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Carl Steefel Named 2019 American Geophysical Union Fellow

August 14, 2019

Carl Steefel, a senior scientist in the Earth & Environmental Sciences Area at Berkeley Lab, has been named by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as a 2019 AGU Fellow. Every year, the AGU Fellows program recognizes members who have made exceptional contributions to the Earth and Space sciences. Vetted by a committee of AGU Fellows,…

New $100M Innovation Hub to Accelerate R&D for a Secure Water Future

September 23, 2019

This news release appeared first on the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory website. The National Alliance for Water Innovation, which is led by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has been awarded a five-year, $100-million Energy-Water Desalination Hub by DOE (pending appropriations) to address water security issues in the United States. The Hub…

Jonathan Ajo-Franklin Receives Harold Mooney Award for 2019

September 11, 2019

EESA Faculty Scientist Jonathan Ajo-Franklin has been named the Harold Mooney Award Winner for 2019 by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. Ajo-Franklin began working at Berkeley Lab as a research scientist in 2007. He later became staff scientist and department head of the Geophysics Department in 2017. The Harold Mooney Award is given annually to…

Floriana Petrone Joins Faculty at University of Nevada-Reno

September 9, 2019

Floriana Petrone, previously a postdoctoral fellow and then research scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division at Berkeley Lab, joined the University of Nevada-Reno faculty this fall. Petrone was named assistant professor of civil engineering by the university’s College of Engineering. She will continue her work on behalf of Berkeley Lab analyzing the interaction…

How California Wildfires Can Impact Water Availability

September 5, 2019

In recent years, wildfires in the western United States have occurred with increasing frequency and scale. Climate change scenarios in California predict prolonged periods of drought with potential for conditions even more amenable to wildfires. The Sierra Nevada Mountains provide up to 70% of the state’s water resources, yet there is little known on how wildfires…