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Associated Departments and Affiliated Personnel

Associated Academic Departments & Programs

The CGCS is an independent MIT research center in the School of Science that also includes participants from the School of Engineering. The CGCS is also active in cooperative efforts involving faculty and researchers from all areas of the Institute.

The Center's research team is comprised of faculty, staff and students, most of whom are affiliated with one of the following academic departments at MIT:

• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS)
• Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
• Biology.
Additional Interaction through Collaborative Efforts

Although most CGCS-affiliated faculty and staff hold an appointment in an academic department noted above, CGCS participants are enaged in cooperative efforts with faculty and researchers in many other areas at MIT, and beyond.

For example, a key CGCS activity is the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change (JP), which is a joint effort formed in 1991 by the CGCS and the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR). The Joint Program brings CGCS participants together with researchers in departments representing all five Schools of the Institute, and other organizations, including, for example:

• Economics
• Political Science
• Sloan School of Management
• Urban Studies and Planning
• Chemical Engineering
• Engineering Systems Division
• Technology and Policy Program
• Earth System Initiative
• MIT Energy Initiative
• Laboratory for Energy and the Environment
• Center for International Studies
• Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory

Also, through involvement in collaborative research the Center represents a broad-based endeavor that includes cooperative international efforts with participants worldwide. Examples of these types of activities, which strengthen ties with climate researchers elsewhere, are the following:

• Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment
• World Ocean Circulation Experiment
• Estimating the Circulation & Climate of the Ocean
• Soil Moisture Active Passive Project
• Energy and Water Cycle Study
• Alliance for Global Sustainability, which includes:
     • Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology
     • University of Tokyo
     • Chalmers University of Technology

This interdisciplinary and international approach, which is organized to encourage collaboration of researchers with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests, is vital to effectively confront the complex challenge of understanding and predicting global change.

Affiliated Personnel     top

| Faculty | Staff | Biosketches |

The CGCS involves the participation of approximately 25 MIT faculty members, all of whom are active in research and teaching in an area related to at least one of the core CGCS foci. There are also about 25 professional full-time research staff and Postdoctoral Associates contributing to the Center's efforts.

The CGCS Directory provides brief biosketches of the faculty and researchers associated with the CGCS. The tables below list the affiliated MIT personnel, with the exception of the many graduate research assistants and undergraduate students participating in CGCS-related research projects.

The CGCS Director is Ronald G. Prinn, and the Executive Director is Anne Slinn. For futher information contact the CGCS office at cgcs@mit.edu. If you're looking for a name not on the lists below, try searching the MIT Directory.

CGCS Faculty and Senior/Principal Research Scientists     top     | staff list|

Faculty Member Department research area position
Boyle, Edward A. EAPS paleoceanograhy, ocean chemistry Faculty
Chisholm, Penny CEE & Biology ocean biology Faculty
Cziczo, Dan EAPS atmospheric chemistry Faculty
Eagleson, Peter S. CEE hydrology Professor Emeritus
Eltahir, Elfatih CEE biosphere-atmosphere interaction Faculty
Emanuel, Kerry A. EAPS convection and moist processes Faculty
Entekhabi, Dara CEE & EAPS hydrology, climate predictability Faculty
Ferrari, Raffaele EAPS ocean mixing Faculty
Flierl, Glenn R. EAPS ocean modeling, carbon cycle Faculty
Hemond, Harold F. CEE wetland hydrology, biogeochemistry Faculty
King, Jonathan A. Biology molecular biology Faculty
Lindzen, Richard S. EAPS climate dynamics Faculty
Marshall, John EAPS ocean modeling Faculty
McLaughlin, Dennis CEE hydrologic modeling Faculty
Mei, Chiang C. CEE hydrodynamics, coastal processes Faculty
O'Gorman, Paul EAPS atmospheric science Faculty
Ono, Shuhei EAPS biogeochemistry Faculty
Plumb, R. Alan EAPS atmospheric dynamics Faculty
Polz, Martin CEE environmental microbiology Faculty
Prinn, Ronald G. EAPS atmospheric chemistry Director, Faculty
Rizzoli, Paola EAPS ocean circulation Faculty
Selin, Noelle ESD & EAPS air pollution, climate change Faculty
Staelin, David H. EECS remote sensing Faculty
Stone, Peter H. EAPS climate modeling, predictability Professor Emeritus
Wunsch, Carl I. EAPS ocean model-data comparisons Faculty
Senior Research Scientists and Principal Research Scientists & Engineers
Follows, Mick EAPS ocean circulation, carbon cycle Senior Research Scientist
Heimbach, Patrick EAPS ocean modeling Principal Research Scientist
Hill, Christopher EAPS atmosphere & ocean model development Principal Research Engineer
Ravela, Sai EAPS atmospheric state estimation Principal Research Scientist
Schlosser, C. Adam CGCS/JP precipitation, global land system model Principal Research Scientist
Wang, Chien CGCS/JP atmospheric chemistry Senior Research Scientist
Williams, Earle R. CEE atmospheric physics, lightning Principal Research Engineer

 

CGCS Research Staff and Administrative Staff     top    | Faculty list |

Research Staff Department research area or task position
Avramov, Alexander CGCS-JP aerosol/chemistry modeling Postdoctoral Associate
Campin, Jean-Michel EAPS ocean circulation modeling Research Scientist
Dutkiewicz, Stephanie EAPS ocean biogeochemical modeling Research Scientist
Ferreira, David EAPS coupled ocean-atmosphere modeling Research Scientist
Friedman, Carey CGCS atmospheric chemistry modeling Postdoctoral Associate
Gao, Xiang CGCS-JP hydrologic data and modeling Research Scientist
Gunturu, Bhaskar CGCS-JP climatic impact of renewable energy Postdoctoral Associate
Hallgren, Willow CGCS-JP climatic & land-use impacts of renewables Postdoctoral Associate
Hill, Helen EAPS ocean convection Research Scientist
Huang, Jin CGCS inverse emissions estimation Research Scientist
Jahn, Oliver EAPS computer science, ocean biogeochemistry Research Scientist
Leboissetier, Anthony EAPS ocean mixing Research Scientist
Monier, Erwan CGCS-JP atmospheric modeling, climate dynamics Research Scientist
Rigby, Matthew CGCS inverse emissions estimation Research Scientist
Saikawa, Eri CGCS atmospheric transport/chemistry Postdoctoral Associate
Scott, Jeffery CGCS-JP ocean modeling Research Scientist
Shin, Ho-Jeong CGCS-JP aerosol/chemistry modeling Postdoctoral Associate
Sokolov, Andrei CGCS-JP climate modeling Research Scientist
Strzepek, Kenneth CGCS-JP water resources Research Scientist
Thompson, Tammy CGCS-JP atmospheric pollution and health impacts Postdoctoral Associate
Administrative Staff  
Crimmins, Allison CGCS-JP communications, outreach Communications Officer
Fox, Melissa CGCS/JP administration Administrative Assistant
Goldstein, Frances CGCS-JP Global Change Forum Assistant to Co-Directors for Sponsor Relations
Joseph, Robens CGCS/JP fiscal officer Financial Administrator
Richard, Michael EAPS/CGCS human resources Personnel Administrator
Slinn, Anne CGCS/JP science/research administration Executive Director for Research
Smith-Grieco, Tony CGCS-JP project management Assistant to Co-Directors for Project Management
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  6/2011