Research Directions
| Research Direction | Faculty (The names are listed in the order of relevance) |
|---|---|
| Anthropology (environment and ecology): | Lauer: Braje, Sam Shen |
| Archaeology (marine and coast): | Braje: Lauer, Lipson |
| Arctic climate and biogeochemistry: | Zona: Oechel, Lipson |
| Carbon fluxes: | Oechel: Zona, Xu, Lipson, Sam Shen |
| Climate change: | Oechel: Sam Shen, De Sales, Braje, Lauer, Lipson, |
| Climate data analysis, visualization, and reconstruction: | Sam Shen: De Sales, B.-W. Shen, Ullah, Zona, Braje, Lauer, Lai, Oechel |
| Climate modeling-global: | B.-W. Shen: De Sales, Sam Shen |
| Climate modeling-regional: | Fernando De Sales: Xu, B.-W. Shen, Sam Shen |
| Computational archaeology: | Isaac Ullah: De Sales, Xu, Sam Shen |
| Fire and ecology: | Lipson: De Sales, Ullah, Sam Shen |
| Hurricane modeling and weather risks: | B.-W. Shen: Sam Shen, De Sales |
| Hydrology and land cover: | Trent Biggs: De Sales, Oechel, Sam Shen, B.-W. Shen |
| Soil microbial ecology: | Lipson: Oechel, Lai |
| Sustainability studies: | Oechel: Lipson, Lai, Lauer, Braje, De Sales, Sam Shen |
| Terrestrial ecosystem/ Isotope indicator: | Lai: Oechel, Sam Shen |
| Uncertainty quantification and error analysis: | Sam Shen: De Sales, Xu, Ullah, B.-W. Shen |
Research Areas According to Faculty
| Name | Department | Research Areas |
| Trent Biggs | Geography |
Hydrology and land cover Climate change |
| Todd Braje | Anthropology |
Archaeology (marine and coast) Sustainability studies Paleoclimate data reconstruction |
| Fernando De Sales | Geography |
Regional climate modeling Fire ecology modeling Hydrology modeling |
| Chun-Ta Lai | Biology |
Terrestrial ecosystem Isotope indicator Sustainability studies |
| Matthew T. Lauer | Anthropology |
Anthropology (environment and ecology) Sustainability studies Paleoclimate data reconstruction |
| David Lipson | Biology |
Soil microbial ecology Fire and ecology |
| Walter Oechel | Biology |
Arctic climate and hydrology Carbon carbon fluxes Climate change and greenhouse gases Sustainability studies |
| Bo-Wen Shen | Mathematics and Statistics |
Climate modeling Hurricane modeling and weather risks Climate change detection and attribution |
| Sam Shen | Mathematics and Statistics |
Uncertainty quantification Climate data science and ML/AI Climate data reconstruction and error analysis 3D climate change detection and attribution |
| Isaac Ullah | Anthropology |
Computational archaeology Subsistence economies |
| Xiaofeng Xu | Biology |
Ecological modeling and integration Methane flux models |
| Donatella Zona | Biology |
Arctic climate and hydrology Tundra carbon dioxide fluxes |