Research Interests: Atmospheric dynamics, boundary-layer meteorology, renewable energy
Education: Ph.D. Astrophysics, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder M.S. Astrophysics, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder B. A. English and Physics, Trinity University
Research Interests: Ecology & Evolution, Geochemistry, Global Change Science, Planets, Mechanisms of evolution (across the tree of Life); paleobiology (Earth-Life interactions); astrobiology; biomolecule fossilization (carbon cycle); integrative biosignatures; spectroscopic multi-omics; global change biology; carbon sequestration
Research Interests: Archaeology of the Near East, Southern Arabia, and Eastern Africa; geographic information systems (GIS), satellite imagery, agriculture, irrigation, ethnoarchaeology, mortuary archaeology, landscape archaeology, state formation
Research Interests: Characterization of Inorganic and Organic Materials, Biomaterials, Earth Materials, and Surfaces of Nanomaterials through Electron Microscopy
Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Katrina M. Lohan
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Morton K. Blaustein Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
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Benjamin Zaitchik
Morton K. Blaustein Chair and Professor
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Research Interests: Climate dynamics; surface hydrology
Education: PhD, Yale University
Kevin Lewis
Morton K. Blaustein Vice Chair and Professor
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Research Interests: Planetary geology and geophysics
Education: PhD, Caltech
Meghan Avolio
Associate Professor
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Research Interests: Ecology (with a focus on plants in cities and grasslands), global change
Education: PhD, Yale University
Jerry Burgess
Associate Teaching Professor and Director, ENVS
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Research Interests: Conservation science, tectonics, and metamorphic petrology.
Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Anand Gnanadesikan
Professor
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Research Interests: Physical circulation; biogeochemical cycling; climate modeling
Education: PhD, MIT
Maya Gomes
Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Stable isotope geochemistry, geobiology, biogeochemical cycling, Earth history, carbonate sedimentology
Education: PhD, Northwestern University
Thomas Haine
Professor
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Research Interests: Ocean circulation and dynamics; ocean’s role in climate
Education: PhD, University of Southampton, UK
Sarah Hörst
Associate Professor
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Research Interests: Atmospheric chemistry; planetary atmospheres
Education: PhD, University of Arizona
Jana Kopelent-Rehak
Senior Lecturer
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Research Interests: Cultural, Environmental and Visual Anthropology, Urban Socioecology, Climate Ethnography
Education: PhD, American University
Julie K. Lundquist (she/her/hers)
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy
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Research Interests: Atmospheric dynamics, boundary-layer meteorology, renewable energy
Education: Ph.D. Astrophysics, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder M.S. Astrophysics, Planetary, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder B. A. English and Physics, Trinity University
David Sing
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
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Education: PhD, University of Arizona
Emmy Smith
Associate Professor
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Research Interests: Sedimentary geology; biostratigraphy; Earth history; tectonics
Education: PhD, Harvard University
Sabine Stanley
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor
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Research Interests: Planetary magnetism, dynamo theory, planetary interiors, geophysics
Education: PhD, Harvard University
Dimitri Sverjensky
Professor
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Research Interests: Geochemistry; astrobiology; deep carbon cycle
Education: PhD, Yale University
Katalin Szlavecz
Research Professor
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Research Interests: Soil ecology, biogeochemistry, geobiology, urban ecosystems
Education: PhD, Eotvos University, Hungary
Daniel Viete
Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Metamorphic petrology; structural geology; tectonics
Education: PhD, The Australian National University
Darryn Waugh
Professor
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Research Interests: Atmosphere and ocean sciences
Education: PhD, Cambridge University
June Wicks
Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: mineral physics and planetary interiors
Education: PhD, Caltech
Jasmina Wiemann
Assistant Professor
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Research Interests: Ecology & Evolution, Geochemistry, Global Change Science, Planets, Mechanisms of evolution (across the tree of Life); paleobiology (Earth-Life interactions); astrobiology; biomolecule fossilization (carbon cycle); integrative biosignatures; spectroscopic multi-omics; global change biology; carbon sequestration
Education: PhD, Yale University
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Alicia Boampong
Administrative Manager
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Taylor Hannah
Administrative Coordinator
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Emily Nocera
Grants and Contracts Analyst
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Shelby Russell
Academic Program Administrator
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Niklas Troxel
Systems Engineer
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professors emeriti
John Ferry
Professor
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Research Interests: Metamorphic petrology
Education: PhD, Harvard University
Bruce D. Marsh
Professor Emeritus and Academy Professor
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Research Interests: Volcanism; magma dynamics; planetology; igneous petrology; geophysics
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Peter L. Olson
Research Professor
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Research Interests: Geophysics
Education: PhD, University of California, Berkeley
Thomas Osborn
Professor Emeritus
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Education: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Darrell Strobel
Academy Professor and Research Professor
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Research Interests: Planetary atmospheres/astrophysics
Education: PhD, Harvard University
David Veblen
Professor
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Research Interests: Minerology and crystallography
Education: PhD, Harvard University
Research Scientists
Dana Brenner
Laboratory Manager
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Renske Gelderloos
Visiting Research Scientist
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Chao He
Visiting Research Scientist
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Saman Karimi
Assistant Research Scientist
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Patrick LaChapelle
Research Assistant
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Eric Lapp
Adjunct Assistant Research Scientist
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Marie-Aude Pradal
Associate Research Scientist
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Joint Appointments
Scot Miller
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering
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Gabriel Bever
Associate Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy & Evolution
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Robert Dalrymple
Professor, Civil Engineering
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Carlos DelCastillo
Assistant Research Professor, NASA
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Research Interests: Ocean; biogeochemistry
Education: PhD, University of South Florida
Jocelyne DiRuggiero
Associate Research Professor, Biology
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Ciaran Harman
Assistant Professor (DOGEE)
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Michael Harrower
Assistant Professor, Archaeology
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Research Interests: Archaeology of the Near East, Southern Arabia, and Eastern Africa; geographic information systems (GIS), satellite imagery, agriculture, irrigation, ethnoarchaeology, mortuary archaeology, landscape archaeology, state formation
Kevin Hemker
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
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Linda A. Hinnov
Adjunct Professor
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Research Interests: Paleoclimatology and Earth history
Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Takeru Igusa
Professor, Civil Engineering
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Rebecca E. Kelly
Visiting Associate Teaching Professor
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Research Interests: Pedagogy and the scholarship of teaching and learning
Education: PhD, University of Oregon
Ken Livi
Associate Research Scientist
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Research Interests: Characterization of Inorganic and Organic Materials, Biomaterials, Earth Materials, and Surfaces of Nanomaterials through Electron Microscopy
Education: PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Katrina M. Lohan
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
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K.T. Ramesh
Professor (Mechanical Engineering)
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Kenneth Rose
Professor, Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
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Kirby Runyon
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William Swartz
Associate Research Professor (APL)
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Anthony D. Toigo
Adjunct Assistant Professor, (APL)
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Research Interests: Planetary atmospheres; planetary surface and atmosphere interactions
Lecturers
Xin Chen
Lecturer
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Post-Doctoral Fellows
Isabel Baker (she/her/hers)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Research Interests: Microbe-mineral Interactions, Ocean Ecosystems, Evolution, Global Change, Earth History
Ankit Barik
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Patrick Beaudry
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Research Interests: Igneous petrology and geochemistry, stable isotopes, subduction zones, sulfur cycling
Benjamin Fernando (He/Him)
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Research Interests: Seismology, Computational Geophysics, Planetary Science, Impact Physics, Science Policy, Diversity in Science
Katelyn Gray
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Research Interests: Biogeochemistry, Phosphorus, Stable Isotopes, Paleoclimate
Prakrut Kansara
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Research Interests: Global hydro-meteorology, Climate change, Streamflow forecasting, and Remote Sensing
Prajvala Kurtakoti
Benton Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Research Interests: Climate Change, Climate Resilience, Arctic Ocean/Air/Sea-ice Interaction, Meridional Heat Transport, Meridional Overturning Circulation, Deep Convection, Polynyas, Ocean-Bathymetry Interaction, Cloud Feedbacks, Extreme Events, Machine Learning in Climate
Kelsey Moore
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Mahmoud Osman
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Research Interests: Drought, Flash Droughts, Land-Atmosphere interactions, Hydroclimatology
Michael Radke
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Shangyong Shi
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Research Interests: Precipitation Phase, Remote Sensing, Satellite Snowfall Retrievals, Hydrometerology, Surface Hydrology, Climate Change
Melissa Sims
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Mahdad Talebpour
Post-Doctoral Fellow
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Research Interests: Atmospheric-Hydrological Modeling, Large-Eddy Simulation, Urban Hydrometeorology, Urban Climate, Urban Heat Island, Machine Learning Applications to Environmental Processes
Yilang Xu
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Research Interests: Physical Oceanography, Numerical Ocean Modeling, Polynya Circulation, Sea Ice Dynamics, Polar Marine Environments
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