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Alumni Research Staff & Students

	Andrew Altevogt Research Associate, CEE, (2001-2006) Fluids & Energy Group Climate Change Program Manager, California Environmental Protection Agency AAltevogt@calepa.ca.gov	Numerical modeling projects; theoretical fluid dynamics, groundwater modeling and aquatic chemistry.

	Brian Arbic Research Associate, AOS, (2003-2005) Carbon Science Group Assistant Professor, Florida State University, Department of Oceanography arbic@ocean.fsu.edu	Dynamics and energy budgets of oceanic mesoscale eddies, the general circulation, barotropic tides, and baroclinic tides; the impacts of dissipative processes such as bottom boundary layer drag and topographic internal wave drag on both low-frequency motions and tides; isotropy of ocean eddies, coherent vortices and jets, oceanic decadal variability, paleotides, and the coupling between motions in the solid earth and ocean.

	Bruce A. Barnett Technical Research Staff, GEO, (2010) Carbon Science Group Research Analyst, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University bbarnett@princeton.edu	Use of stable isotopic tracers in food web systems. Development of new measurement techniques of productivity.

	Jean-Philippe Bellenger Postdoctoral Research Associate, GEO, (2010) Carbon Science Group Professor, Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada jean-philippe.bellenger@usherbrooke.ca	Environmental chemistry; biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems; chemistry and dynamics of soil-organism interactions.

	Hande Yurttan Benson Postdoctoral Fellow, PEI, (2001-2002) Policy & Integration Group Assistant Professor at the Decision Sciences Department in the LeBow College of Business of Drexel University benson@drexel.edu	Modeling and optimization of pipeline networks for CO₂ transportation; nonlinear programming, using interior point techniques to solve large-scale real-world optimization problems.

	Daniele Bianchi Graduate Student, AOS Carbon Science Group Postdoctoral Fellow Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, McGill University Montreal, QC, Canada dbianchi@princeton.edu	Connections between the large scale ocean circulation and biogeochemical cycling of elements, such as nutrients, oxygen and carbon, as well as radiocarbon and helium-3, patterns of water mass circulation from the distribution of tracers; physical and biological mechanisms that contribute to the maintenance of the observed tracer distribution.

	Stephanie Bohlman Postdoctoral Research Associate, EEB, (2010) Carbon Science Group Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida sbohlman@ufl.edu	Tropical forest ecology, particularly as it relates to carbon cycling; linking remote sensing and field data in forest modeling; landscape patterns of species and functional diversity in forests and their underlying physical and historical causes; evaluating current and historical landscape patterns for tropical conservation purposes.

	Valentina Bosetti Visiting Fellow, PEI, Energy Group, (2008-2009) Policy & Integration Group Senior Researcher, FEEM valentina.bosetti@feem.it	International climate agreements, coalition formation and stability; the role of linking reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) to climate agreement; innovation in low carbon technologies.

	Robert Bruant Lecturer, CEE, (2003-2004) Fluids & Energy Group robert.brurant@bp.com	Aqueous chemistry, organic/inorganic geochemistry, (multiphase) fluid flow, geology, hydrogeology, CO₂ sequestration.

	Keynyn Brysse Postdoctoral Research Associate, WWS (2008-2010) Policy & Integration Group Instructor, Office of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Alberta brysse@ualberta.ca	History and philosophy of paleontology; how scientific knowledge travels across disciplinary boundaries; the reaction of vertebrate paleontologists to the hypothesis that a bolide impact caused the Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction 65 million years ago.

	John Caspersen Research Associate, EEB, (1998-2002) Carbon Science Group john.caspersen@utoronto.ca	Human impacts on the structure, composition, and function of forest ecosystems, as well as the interactions between forest ecosystems, global biogeochemical cycles, and climate.

	Nicolas Cassar Associate Research Scholar, GEO, (2004-2009) Carbon Science Group Assistant Professor in Earth and Ocean Sciences, Duke University nicolas.cassar@duke.edu	Atmospheric oxygen; in conjunction with atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements, O₂/N₂ can be used to better understand the global carbon cycle and, more specifically, the mechanisms by which some of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere (land biosphere vs. ocean).

	Fuat Celik Research Associate, PEI, (2002-2003) Capture Group fuatecelik@berkeley.edu	Solid super acid catalyzed carbon-carbon bond formation in ethylene glycol precursors.

	Haiping Chen Visiting Fellow, PEI, (2010) Capture Group Professor, North China Electric Power University, Beijing	Energy conservation technology; Energy economics and policy; Condition monitoring and control for power plant equipment.

	Sandy Clark Computing Systems Manager, AOS Carbon Science Group Visiting Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Computer and Information Science saender@cis.upenn.edu	Computer and network security, network eavesdropping and risk perception.

	Heleen de Coninck Visiting Student Research Collaborator, PEI, (2006) Policy & Integration Group Manager, International Energy and Climate Issues, ECN Policy Studies deconinck@ecn.nl	Rural electrification, the Clean Development Mechanism, CO₂ capture and storage, and policy interactions in climate policy, particularly in energy security and air quality.

	Stefano Consonni Visiting Research Scientist, PEI, (2002-2003, 2007) Policy & Integration Group stefano.consonni@polimi.it	Turbomachinery; themodynamic analysis of energy systems; gas turbine and combined cycle power plants; power generation from coal, biomass or non-conventional fuels; CO₂ capture and storage; waste-to-energy systems; cogeneration of electricity and heat; strategies and technologies to mitigate the greenhouse effect.

	Benjamin Court Graduate Student, CEE (2006-2011) Fluids & Energy Group Senior Associate, Boston Consulting Group, Paris benjamincourt@alumni.princeton.edu	Modeling of large-scale CO₂ storage in deep saline formations in Alberta (Canada); quantifying CO₂ and brine leakage risk through abandoned wells; technical, regulatory, and public acceptance barriers of large-scale CCS implementation; specifically investigating potential synergies to tackle both the additional water demands of CO₂ capture, as well as CO₂ sequestration pressure management challenges.

	Cyril Crevoisier Research Associate, AOS, (2007) Carbon Science Group Research Officer, Laboratoire de Météorologique Dynamique/CNRS/IPSL cyril.crevoisier@lmd.polytechnique.fr	Improving the understanding of carbon sources and sinks at the surface through the development of new estimation methods involving data from various origins (aircrafts, towers) and different kinds of models (atmosphere, ocean and land);the use of observations from space to study CO₂ atmospheric distribution.

	David Denkenberger Graduate Student, MAE, (2005) Capture Group david.denkenberger@gmail.com	Optimizing wind turbine technology for turbine arrays, coupling with electricity storage or long transmission lines, and climate impacts.

	Jeanne DeNoyer Osnas Graduate Student, EEB, (2005-2011) Carbon Science Group jdenoyer@gmail.com	Linking plant ecology to ecosystem dynamics; phylogenetic and biogeographic patterns of plant traits and plant communities; trophic cascades; savannah structure and function.

	Curtis Deutsch Graduate Student, PEI-STEP, (2000-2003) Carbon Science Group cdeutsch@atmos.ucla.edu	Contribute to a coherent understanding of the interactions between ecosystems and climate so that we may better understand past and predict future changes in the environment. Use numerical models with varying degrees of complexity to synthesize and clarify current understanding because these interactions involve diverse processes occurring on many spatial and temporal scales. Current research has focused on modeling connections between ocean biogeochemistry and climate from human to geological time scales and understanding large scale patterns in the response of terrestrial species to anthropogenic climate warming.

	Jeffrey Domanski Graduate Student, WWS, (2005-2011) Policy & Integration Group Director, Sustainability Strategies, Cushman & Wakefield	The development and implementation of environmental emissions trading markets with a focus on the regional and international markets that are forming to address carbon emissions linked to global climate change. The impacts of individual/group behavior and decision-making on the successful application of these policies through a focus on the participation of U.S. farmers in these markets.

	Simon Donner Research Associate, PEI-STEP, (2003-2007) Carbon Science Group Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography, University of British Columbia simon.donner@ubc.ca	Climate change and aquatic ecosystems, using field measurements and computer modeling to evaluate how past climate experience affects the resilience of ecosystems like coral reefs to climate change. This research helps develop effective strategies for adaptation and mitigation. Ongoing projects include coral reef resilience in the central equatorial Pacific; developing global tools for predicting coral bleaching; climate change adaptation strategies for south and central Pacific Islands; and the effect of climate variability on nitrogen and phosphorus pollution to coastal waters.

	Stephanie Downes Senior Research Assistant, AOS Carbon Science Group Research Fellow, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Research School of Earth Sciences The Australian National University stephanie.downes@anu.edu.au	Research focuses on the formation and circulation of Southern Ocean water masses. The simulation of the Southern Ocean overturning circulation among climate models, and compared with observations, significantly varies depending on, for example, mixing parameterisations and surface buoyancy and momentum forcing.

	Andrew Duguid Graduate Student, CEE, (2003-2007) Fluids & Energy Group aduguid@slb.com	Groundwater hydrology; numerical modeling of multi-phase flow in saturated well cements.

	Aloysius Eerhart Visiting Student Research Collaborator, PEI, (2007-2008) Capture Group Junior Researcher, Utrecht University, Netherlands a.eerhart@uu.nl	Evaluated the Fortran catalyst model for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis within ASPEN Plus and incorporated the PU-PEI's Energy Group technical and economic models for the master thesis at Utrecht University, titled "Exploring the Perspectives of Alternative Fuels Production."

	Thomas Elliot Postdoctoral Research Associate, CEE Fluids & Energy Group telliot@princeton.edu	2D and 3D imaging and analysis; upscaling of processes; radiative energy transport concepts; transfer and utilization of scientific knowledge within government agencies and collaborating groups; policy development and rapid assessment of site response.

	Brian Ellis Graduate Student, CEE (2007-2012) Fluids & Energy Group Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan brellis@umich.edu	Geologic carbon sequestration in deep saline formations as a means to mitigate carbon emissions to the atmosphere; understanding the complex geochemical reactions that will occur after carbon dioxide injection; how these reactions will impact the sealing ability of caprocks and the long-term flow characteristics of the injection formation; combining geochemical modeling and experimental work to investigate these CO₂-water-rock interactions.

	Abigail Faulkner Graduate Student, CEE, (2003-2005) Fluids & Energy Group	Effects of carbon dioxide flux on soil biogeochemistry in the vadose zone; using soil column experiments to elucidate changes in soil after saturation with carbon dioxide.

	Trenton Franz Postdoctoral Research, University of Arizona Fluids & Energy Group (2004-2010) tfranz@princeton.edu	Dryland ecosystems; hydrological and vegetation interactions.

	Sarah Gasda Graduate Student, CEE, (2001-2007) Fluids & Energy Group sgasda@unc.edu	Problems related to flow in porous media, including geological carbon sequestration and groundwater flow and transport problems. Computational modeling of multiphase flow problems, with an emphasis on exploring ways to improve computational methods that are applied to problems that have wide ranges in spatial and temporal scales. Upscaling techniques for aspects of multiphase flow problems as well as contaminant transport problems in complex porous media.

	Daniel Giammar Research Associate, CEE, (2002) Fluids & Energy Group Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering Department, Department of Environmental Studies, and Center for Materials Innovation at Washington University, St. Louis giammar@wustl.edu	Chemical reactions occurring at mineral-water interfaces, including sorption-desorption and dissolution-precipitation reactions; examining the rates and equilibrium of mineral-water reactions occurring at conditions expected during deep aquifer sequestration of carbon dioxide.

	Emanuel Gloor Research Scholar, EEB, (2003-2005) Carbon Science Group EBI Research Fellow, School of Geography , University of Leeds E.Gloor@leeds.ac.uk	The global carbon cycle and biogeochemical cycles related to the carbon cycle like the oxygen, carbon monoxide and methane cycles. Yhe current state and changes of carbon pools using 3D fluid dynamic models of atmosphere and oceans to interpret concentration data. This is important because feedbacks of land vegetation and ocean circulation and biota as a consequence of global warming are not fully understood and may well hold surprises.

	Anand Gnanadesikan Lecturer, AOS, (2010) Carbon Science Group Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University gnanades@jhu.edu	Physical circulation, biogeochemical cycling, climate modeling.

	Imene Goumiri Graduate Student, CEE Fluids & Energy Group igoumiri@princeton.edu	Computational fluid dynamics and numerical modeling of leakage of CO₂ stored in deep saline aquifers.

	Jeffrey Greenblatt Postdoctoral Associate, PEI, (2003-2007) Policy & Integration Group Climate and Energy Technology Manager, Google.org buygreen@gmail.com	Ocean carbon cycle modeling, the economics of wind energy and energy storage, and the development of the "wedge" climate stabilization concept.

	Xiangbo Guo Visiting Fellow, PEI, (2010) Capture Group Associate Professor, SINOPEC'S Research Institute for Petroleum Processing, Beijing	Kinetic simulation and experimental research on catalytic processes including Fluid Catalytic Cracking process and Hydrotreating process; assessment of clean fuels-related energy technologies and systems; process package design for petroleum processing and chemical process.

	Andrew Guswa Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, CEE, (2000-2001) Fluids & Energy Group Associate Professor Engineering, Smith College aguswa@smith.edu	To improve our understanding and representation of hydrologic processes to facilitate informed decision-making. The interactions between one's predictive goals and tolerance for uncertainty, and one's characterization of the spatial and temporal variability of model parameters and representation of the physical processes. Recent areas of research include ecohydrologic modeling and an investigation of the role of dry-season precipitation in the tropical montane cloud forests of Monteverde, Costa Rica.

	Ilkka Hannula Research Scientist PEI Energry Group Research Scientist, Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT ilkka.hannula@vtt.fi	Biomass gasification; Biomass to liquid fuels and chemicals; Low-carbon load following power systems; Process simulation; Energy economics.

	Stephanie Henson Associate Research Scholar, AOS, (2008-2009) Carbon Science Group Research Fellow, National Oceanography Centre (UK) Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems Department s.henson@noc.ac.uk	Ecosystem response to perturbations in physical forcing; using a combination of satellite and in situ data, along with model output to quantify how interannual to decadal variability in atmospheric and oceanic conditions impact phytoplankton distributions and productivity.

	John Higgins Harry Hess Postdoctoral Fellow, GEO, (2009-2011) Carbon Science Group Assistant Professor, Princeton University, Department of Geosciences jahiggins@princeton.edu	Processes that control Earth's climate over Earth history; using measurements of stable isotope ratios to reconstruct the chemical composition of the ocean and atmosphere over interesting intervals in geologic time; measuring trapped gases in ice cores drilled in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica to try and extend the record of atmospheric greenhouse gases beyond 800,000 years ago.

	Michael Hiscock Physical Scientist, Office of the Science Advisor, Council for Regulatory Environmental Modeling, US Environmental Protection Agency Carbon Science Group michael.hiscock@gmail.com	Understanding the ocean's role in the maintenance and variability of the climate; marine ecosystem dynamics using models of and field campaigns to the Southern Ocea; how upwelling Modified Circumpolar Deep Water regulates primary production and carbon export off the coast of Antarctica.

	David Ho Postdoctoral Research Fellow, GEO, (2001-2002) Carbon Science Group Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii david.ho@hawaii.edu	Using variations in atmospheric O₂ concentrations to study factors that affect the global carbon cycle, including rates of net production (photosynthesis minus respiration) on the scale of a hemisphere.

	Brian M. Hopkinson Postdoctoral Research Associate, GEO, (2010) Carbon Science Group Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia bmhopkin@uga.edu	Research focuses on how marine phytoplankton, and to a lesser extent bacteria, acquire and process nutrients (primarily carbon and iron), and how, in turn, the availability of these nutrients alters the abundance and distribution of marine microorganisms; mechanisms phytoplankton use to acquire CO₂ for photosynthesis, and the effects of rising CO₂ on the physiology and ecology of marine phytoplankton.

	Andrew R. Jacobson Research Associate, AOS, (2005) Carbon Science Group Research Associate at NOAA/ESRL/GMD in Boulder, Colorado andy.jacobson@noaa.gov	How ocean and atmospheric CO₂ measurements can be interpreted in terms of land and ocean sources and sinks. The spatial and temporal variations of CO₂ concentrations at the Earth's surface are the result of atmospheric and oceanic transport acting on fluxes into and out of the atmosphere. Both processes are incompletely known, so addressing one necessarily involves the other; statistical models of ocean ecosystem productivity by interpreting satellite observations of ocean color.

	Adam Janzen Graduate Student, CEE, (2008-2010) Fluids & Energy Group Consultant for Geological Storage Consultants, LLC adam.janzen@geostorageconsultants.com	Numerical modeling of CO₂ injection and geologic storage, efficient calculation of wellbore pressures with subscale analytical corrections, effects of diffuse flows through aquitards on pressure response.

	Kelly Kearney Graduate Student, AOS Carbon Science Group Postdoctoral researcher, Marine Biology and Fisheries Dept., University of Miami, RSMAS kakearney@gmail.com	Biogeochemical and trophic dynamics in open ocean and coastal marine food webs.

	Jan Kaiser Research Associate, GEO, (2003-2006) Carbon Science Group Lecturer, University of East Anglia j.kaiser@uea.ac.uk	Stable isotope measurements of atmospheric gases and aerosols and air-sea exchange.

	Andrew Kelley Graduate Student, MAE, (2007-2011) Capture Group	High pressure and high temperature flame speed measurements used to determine the chemistry of bio-fuel combustion; the ignition dynamics of spark ignited hydrogen/air flames.

	Seung-Rae Kim Research Associate, PEI, (2005) Policy & Integration Group Research Fellow, Korea Institute of Public Finance, Seoul, Korea srkim@kipf.re.kr	Environmental economics, public finance, and computational economics.

	Bob Kopp Research Associate, PEI-STEP, (2007-2009) Policy & Integration Group AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, Office of Climate Change Policy and Technology, Department of Energy rkopp@bobkopp.net	Earth history, especially the evolution of global biogeochemical cycles and paleoclimate, and its implications for future changes to Earth systems; integrating Pleistocene interglacial sea-level records as a way of constraining ice sheet stability.

	Oh Chae Kwon Researcher, MAE Fluids & Energy Group

	Eun Young Kwon Associate Research Scholar, MAE Carbon Science Group ekwon@princeton.edu	Understanding global climate change and its impact on the oceanic carbon cycle through the use of analytical, statistical, and numerical tools.

	Andrea Lanzini Fulbright Visiting Graduate Student, MAE, (2010-2011) Capture Group Fuel Cell Scientist/Energy Systems Modeler, Post-graduate research associate, PhD Politecnico di Torino, Energetics Dept. andrea.lanzini@polito.it lanzini.andrea@gmail.com	Research is mostly focused on Solid Oxides Fuel Cells (SOFC), both from an experimental and modeling stand point of view. Also involved in the modeling of innovative SOFC-based power cycles with CO₂ capture.

	Ants Leetmaa Director of NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL). Retired in 2007 Carbon Science Group	Developing the physical understanding and tools required to forecast climate from seasonal to centennial time scales.

	Jie Li Energy Specialist, South Asia Region, World Bank Policy & Integration Group (2004-2010) jli4@worldbank.org	Energy efficiency, carbon accounting, CCS, and public-private partnership of power sector.

	Li Li Graduate Student, CEE, (2000-2005) Fluids & Energy Group Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory lili@lbl.gov	Contaminant reactive transport in natural systems, an interdisciplinary area integrating elements of biogeochemistry, environmental engineering, and subsurface contaminant hydrology; (bio)geochemical reactions in natural porous media (such as soils, sediments, and aquifers) that have major impacts on water quality and on natural attenuation and remediation processes.

	Yun Li Visting Researcher, PEI, (2005) Policy & Integration Group	Energy demand and supply; carbon emissions; cost-benefit analysis of carbon management; energy, environmental, and climate-related policies; and international burden-sharing of carbon control.

	Jeremy Lichstein Postdoctoral Research Associate, EEB, (2010) Carbon Science Group Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Florida jlichstein@ufl.edu	Dynamics and biogeography of plant communities, particularly forests, encompassing both theoretical and applied aspects of forest ecology, including species coexistence mechanisms, the carbon cycle, and impacts of climate change on forest communities. Approaches used include mathematical and simulation models, statistical analysis of forest inventory data, and field campaigns designed to leverage large datasets.

	Ning Lin Policy & Integration Group	Hurricane multihazards risk analysis within the context of climate change.

	Guangjian Liu Assistant Professor, North China Electric Power University, School of Energy and Power Engineering Capture Group (2007-2010)	Design and simulation of natural gas conversion and gasification-based conversion of coal and biomass to clean liquid fuels and/or electricity and the application of thermo-economic and lifecycle analysis methods to integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) and polygeneration system design.

	Adi Livnat Graduate Student, EEB, (2001-2006) Carbon Science Group Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science Division adi@cs.berkeley.edu	Currently working to build bridges between theoretical computer science and theoretical biology.

	Luca de Lorenzo Graduate Student, MAE, (2003-2006) Fluids & Energy Group luca.delorenzo@uk.bp.com	Clean coal technologies, hydrogen production from coal, via innovative membrane-reactor separation systems and coal-gas competition in the power sector; focusing on Integrated Assessment Modeling of energy systems, in particular on the future role of coal in the power sector under alternative climate change policies and considering US energy security.

	Gao Qing Lu Visting Researcher, PEI, (2001) Capture Group Vice President for Research, University of Queensland, Australia dvc.research@uq.edu.au	Membranes for CO₂ and hydrogen separation, fuel cells, and catalytic conversions of gas to liquid.

	Brian Magi Associate Research Scholar, AOS, (2007-2011) Carbon Science Group Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences brian.magi@uncc.edu	Simulations of global fire to investigate the role of fire in the carbon cycle.

	Irina Marinov Graduate Student, AOS, (2005) Carbon Science Group Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania imarinov@sas.upenn.edu	The role of oceanic circulation in determining the strength of the biological carbon pump and atmospheric pCO2; large scale iron fertilization as a method of sequestering carbon in the deep ocean, using both general circulation models and simple box models. Fertilizing different areas of the ocean with iron can result in very different drawdowns of atmospheric CO₂ despite similar increases in biological production.

	Galen McKinley Visiting Research Fellow, AOS, (2003-2004) Carbon Science Group Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences gamckinley@wisc.edu	Ar and N₂ in a ocean and atmospheric models; worked on refining the global air-sea exchange rate with ¹⁴C and inverse techniques; and continued work on variability of air-sea CO₂ and O₂ fluxes.

	Edward Matteo Graduate Student, CEE Fluids & Energy Group ematteo@princeton.edu	Understanding the mechanism of cement corrosion, such that predictions may be made regarding the possibilities for long-term storage in depleted petroleum reserves; characterizing silica gel that is the end product of the cement corrosion and by doing so, gaining insight into both its mechanical properties and its transport properties.

	Bryan K. Mignone Graduate Researcher and Fellow, PEI-STEP, 2000-2006 Policy & Integration Group Bryan is currently on leave from the Brookings Institution, serving as a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy. bmignone@brookings.edu	Science of global climate change; climate economics and carbon markets; energy technology and innovation policy; politics of climate and energy.

	Sara Mikaloff-Fletcher Associate Research Biogeochemist, AOS, (2006-2009) Carbon Science Group Scientist at National Institute of Water and Air Research s.mikalofffletcher@niwa.co.nz	Atmospheric and oceanic modelling of carbon species, oxygen, methane, and isotopes, inverse modelling, analysis of trends, variability, and anomalies in records of atmospheric tracers related to climate change and ocean biogeochemistry. Recent projects since moving to New Zealand include developing a regional carbon cycle model for Australasia, analysis of newly available Southern Ocean CO₂ datasets, and using models to interpret observed concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide and methane in terms of regional sources and transports.

	Eric Naevdal Research Associate, PEI-STEP, (2003-2005) Policy & Integration Group Senior Research Fellow, Frisch Centre, Associated member of Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Dept. of Biology, University of Oslo eric.navdal@frisch.uio.no	Dynamic optimization in the presence of threshold effects; The economics of epidemic control; Empirical and theoretical analysis of animal behavior and implications for resources management; The economics of global warming.

	Jan Nordbotten Visiting Research Scholar, CEE Fluids & Energy Group jnordbot@princeton.edu	The interplay of scales in porous media problems such as carbon sequestration.

	Joan Ogden Research Scientist, PEI, (2000-2003) Policy & Integration Group Co-Director, Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways (STEPS) Program, Institute of Transportation Studies, Professor, Environmental Science and Policy Department jmogden@ucdavis.edu	The use of hydrogen as an energy carrier, particularly hydrogen infrastructure strategies, and applications of fuel cell technology in transportation and stationary power production.

	Kiona Ogle Research Associate, EEB, (2005-2006) Carbon Science Group Assistant Professor in the Departments of Botany (75%) and Statistics (25%), University of Wyoming kogle@uwyo.edu	An integrative approach that merges mathematics, statistics, and ecology, with the aim of understanding and predicting how plants, plant communities, and ecosystems are (or will be) affected by environmental perturbations such as those associated with climate change.

	Dobromir Parushev Princeton in Latin America Fellow, Endeavor, Chile Policy & Integration Group (2006-2010) dparushev@endeavor.cl	Energy systems analysis in the framework of carbon mitigation and economic optimization, especially in the field of liquid fuels production.

	Christina Peabody Graduate Student, MAE, (2005-2011) Capture Group Battery Scientist, Qnovo, Inc. christina.peabody@gmail.com	Developing a fundamental understanding of the relationship between electrochemical and mechanical properties of lithium-ion battery materials, and to use this information to develop new processing and fabrication techniques for these battery systems that will help extend their cycle life.

	Yves Plancherel Graduate Student, AOS Carbon Science Group James Martin Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK yvesp@earth.ox.ac.uk	Understanding and quantifying processes controlling the distribution of Rare Earth Elements (REE) in the Ocean, whose distinct fractionation signatures and isotopic abundances can be used to learn about the land to ocean exchange of elements, to evaluate the role of particles on metal distribution, to trace water masses and they can be used as paleoproxy to reconstruct redox conditions and biological export.

	Drew Purves Postdoctoral Research Associate, EEB, (2001-2007) Carbon Science Group Head, Computational Ecology and Environmental Carbon Science Group, Microsoft Research Cambridge dpurves@microsoft.com	To produce accurate models of communities and ecosystems, of the kind that could be used to predict how communities respond to various anthropogenic perturbations, and / or to devise better ways to manage our environment.

	Matthias Preisig Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CEE Fluids & Energy Group mpreisig@princeton.edu	Computational fluid dynamics; numerical modeling of leakage of CO₂ stored in deep saline aquifers.

	Mileva Radonjic Visiting Scholar, PEI, (2005) Fluids & Energy Group Assistant Professor Craft and Hawkins, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Louisiana State University mileva@lsu.edu	The integrity of abandoned oil wells, specifically the durability of hydrated cement within CO₂ sequestration conditions.

	Matthew Reuer Research Associate, GEO, (2005) Carbon Science Group Technical Director, Environmental Program and Chemistry, Colorado College mreuer@coloradocollege.edu	Analytical environmental chemistry and aquatic systems.

	Tianling Ren Visiting Fellow, PEI, (2002-2003) Capture Group Professor, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China RenTL@tsinghua.edu.cn	The technologies and strategies of conversion and use of energy, and modeling and simulation of energy systems. His research at PEI focused on configuration, energy and economic analysis of oxygen-blown coal gasification-based polygenerations that co-produce liquid fuel, chemicals and electricity with CO₂ capture, which is part of the "Syncity" project, a collaborative research program between Tsinghua University, China and Princeton University.

	Sara Rocks Associate Research Scholar, GEO, (2009-2010) Carbon Science Group Research Chemist, FLSmidth, Inc., Salt Lake City, Research and Development sallyrocks@flsmidth.com	Interactions between organisms and their environment, specifically trace metal acquisition and mechanisms of metal uptake under varying environmental conditions.

	Somnath Baidya Roy Research Associate, CEE, (2001-2004) Fluids & Energy Group Assistant Professor, Atmospheric Sciences , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sbroy@atmos.uiuc.edu	Impact of land-surface heterogeneity on regional hydrometeorology using numerical atmospheric models; quantifying the effects of the changing land-use pattern over the past 300 years on the climate of the U.S. and the meteorological impact of deforestation in Amazonian and African rainforests.

	Sapna Sarupria Senior Research Assistant, CE Fluids & Energy Group Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Clemson University ssarupr@g.clemson.edu	Developing a quantitative understanding of the thermodynamics and kinetics of CO₂ hydrate formation using principles of statistical mechanics along with detailed molecular simulations.

	Dalin Shi Graduate Student, GEO Carbon Science Group dshi@princeton.edu	The interactive influences of iron and CO₂ on marine phytoplankton; how the ongoing increase in CO₂ would affect iron acquisition and requirements in iron-limiting phytoplankton; physiological and/or biochemical mechanisms.

	Avneet Singh Research Assistant Policy & Integration Group	The impacts of dynamic uncertainty on optimal carbon management strategies. His main projects are: (i) The effects of increasing and decreasing uncertainty on optimal investments, and (ii) developing an efficient parallel genetic algorithm for optimization of climate control problems.

	Supramaniam Srinivasan Visiting Senior Research Scientist, PEI, (1997-2002) Deceased. Fluids & Energy Group	Basic and applied electrochemistry, bioelectrochemistry, and electrochemical energy conversion and storage.

	Samir Succar Technical Staff, PEI-STEP, (2003-2008) Policy & Integration Group Energy Analyst at Natural Resources Defense Council ssuccar@nrdc.org	Integration issues associated with large-scale wind energy. Specific interests include implementation of energy storage solutions as a strategy for optimizing transmission utilization and mitigating the variability inherent in wind. Compressed air energy storage (CAES) is of particular interest for enhancing the capacity factor of large wind farms and allowing wind to play a role in baseload power markets. Other topics include the competition of large-scale wind with other low-carbon technologies such as coal IGCC with CCS under various climate mitigation policy scenarios.

	Massimo Tavoni Postdoctoral Research Associate, PEI, Energy Group, (2008-2011) Policy & Integration Group Senior Reseacher, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milan, Italy massimo.tavoni@feem.it	Energy and climate change economics; the evaluation of climate and energy policies, using integrated assessment models and looking at the particular role of technological evolution and uncertainty, as well as that of land use change; the consumption patterns of environmentally stressful goods, especially in countries in economic transition; the aviation sector.

	G. David Tilman Visiting Senior Research Scholar, PEI, (2007-2012) Carbon Science Group Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair in Ecology, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul tilman@umn.edu	Research interests cover the life cycle impacts of alternative paths by which greenhouse gas emissions may be reduced, including via biofuels, changes in global agricultural practices, and changes in soil and ecosystem management. Much of the work addresses the food-energy-environment nexus, taking a 50-year perspective on the environmental impacts of globally accelerating demands for food and energy and how such impacts could be moderated.

	Richard Tol Research Associate, PEI, (2006) Policy & Integration Group Professor of Environmental and Natural Resources and Energy, ESRI and Professor of the Economics of Climate Change, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam richard.tol@esri.ie	The application of economic, mathematical and statistical techniques, such as time series analysis, valuation, decision analysis, and game theory, to environmental problems, in particular climate change, natural disasters, and river basin management.

	Peichun Amy Tsai Postdoctoral Research Associate, MAE Fluids & Energy Group peichun.amy.tsai@gmail.com	Interested in fluid dynamical problems in CO₂ capture and storage. Current research focuses on the experiments of porous media flows, in particular gravity currents, immiscible fluid displacement in a varying geometry, and dissolution-generated, density-driven convection.

	Frederico Vigano Visiting Research Fellow, PEI, (2002-2003) Capture Group	The production of H2 and electricity from both coal and natural gas using "commercially ready" technologies.

	James Wang Graduate Student, CEE, (2009-2010) Fluids & Energy Group Associate, ICF International , Energy & Carbon Markets group wang@alumni.princeton.edu	Developing software package and GUI in MATLAB to automate parameter estimation (primarily permeabilities and compressibilities) from abandoned wells using an adaptive Markov chain Monte Carlo sampler.

	Shaopeng Wang Visiting Graduate Student, EEB, (2010) Carbon Science Group shaopeng@princeton.edu	Origination and maintenance of species diversity; neutral theory of biodiversity.

	Sookyun Wang Researcher, CEE

	Martin Wagner Visiting Research Fellow, WWS, (2003-2004) Policy & Integration Group Faculty, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna Martin.Wagner@ihs.ac.at	Large scale economic modeling of environmental issues as well as the econometric analysis of environmental Kuznets curves; econometrics, quantitative economics, environmental economics and transition economics.

	Wei Wang Graduate Student, MAE, (2004) Fluids & Energy Group

	Christopher Weaver Graduate Student, GEO Carbon Science Group weaver@cep.rutgers.edu	Clouds and climate, land-surface/atmosphere interaction, and climate modeling.

	Yuan Xu Graduate Student, WWS, (2004-2010) Policy & Integration Group Assistant Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Geography and Resource Management yuanxu@cuhk.edu.hk	China's goal process of SO₂ emission control, including goal setting, goal implementation, policy enactment, policy enforcement and goal attainment; provide insights on achieving a CO₂ goal; energy, public policy, and the environment.

	Yan Xu Postdoctoral Research Associate, GEO Carbon Science Group yxu@princeton.edu	The effects of ocean acidification on the bioavailability of trace metals to marine phytoplankton; the characterization of metalloenzymes which are involved in major nutrient acquisition in marine phytoplankton.

	Christopher Yang Graduate Student, MAE (2000-2003) Capture Group Research Scientist at the Institute for Transportation Studies at University of California, Davis ccyang@ucdavis.edu	Modeling of infrastructure systems to estimate costs, emissions, energy use, infrastructure design and transition issues for different alternative fuels.

	Huiyan Yang Graduate Student, AOS (2005) Carbon Science Group hyang@marine.rutgers.edu	The microphysics and global distribution of black carbon aerosols in the atmosphere and its radiative impact on tropospheric photochemistry.

	Zhe Zhou Visiting Graduate Student, MAE (2009-2010) Capture Group zhouzhe08@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn Ph.D. Student in Thermal Engineering Department at Tsinghua University	System analysis of co-production of liquid fuels and electricity from coal & biomass and biomass pretreatment technologies.