Sebastien Biraud

Biography

Dr. Biraud leads the Climate Sciences Department in the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division (CESD). He is the Principal Investigator of the DOE-supported Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Carbon Project, Airborne Carbon Measurement Experiments (ARM-ACME). He is also the Technical Lead for the AmeriFlux Management Project, and the Principal Investigator for the US-ARM AmeriFlux site located in the U.S. Southern Great Plains.

Dr. Biraud is an internationally recognized expert in the field of atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG) observations to support research on carbon cycle, satellites validation, and source attribution. His work relies heavily on the development of measurement capabilities to estimate carbon exchange between the land and the atmosphere. These measurements and analysis activities include: (1) developing eddy covariance systems; (2) building and testing continuous high-accuracy and high precision GHG observations system; (3) integration of GHG observation systems on aircrafts, towers, and UAS platforms; (4) publishing his work on GHG emissions estimates at local and regional scales.

Experience

Climate Sciences Department Head, LBNL—Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, 2015-present
Staff Scientist, LBNL—Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, 2018-Present
Research Scientist, LBNL—Earth & Environmental Sciences Area, 2013-2018
Research Associate, LBNL—Earth Sciences Division, 2003-2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 2001-2003
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Galway, Ireland, 2000-2001
Ph.D., Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique/Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 1997-2000
Research Engineer, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique/Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, 1996-1997
Research Engineer, Ecole Nationale Du Génie Rural, Des Eaux Et Des Forêts, 1995

Collaborators and Other Affliliates

Student and staff: Noah Amme (U. of Washigton), Dave Billesbach (UNL), Stephen Chan (LBNL), Laura Cunnigham (UCB), John Bryan Curtis (U Colorado), Steven Demartini (UCB), Sigrid Dengel (LBNL), Chad Hanson (OSU), Don Herman (UCB), Andrew Moyes (LBNL), Naama Raz-Yaseef (LBNL), Ken Reichl (LBNL), Pascal Polonik (UCB, LBNL), Eric Rubin (UCB), Jovan Tadic (LBNL).
Collaborators and co-authors: J. Abshire (NASA/GSFC), A. Angert (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), A. Turner (Harvard University). S. Basu (SRON), C. Bonfils (LLNL), P. Ciais (LSCE), R. Derwent (U.K. Met Office), D. Feldman (LBNL), M. Fischer (LBNL), M. Helbig (University of Montreal), L. Hu (NOAA/ESRL), M. Inoue (NIES), D. Jacob (Harvard University), L. Kuai (JPL), S. Kulawik (NASA/JPL), A. Milller (Harvard Univiersity), W. McMillan (University of Maryland), Y. Miyamoto (NIES), M. Ramonet (LSCE), W. Riley (LBNL), S. Miller (Harvard University), B. Schmidt (PNNL), B. Schmid (PNNL), C. Still (Oregon State University), C. Sweeney (NOAA/ESRL), J. Tadic (Carnegie Institute for Science), P. Tans (NOAA/ESRL), M. Toomey (Harvard University), A. Turner (Harvard University), I. Williams (LBNL), S. Wharton (LLNL), S. Wofsy (Harvard University), D. Wunch (CalTech), L. Yurganov (University of Maryland).