkueppers@lbl.gov
Gregory Lemieux
Software Developer
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glemieux@lbl.gov
Marcos Longo
Research Scientist
Zelalem A. Mekonnen
Research Scientist
Phone:
zmekonnen@lbl.gov
Midhun (Mikey) Mohan
Graduate Student Research Assistant
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mid_mohan@lbl.gov
Andrew Moyes
Senior Scientific Engineering Associate
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abmoyes@lbl.gov
Jessica Needham
Research Scientist
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jfneedham@lbl.gov
Robinson I. Negron-Juarez
Staff Scientist
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robinson.inj@lbl.gov
Travis A. O’Brien
Visiting Faculty
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taobrien@lbl.gov
Mohammed Ombadi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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ombadi@lbl.gov
Elaine Pegoraro
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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elainepegoraro@lbl.gov
Rachel C. Porras
Senior Research Associate
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rcporras@lbl.gov
Satyarth Praveen
Data Scientist
Ken Reichl
Senior Scientific Engineering Associate
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kreichl@lbl.gov
Robert Rhew
Guest Faculty Scientist
Affiliate
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rrhew@lbl.gov
Alan Rhoades
Hydroclimate Research Scientist
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arhoades@lbl.gov
William J. Riley
Director (Acting), Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division;
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
André Santos
Research Associate
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aldsantos@lbl.gov
Shijie Shu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Phone:
sshu@lbl.gov
Anna Spiers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Julia Szinai
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Jinyun Tang
Staff Scientist
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Fax:
jinyuntang@lbl.gov
Jing Tao
Research Scientist
Haiyan Teng
Climate & Atmosphere Processes Program Domain Lead
Staff Scientist
Phone:
hteng@lbl.gov
Margaret S. Torn
Ecologist & Biogeochemist
Senior Scientist
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Fax:
mstorn@lbl.gov
Pouya Vahmani
Research Scientist
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pvahmani@lbl.gov
Zexuan Xu
Research Scientist
Phone:
zexuanxu@lbl.gov
Da Yang
Faculty Scientist
Phone:
dayang@lbl.gov
Koong Yi
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Yang Zhou
Research Scientist
Phone:
yzhou2@lbl.gov
Qing Zhu
Research Scientist
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Fax:
qzhu@lbl.gov