The CGCS involves the participation of about 25 MIT faculty members and 25 professional full-time research staff and postdoctoral associates who are contributing to the Center’s efforts. Affiliated faculty and staff are primarily drawn from the departments of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering, although the CGCS is active in cooperative efforts involving faculty and researchers from all areas of the Institute.
Faculty |
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 |
| Follows, Mick | EAPS | ocean circulation, carbon cycle | Senior Research Scientist |
| Heald, Collette | CEE & EAPS | atmospheric composition | 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 & CGCS | atmospheric chemistry | Faculty, Center Director |
| Rizzoli, Paola | EAPS | ocean circulation | Faculty |
| Selin, Noelle | ESD & EAPS | air pollution, climate change | Faculty |
| Solomon, Susan | EAPS | atmospheric chemistry | Faculty |
| Stone, Peter H. | EAPS | climate modeling, predictability | Professor Emeritus |
| Wang, Chien | CGCS & EAPS | atmospheric chemistry | Senior Research Scientist |
| Wunsch, Carl I. | EAPS | ocean model-data comparisons | Faculty |
Research Staff |
Department |
research area |
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 |
| Heimbach, Patrick | EAPS | ocean modeling | Principal Research Scientist |
| Hill, Christopher | EAPS | atmosphere & ocean model development | Principal Research Engineer |
| Hill, Helen | EAPS | ocean convection | Research Scientist |
| Huang, Jin | CGCS | inverse emissions estimation | Research Scientist |
| Leboissetier, Anthony | EAPS | ocean mixing | Research Scientist |
| Lee, Eunjee | CGCS-JP | ecosystem/plant migration | Postdoctoral Associate |
| Macintyre, Helen | CGCS-JP | aerosol-cloud-chemistry-climate model | Postdoctoral Associate |
| Monier, Erwan | CGCS-JP | atmospheric modeling, climate dynamics | Research Scientist |
| Monier, Liyi Xu | CGCS-JP | ecosystem-climate interactions | Postdoctoral Associate |
| Jahn, Oliver | EAPS | computer science, ocean biogeochemistry | Research Scientist |
| Potter, Kat | CGCS | nitrous oxide isotopic composition | Research Scientist |
| Ravela, Sai | EAPS | atmospheric state estimation | Principal Research Scientist |
| Saikawa, Eri | CGCS | atmospheric transport/chemistry | Postdoctoral Associate |
| Schlosser, C. Adam | CGCS-JP | precipitation, global land system model | Principal Research Scientist |
| Scott, Jeffery | CGCS-JP | ocean modeling | Research Scientist |
| 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 |
| Williams, Earle R. | CEE | atmospheric physics, lightning | Principal Research Engineer |
Research Affiliates |
Department |
Research area |
position |
| Forest, Chris | CGCS-JP | climate uncertainty | Research Affiliate |
| Golombek, Amram | CGCS | atmospheric trace gas modeling | Research Affiliate |
| Panday, Arnico | CGCS/EAPS | air quality, regional climate | Visiting Assistant Professor |
| Rigby, Matthew | CGCS | inverse emissions estimation | Research Affiliate |
Administrative Staff |
Department |
responsibility |
position |
| Ekstrom, Victoria | CGCS-JP | communications, outreach | Communications Officer |
| Fox, Melissa | CGCS/JP, EAPS | administration | Administrative Assistant |
| Goldstein, Frances | CGCS-JP | Global Change Forum, management | Assistant to Co-Directors for Sponsor Relations |
| Joseph, Robens | CGCS/JP, EAPS | finances, budgets, accounts | Financial Officer |
| Richard, Michael | EAPS, CGCS | human resources | Personnel Administrator |
| Slinn, Anne | CGCS, JP | management, research administration | Executive Director for Research |
| Smith-Grieco, Tony | CGCS-JP | project management | Assistant to Co-Directors for Project Management |
* Department Acronyms
Biology – Department of Biology
CEE – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
EAPS – Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
ESD – Engineering Systems Division
CGCS – Center for Global Change Science
JP – Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change