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Jennifer A. Holm

Research Scientist

Building 084, Room 0344

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-495-8083

Fax: 510-486-5686

jaholm@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

My main area of research is terrestrial ecosystem modeling. Within this area my research topics of interest include forest disturbance and recovery processes, dynamic vegetation processes, model sensitivity and uncertainty, and understanding tropical and boreal forest response to changing climates. Current projects include improving global simulations of the demographic model FATES (Functionally Assembled Terrestrial Ecosystem Simulator) which is coupled to the Earth System Model E3SM, application of a gap model for a tropical forest to evaluate forest response to elevated disturbance regimes, modeling gradients in tropical tree mortality across the Amazon Basin. Previous projects have included demographic modeling tasks and improving modeling predictability of tropical forest mortality rates for the NGEE-Tropics Project, improving modeling capacity to accurately represent biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) emissions from tropical ecosystems as part of the GoAmazon Project, and working with a multi-lab team to create a first generation earth system model with a fully integrated human systems component, representing human activities affecting land use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Jennifer Holm received a B.S. in Environmental Studies from Emory University, M.S. in interdisciplinary ecology, with a focus on Tropical Conservation Development and forest resources and conservation, from University of Florida, and a Ph. D. in environmental sciences from University of Virginia. Prior to joining the lab, Jennifer was a postdoctoral fellow at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and has been a field research technician at the Luquillo Experimental Forest in Puerto Rico.

Education

  • Ph.D. Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2012
  • M.S. Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 2007
  • B.S. Environmental Studies, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 2004

Experience

  • Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL), Climate & Ecosystem Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, 2016-Present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, LBNL, Climate Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, 2012-2016
  • Postdoctoral Fellow/Visiting Scientist, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Conservation Ecology Center, Front Royal, VA, 2012
  • Field Researcher, Guanica, Puerto Rico, Hyperspectral NASA Experiment, 2010
  • Graduate Research Assistant, University of Virginia, 2008-2012
  • Field Research Technician, Luquillo Experimental Forest, El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico, 2007
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant & Field Researcher, University of Florida, 2005-2007

Awards

  • United Nations COP26 Invited Attendee, Glasgow Scotland, 2021
  • Robert J. Huskey Travel Fellowship, 2011
  • Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society Membership, 2007
  • Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society Membership, 2006
  • Alpha Zeta Honor Fraternity Nomination - University of Florida, 2006
  • Valedictorian - Alexander High School, 2000

Teaching Experience

  • Fundamentals of Ecology Lab, University of Virginia
  • Management of Forest Ecosystems, University of Virginia
  • Global Ecology, Graduate Level, University of Virginia
  • Practical Concepts in Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia

Collaborations and Affiliations

  • Aspen Global Change Institute
  • Climate Voices: science speakers network
  • Ecological Society of American
  • American Geophysical Union
  • Joint Global Change Research Institute
  • National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
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