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Charles Dunbar Koven

Staff Scientist

Building 084, Room 0330

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-6724

cdkoven@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Dr. Charles Koven is an Earth System Scientist in the Climate Sciences Department. His research focuses on the relationship between climate change and Earth’s carbon cycle. He has worked on permafrost feedbacks to climate change, global and regional forest disturbance dynamics, and coupled carbon-climate projections across a wide range of future trajectories to inform climate mitigation.

Dr. Koven was a Lead Author of the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as well as a Drafting Author of the Summary for Policymakers. He was also a Contributing Author of the Fifth IPCC Assessment Report.

Education

  • Ph.D. Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
  • B.S. Geology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1998

Experience

  • Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2017-Present
  • Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2013-2017
  • Project Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2010-2013
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, CNRS / Chercheur CDD CNRS – Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE), Gif-sur-Yvette, France, 2008-2010
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, 2007-2008
  • Graduate Student Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, 2000-2006
  • Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley, 2001

Awards

  • AGU: Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Mid-Career Award, 2021
  • DOE: Early Career Research Program, 2017
  • NERSC: Achievement Award for High Impact Science, 2016
  • LBNL: Director's Award for Exceptional Early Scientific Career Achievment, 2014
  • NASA: Earth System Science Fellowship, 2004-2006
  • Yale University: Penfield prize for mineralogy, 1998

Professional Affiliations

  • American Geophysical Union - Biogeosciences

Advisory Boards, Committees, and Councils

  • Member, CESM Scientific Steering Committee, , 2020-Present
  • Co-Chair, CESM Land Model Working Group, 2017-2021

Scholarly Service

  • Editor, Journal of Climate, 2019-Present
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