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Robinson I. Negron-Juarez

Staff Scientist

Building 85B, Room 105

M/S 85B-105

Phone: 510-486-7690

Fax: 510-486-5686

robinson.inj@lbl.gov

Curriculum Vitae

  • Researcher ID
  • Google Scholar
  • Education
  • Experience
  • Awards
  • Professional Affiliations
  • Scholarly Service
  • Media Interest

Biography

I started working at LBL on October 1, 2013. My research: Human activity has altered both land cover and the chemical composition of the atmosphere producing changes in the climate system and largely driving climate change. At the same time, natural disturbances have also produced changes in land cover and atmospheric composition. A number of studies have reported cause-effect mechanisms linking natural disturbance and/or human activities and climate change, but a full understanding remains elusive due to the complex feedbacks of the biosphere-atmosphere system. My research addresses these interactive feedbacks with three specific goals:

  • to understand the changes to the climate and environment that result from natural and human disturbance to land cover and the chemistry of the atmosphere.
  • to understand the response of terrestrial ecosystems to those changes.
  • to understand the feedbacks between terrestrial ecosystems and climate.

My approach includes field measurements of ecological and micro-meteorological data, analysis of atmospheric data, satellite data, and modeling.

Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) Program encourages undergraduate students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences at the Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories.

Publications

  • Researcher ID
  • Google Scholar

Research Interests

  • Micrometeorology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry
  • Ecosystem Ecology
  • Global Change Research
  • Land-Atmosphere Interaction
  • Climate Modeling
  • Remote Sensing

Education

  • PhD Meteorology. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2005
  • MSc Meteorology. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2000
  • BSc Physics, Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 1995

Experience

  • Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2022-Present
  • Research Scientist (Career), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2017-2022
  • Research Scientist (Term), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2015-2017
  • Project Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,, 2013-2015
  • Visiting Research Scientist,, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2013-Present
  • Research Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, 2012-Present
  • Honorary Professor, National University of the Peruvian Amazon. School of Forest Sciences. Peru, 2010-Present
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University,, 2007-2011
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-2007
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics and Atmospheric Sciences, University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2004-2005
  • Exchange Visitor Program, Department of Meteorology, Florida State University, 2002

Awards

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, FAPESP - Sao Paulo Government, 2005-2004
  • Award for Best graduate research in Physics of Climate for Project: Climate sensibility over southeast Brazil due to land use changes, 3rd LBA Science Conference, Brasilia–GO, Brazil., 2004
  • PhD Fellowship, CAPES - Brazilian Government, 2004-2000
  • Research Fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2002
  • MSc Fellowship, CNPq – Brazilian Government, 2000-1998

Professional Affiliations

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009-Present
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2005-Present
  • American Meteorological Society (AMS), 2005-Present

Scholarly Service

  • Peer Reviewer, Journal of Climate
  • Peer Reviewer, Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Peer Reviewer, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences
  • Peer Reviewer, International Journal of Climatology
  • Peer Reviewer, Agricultural and Forest Meteorolgy
  • Peer Reviewer, Pland Ecology and Diversity
  • Peer Reviewer, Public Library of Science (PLOS)
  • Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • Proposal Reviewer, Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Proposal Reviewer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • Proposal Reviewer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Media Interest

  • 2017: R. I. Negrón-Juárez, H. Jenkins, J. Q. Chambers, L. Kueppers, W. J. Riley, D. Magnabosco Marra, G. H. P. M. Ribeiro, T. Monteiro, L. Candido, N. Higuchi. Windthrows Variability in Central Amazonia. Atmosphere, 8(2), 28, 2017.
    • DOE Office of Science BER:If a Tree Falls in the Amazon.
    • LBNL EESA:Pioneering Study on Amazon Windthrows.
  • 2015: R. I. Negrón-Juárez, C D Koven, W J Riley, R G Knox and J Q Chambers. Observed allocations of productivity and biomass, and turnover times in tropical forests are not accurately represented in CMIP5 Earth system models. Environmental Research Letters, 10(6), 064017, 2015.

    • http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/62433
  • 2013: J. Q. Chambers, R. I. Negrón-Juárez, , D. M. Marra, J. Tews, D. Roberts, A. Vittorio, G. H. P. M. Ribeiro, S. Trumbore, and N. Higuchi. The steady-state mosaic of disturbance and succession across an old-growth Central Amazon forest landscape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (10), 3949-3954 (2013).
    • http://newscenter.lbl.gov/news-releases/2013/01/28/new-research-will-help-shed-light-on-role-of-amazon-forests-in-global-carbon-cycle/
    • http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0201-tree-die-off-amazon.html
    • http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112772938/tree-death-higher-than-thought-012913/
  • 2011: R. I. Negrón-Juárez, J. Q. Chambers, D. M. Marra, G. H. P. M. Ribeiro, S. Rifai, N. Higuchi, and Dar Roberts. Detection of subpixel treefall gaps with landsat imagery in Central Amazon forest. Remote Sensing of Environments 115, 3322-3328 (2011).
    • Faculty of 1000: http://f1000.com/13093956
    • New Wave: http://tulane.edu/news/newwave/121511_trees.cfm
    • Tulane University: http://tulane.edu/sse/eebio/news-and-events/
  • 2010: R. I. Negrón-Juárez, J. Q. Chambers, G. Guimaraes, H. Zeng, C. F. M. Raupp, D. M. Marra, G. H. P. M. Ribeiro, S. S. Saatchi, B. W. Nelson, N. Higuchi. Widespread Amazon forest tree mortality from a single cross-basin squall line event. Geophysical Research Letters 37, L16701 (2010).
    • AGU: http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2010/2010-17.shtml
    • GRL Cover: http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/covers/grlbackiss2010.shtml (Vol 37, No 16).
    • Reuters: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2010/07/13/idUKN1380765._CH_.2420
    • Science: http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/07/amazon-hit-by-its-own-katrina.html
    • Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v467/n7311/full/467008f.html
    • Fantastico (TV Show, Brazil): http://fantastico.globo.com/Jornalismo/FANT/0,,MUL1607427-15605,00-TEMPESTADE+NA+AMAZONIA+DERRUBOU+MEIO+BILHAO+DE+ARVORES.html
    • Folha de Sao Paulo (Newspaper, Brazil): http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ambiente/766136-vento-derruba-meio-bilhao-de-arvores-na-amazonia.shtml
  • 2009: H. Zeng, J. Q. Chambers, R. I. Negrón-Juárez, G. C. Hurtt, D. Baker, and M. D. Powell. Impacts of tropical cyclones on U. S. Forest tree mortality and carbon flux from 1851 to 2000. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (19), 7888-7892 (2009).
    • ScienceDaily: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501201353.htm
    • Nature: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7262/full/461319e.html
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