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Naama Raz-Yaseef

Project Scientist

Phone: 510-486-5937

Fax: 510-486-5686

nryaseef@lbl.gov

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Biography

Most of my scholarly work can be affiliated with the discipline of ecohydrology. This discipline focuses on water exchange within the bedrock/soil – plant – atmosphere continuum. Ecohydrology is a highly interdisciplinary field, and my research draws methods and insights from the disciplines of geology, geomorphology, hydrology, micrometeorology and plant physiology. The physical and chemical processes involving this continuum can be investigated at small to global scales, and while I have dealt with both ends, I am especially fascinated by how vegetation organizes itself in the landscape scale with regards to water. I seek to understand the complex feedbacks between water, vegetation and landscape, and to understand the ecosystem as a whole. One of the main objectives throughout my research has been to uncover the mechanisms that impart ecosystem resilience to human-induced changes, especially those related to climate change. In these times of global change, vegetation (both natural and agricultural) resilience is highly dependent upon climate change and management practices. I aspire to explore all of these broad connections between vegetation, people, water, climate and landscape. During the early phases of my career, I combined scientific research with environmental management occupation. I have done this due to a sense of commitment I have for the environment, and while this path has caused some delay in my academic career, I know it has improved and widened my environmental perspective.

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Education

  • Ph.D. Environmental Science and Energy Research, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 2009, “Partitioning of the evapotranspiration flux in a semi-arid forest”. Advisor: Dan Yakir.
  • M.A. Geography, Hebrew University, Israel, 2007, “Spatio-temporal scaling of rainfall-runoff relationships in a small watershed”. Advisor: Aaron Yair.
  • B.S. Geology, Hebrew University, Israel, 2005

Experience

  • Project Scientist, LBNL, 2015-Present
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), 2012-2015
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 2009-2012

Awards

  • NSF – FORCAST training grant
  • United States – Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD) Postdoc Fellowship Program
  • American Geophysical Union student travel grant
  • Rieger Fellow in Environmental Studies, Israel
  • Israeli Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences best student presentation
  • Academic Excellence --- Research Student Fellowship, Hebrew University

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