MIT Global Change Joint Program Participants

Joint Program Leadership
Co-Directors: Henry D. Jacoby, Ronald G. Prinn
Executive Director: John E. Parsons
Associate Director for Research: John M. Reilly
Associate Director for Development: Loren C. Cox
Assistant Director: Anne Slinn

Joint Program Participants (January 2008)

Names in boldface indicate those members who are substantially involved in the Program's central or supporting research. (Abbreviations provided below.)

MIT Faculty

MIT Faculty	Center Affiliation	Department	Research Area
Bras, Rafael L.	CGCS Associate Director	CEE & EAPS	hydrology/hydro-climatology
Chisholm, Sallie (Penny)	CGCS	CEE & Biology	biological oceanography
Eckaus, Richard S.	CEEPR	Economics	modeling the Chinese economy
Eltahir, Elfatih	CGCS	CEE	hydroclimatology, deforestation
Ellerman, A. Denny	CEEPR	Sloan	emissions trading
Emanuel, Kerry A.	CGCS / CMI	EAPS	clouds, convection, hurricanes
Entekhabi, Dara	CGCS / CMI	CEE & EAPS	land-surface interaction, hydrology
Greenstone, Michael	CEEPR	Economics	environmental regulations
Jacoby, Henry D.	JP Co-Director, CEEPR Director	Sloan	applied economics, environmental policy
Marshall, John C.	CGCS, CMI Director	EAPS	general circulation & modeling
McRae, Gregory J.	CGCS	Chemical Engineering	air pollution modeling, uncertainty
Parsons, John E.	JP Executive Director, CEEPR Executive Dir.	Sloan	energy industry markets
Plumb, R. Alan	CGCS, PAOC Director	EAPS	atmospheric dynamics
Prinn, Ronald G.	JP Co-Director, CGCS Director	EAPS	atmospheric sciences
Reilly, John M.	JP Associate Director for Research	Sloan	economics, emissions, agriculture
Schmalensee, Richard L.	CEEPR	Sloan & Economics	environmental economics
Skolnikoff, Eugene B.	JP / CIS	Political Science	international environmental policy
Stone, Peter H.	CGCS, CMI Associate Director	EAPS	climate modeling
Webster, Mort	CGCS	EAPS	risk, uncertainty, decision making
Wunsch, Carl I.	CGCS / CMI	EAPS	ocean circulation, observation & modeling

MIT Joint Program Research Staff Previous Postdoctoral Fellows

MIT JP Research Staff	Affiliation	Research Area
Castanho, Andrea	CGCS / EAPS - Molina Postdoctoral Fellow	satellite-based aerosol measurements
Cox, Loren	JP Associate Director for Development, CEEPR Assoc. Dir. for Dev.	program development
Dutkiewicz, Stephanie	JP / CGCS / EAPS Research Scientist	oceanic global carbon cycle
Gao, Xiang	JP / CGCS Postdoctoral Associate	hydrologic data and modeling
Gurgel, Angelo	JP / MITEI Postdoctoral Associate	economic model
Hodson, Elke	JP / CGCS Postdoctoral Associate	trace gas emissions
Huang, Jin	CGCS Research Scientist	inverse emissions estimation
Jeong, Gill-Ran	JP / CGCS Postdoctoral Associate	aerosol/chemistry-climate modeling
Forest, Chris	JP / CGCS Research Scientist	climate change attribution
Kim, Dongchul	JP / CGCS Postdoctoral Associate	aerosol/chemistry-climate modeling
Mena, Marcelo	CGCS / EAPS - Molina Postdoctoral Fellow	atmospheric chemistry/aerosols
Paltsev, Sergey	JP / MITEI Research Scientist	economic model
Rigby, Matthew	CGCS Postdoctoral Associate	inverse emissions estimation
Sarofim, Marcus	JP / MITEI Postdoctoral Associate	emissions and integration
Schlosser, Adam	JP / CGCS Research Scientist	ecosystem and hydrology models
Scott, Jeffery	JP / CGCS / EAPS Research Scientist	3D ocean model
Selin, Noelle	JP / CGCS Postdoctoral Associate	air pollutants & health impacts
Slinn, Anne	JP Assistant Director, CGCS Assistant Director	science synthesis & administration
Sokolov, Andrei P.	JP / CGCS Research Scientist	climate model
Wang, Chien	JP / CGCS Principal Research Scientist	chemistry model
Previous Postdoctoral Fellows

MIT Joint Program Administrative & Support Staff

Administrative & Support Staff	Affiliation	Responsibility
Barnes, Fannie	JP / CEEPR / MITEI	administrative support
Bubluski, Joni	CEEPR / JP / MITEI	financial administration
Goldstein, Frances	JP / CGCS	Forum administration
Joseph, Robens	JP / CGCS	financial administration
Oakes, Lisa	JP / CEEPR / MITEI	administrative support
Salmons, Sally	JP / CGCS	administrative support
Slinn, Anne	JP Assistant Director, CGCS Assistant Director	science/research administration
Tran, Tony	JP / CEEPR	administrative support

MIT Researchers Involved through Collaborative Work

Researcher Associates at MIT	Affiliation	Research Area
Follows, Mick	CMI / CGCS / EAPS Principal Research Scientist	biogeochemical cycles
Heimbach, Patrick	CMI / CGCS / EAPS Research Scientist	ocean modeling and state estimation
Herzog, Howard	MITEI Principal Research Engineer	carbon sequestration
Hill, Christopher	CMI / CGCS / EAPS Principal Research Scientist	atmosphere & ocean model development

MBL Researchers Involved through Cooperative Agreements with the Marine Biological Laboratory

Research Associates at MBL (or via MBL collaborative projects)	Affiliation	Research Area
McGuire, A. David	Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks, Professor	Arctic ecology/biology, terrestrial ecosystems
Felzer, Benjamin	MBL Research Associate; Lehigh University, Professor	biogeochemistry, ecosystem modeling
Kicklighter, David	MBL Ecosystems Center, Research Associate	terrestria l ecosystem dynamics/modeling
Melillo, Jerry M.	MBL Ecosystems Ctr, Co-Director, Senior Scientist	biogeochemistry of ecological systems
Tian, Hanqin	Auburn University, Professor	ecosystems/biogeochemical modeling
Zhuang, Qianlai	Purdue University, Assistant Professor	biogeochemistry/terrestrial ecosystems

Researchers Involved through Collaborative Work

Research Associates Elsewhere	Affiliation	Research Area
Babiker, Mustafa	Independent Scholar	economic model
Boehring, Christoph	University of Oldenburg, Professor	European climate policy
Buchner, Barbara	International Energy Agency, Analyst	EU emissions trading system
Ekman, Annica	Stockholm University, Research Scientist	aerosols and chemistry
Kamenkovich, Igor	Univ. of Washington, Research Associate Professor	ocean modeling
Korty, Robert	Texas A&M University, Assistant Professor	hurricane-ocean interactions
Loeschel, Andreas	Centre for European Economic Research, Dept. Head	European climate policy
Mearns, Linda	NCAR ISSE, Senior Scientist	climate change impacts
Metcalf, Gilbert	Tufts University, Professor	public finance
Nicholls, Robert	University of Southampton, Professor	sea level rise, coastal impacts
Reiner, David M.	Cambridge University, Lecturer	international environmental policy
Rutherford, Thomas	ETH Zurich, Professor	economic modeling
Sansó, Bruno	Univ. of California Santa Cruz, Associate Professor	detection and attribution
Schafer, Andreas	Cambridge University, Lecturer	transportation modeling
Sue Wing, Ian	Boston University, Assistant Professor	technological change

Visiting Research Scholars Previous Visitors

Visiting Scholars	Affiliation	Research Area
Gitiaux, Xavier	Total (France)	biofuels
Koudjeti, Mehdi	MIT-France program (France)	fuel systems
Nonaka, Shunsuke	J-Power (Japan)	risk hedge strategy, energy resources
Strzepek, Ken	Univ. of Colorado at Boulder	water resources management
Previous Visitors

Affiliation & Department Abbreviations (& Links)

		Key to the Brochure Collage
CEE	MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEEPR	MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
CGCS	MIT Center for Global Change Science
CIS	MIT Center for International Studies
CMI	MIT CGCS Climate Modeling Initiative
EAPS	MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
MITEI	MIT Energy Initiative
JP	MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
MBL	Marine Biological Laboratory (in Woods Hole, Massachusetts)
PAOC	MIT Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate
Sloan	MIT Alfred P. Sloan School of Management


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