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Jeffrey Chambers

Faculty Scientist

Building 084, Room 0332

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-495-2932

jchambers@lbl.gov

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Biography

Jeffrey Q. Chambers is a Faculty Scientist in the Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division at Berkeley Lab, and a Professor of Geography, University of California, Berkeley. His research is focused on terrestrial ecosystem ecology, forests and climate change, disturbance and recovery processes, and land-atmosphere interactions. Methods employed to address research questions include ecological and physiological field measurements, remote sensing analyses, and simulation modeling to codify knowledge and develop regional projections. He has more than 25 years of forest research experience, including current activities in the Puerto Rico, Panama, the Brazilian Amazon, and California.

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Education

  • Ph.D. Ecology, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998
  • B.S. Biochemistry, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1992, Cum Laude

Experience

  • Associate Professor, University of California, Berkeley, Geography Department, 2013-Present
  • Faculty Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) - Earth Sciences Division (ESD), 2010-Present
  • Associate Professor, Tulane University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2009-2010
  • Co-Director, National Institute for Climatic Change Research (NICCR) Coastal Center, 2006-Present
  • Assistant Professor, Tulane University, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2003-2009
  • Assistant Researcher II, University of California, Irvine, Earth System Science, 2002-2003
  • Research Faculty, National Institute of Amazon Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas na Amazônia – INPA), 1999-Present
  • Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Irvine, Earth System Science, 1998-2003
  • Graduate Internship, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, 1997-1998
  • Research Assistant, University of California, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, 1992-1998
  • Research Assistant, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Biogeochemical Cycles Group, Global Climate Research Division, 1992-1995

Professional Affiliations

  • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Association for Tropical Biology & Conservation

Collaborations & Affiliations

  • Collaborators: Sassan Saatchi (Caltech/JPL), Paul Moorcroft (Harvard), Dar Roberts (UC Santa Barbara), George Hurtt (Univ. of Maryland), Alon Angert (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Steve Frolking (Univ. of New Hampshire), Mark Powell (NOAA), Ashley Ballantyne (University of Colorado) Lee Dyer (Univ. of Nevada, Reno), Niro Higuchi (INPA, Manaus, Brazil), Bruce Nelson (INPA, Manaus,Brazil).
  • Thesis, Grad, and Post-Grad Advisors: John Melack (UC Santa Barbara) Josh Schimel (UC Santa Barbara), Jeff Amthor (DOE-LLNL), Susan Trumbore (UC Irvine).
  • Previous Advisees: RobinsonNegrón-Juárez (postdoc), Hongcheng Zeng (postdoc), Jeremy Fisher (postdoc), Thomas Shannon (postdoc), Angela Smilanich (Ph.D.), Tara Massad (Ph.D.), Theryn Henkel (Ph.D.), Sami Rifai (Ph.D.), Rebecca Hazen (Ph.D.), Elise Chapman (Masters).
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