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Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi

Project Scientist

Phone: 609-865-5428

cgerleinsafdi@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi is a Project Scientist in the Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division. She is an ecohydrologist with a background in geophysics and hydrology, who combines modeling, laboratory experiments, fieldwork, and satellite data to better understand the link between the water and carbon cycles in vegetation across spatial and temporal scales. She is interested in the effects of dew, fog and rain interception on canopy water and carbon fluxes, the effects of soil moisture variation on plant functioning, and the dynamics of wetland extent on methane emissions. Her research spans a broad range of ecosystems and methods to provide new insight on natural environments and the mechanisms driving them.

Education

  • Certicate in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Princeton University, USA, 2019
  • Ph.D., Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, USA, 2017
  • M.Eng. in Geophysics, Engineering School of Geophysics of Strasbourg (EOST), France, 2012
  • M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, University of Strasbourg, France, 2011
  • B.Sc. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Strasbourg, France, 2009

Experience

  • Project scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (CA ,USA), 2020-Present
  • Junior fellow, University of Michigan (MI, USA), 2017-2020
  • Exchange scholar, Harvard University (MA, USA), 2015-2017
  • Graduate Research Assistant, Princeton University (NJ, USA), 2012-2017
  • Geo-physical engineer, Schlumberger Water Services (Santiago, Chile)., 2011
  • Visiting student, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ, Potsdam, Germany), 2010
  • Visiting scholar, UC Berkeley (CA, USA), 2009

Fellowships, Awards, and Research Grants

  • US Department of Energy, Laboratory Directed Research Development (LDRD), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: "Understanding the Effects of Variation in Water Availability on Vegetation Photosynthetic Activity" (PI), 2020-2023
  • NASA, CYGNSS Competed Science Team: "Using CYGNSS-based inundation maps to address major gaps in representing tropical wetland methane emissions" (co-I), 2021-2024
  • Postdoctoral fellowship, Michigan Society of Fellows, 2017-2020
  • Earth and Space Science Graduate Fellowship, NASA, 2014-2017
  • Strategic University Research Partnerships Program, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, 2016-2017
  • Mary and Randall Hack '69 Graduate Award, Princeton Environmental Institute, 2016-2017
  • Science, Technology & Environmental Policy Fellowship, Princeton Environmental Institute, 2014 - 2017
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