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Overview

Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-4731
Fax: (212) 854-8257
Email: gb2030@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/~gb2030/

Interests

Partial differential equations, theory of inverse problems, numerical simulation of transport equations

Education

Diplome, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France, 1993,
Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics), University of Paris VI, France, 1997
Prof. Bal




Overview

Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-4785
Fax: (212) 854-8257
Email: ahb17@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.ap.columbia.edu/apam/AP/boozer.html

Interests

Nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics, plasma physics

Education

B.A. (Physics), University of Virginia, 1966
Ph.D. (Physics), Cornell University, 1970
Prof. Boozer



Cane, Mark A.

Overview

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, and
Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
Telephone: (845) 365-8344
Fax: (845) 365-8736
Email: mcane@ldeo.columbia.edu

Interests

Climate dynamics, physical oceanography, geophysical fluid dynamics, computational fluid dynamics

Education

B.A. (Applied Math), Harvard University, 1965
M.S. (Applied Math), Harvard University, 1966
Ph.D. (Meteorology), MIT, 1975
Prof. Cane




Overview

NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Telephone: (212) 678-5538
Fax: (212) 854-8257
Email: bcarlson@giss.nasa.gov
Homepage: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/bcarlson.html

Interests

Radiative transfer in inhomogeneous atmospheres, remote sensing, theoretical and computational studies of energy transfer in planetary atmospheres

Education

B.A. (Earth and Space Sciences), 1978, SUNY Stony Brook
Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), 1984, SUNY Stony Brook
Prof. Carlson




Overview

Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-2953
Fax: (212) 854-8257
Email: cc46@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.ap.columbia.edu/apam/AP/Chu.html

Interests

Applied mathematics, large-scale scientific computing, fluid dynamics

Education

B.S. (Mech. Eng.), Chiao Tung University, 1948
M.M.E., Cornell University, 1950
Ph.D. (Mathematics), New York University, 1959
Prof. Chu




Overview

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
Telephone: (845) 365-8483
Fax: (845) 365-8165
Email: peter@ldeo.columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~peter/

Interests

Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Education

Ph.D. (Geology), Columbia University, 1991
M.S. (Oceanography), University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, 1986
B.S. (Geology) cum laude, St. Lawrence University, 1982
Peter DeMenocal




Overview

Department of Statistics and
Department of Political Science
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 851-2142
Email: gelman@stat.columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/

Interests

Public opinion and the study of elections; sample surveys; public health and environmental decision analysis; Bayesian data analysis; multilevel modeling

Education

B.S. (Mathematics), MIT, 1985
B.S. (Physics), MIT, 1986
M.S. (Statistics), Harvard University, 1987
Ph.D. (Statistics), Harvard University, 1990
andrew gelman




Overview

Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics/NASA GISS
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 678-5652
Fax: (212) 678-5552
Email: tmh1@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/~thall/

Interests

Large-scale atmospheric and oceanic transport, ocean carbon uptake, geophysical fluid dynamics.

Education

B.A. (Physics), Wesleyan University, 1985
Ph.D. (Physics), Cornell University, 1991
Prof. Hall




Overview

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
Telephone: (845) 365-8728
Fax: (845) 365-8165
Email: peterk@ldeo.columbia.edu
Homepage:

Interests

Melting and melt transport in the Earth's mantle; igneous processes in forming the Earth's crust; ductile deformation and evolution of the lower crust.

Education

PhD, University of Washington
Master of Science, University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth
 
Peter Keleman




Overview

Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-1120
Fax: (212) 854-8257
Email: kd2112@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.math.odu.edu/~keyes/

Interests

Applied & computational mathematics for PDEs, computational science, parallel numerical algorithms, parallel performance analysis, PDE-constrained optimization.

Education

B.S.E (Mechanical Engineering), Princeton, 1978
Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics), Harvard University, 1984
David Keyes




Overview

Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-0304
Fax: (212) 854-7081
Email: kl2010@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.ccm.columbia.edu/About/staff/lackner.jsp

Interests

Energy systems and climate change, carbon management and energy system development.

Education

Ph.D. (Physics), University of Heidelberg, 1978
Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech, Pasadena and SLAC Stanford, 1979-1983
Prof. Lackner




Overview

Department of Earth & Environmental Engineering
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-8905
Fax: (212) 854-7081
Email: ula2@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ilas/Conference/lall.html

Interests

Statistical and numerical modeling of hydrologic climatic systems, water resource systems planning and management.

Education

B.Tech. (Civil Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 1976
M.S. (Civil Engineering), University of Texas at Austin, 1980
Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), University of Texas at Austin, 1981
Prof. Lall




Overview

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964
Telephone: (845) 365-8531
Fax: (845) 365-8157
Email: jcm@ldeo.columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ldeo/earthsci/webpage/webpage/jd003/

Interests

Marine geophysics, tectonics of midocean ridges

Education

B.Sc. (Physics/Math), University of Melbourne, Australia, 1969
M.Sc. (Geophysics), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 1971
Ph.D. (Marine Geophysics), Columbia University, 1982
Prof. Mutter



Peņa, Victor H. de la (SIGNATORY PI)

Overview

Department of Statistics
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 851-2144
Email: vp@stat.columbia.edu

Interests

Earth Sciences & oceanography, inequalities in probability and statistics, sequential analysis, U-statistics and processes, and martingales.

Education

B.Sc. (Mathematics), The University of Texas at El Paso, 1981
M.A. (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley, 1984
Ph.D. (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley, 1988
Prof. De La Pena




Overview

Department of Environmental Science
Barnard College, New York 10027
Telephone: (212) 854-5120
Fax: (212) 854-5760
Email: spfirman@barnard.edu
Homepage: http://www.barnard.edu/envsci/dept/pfirman/pfirman.html

Interests

Arctic climate, sea ice dynamics, arctic oceanography

Education

B.A. (Geology), Colgate University, 1978
Ph.D. (Marine Geology & Geophysics), MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program, 1985
Prof. Pfirman



Phong, Duong H. (Signatory PI)

Overview

Department of Mathematics
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-8799
Fax: (212) 854-8962
Email: phong@math.columbia.edu

Interests

Analysis, mathematical physics

Education

B.A. (Mathematics), Princeton University, 1973
Ph.D. (Mathematics), Princeton University, 1977
Prof. Phong




Overview

Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics, and
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-7331
Fax: (212) 854-8257
Email: polvani@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/~lmp/

Interests

Geophysical fluid dynamics, computational fluid mechanics, vortex dynamics, turbulence

Education

B.Sc. (Physics), McGill University, Montreal, 1981
M.Sc. (Physics), McGill University, Montreal, 1982
Ph.D. (Oceanography), MIT/Woods Hole Joint Program, 1988
Prof. Polvani



Richards, Paul G.

Overview

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964
Telephone: (845) 365-8389
Fax: (845) 365-8150
Email: richards@ldeo.columbia.edu

Interests

Seismology, seismic event location, earth structure, nuclear test-ban monitoring

Education

B.A. (Mathematics), University of Cambridge, 1965
M.S. (Geology), California Institute of Technology, 1966
Ph.D. (Geophysics), California Institute of Technology, 1970
Prof. Richards




Overview

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 678-5593
Fax: (212) 678-5552
Email: drind@giss.nasa.gov
Homepage: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/drind.html

Interests

Earth's climate system, climate change

Education

B.S., 1969, City College of New York
M.A., 1971, Columbia University
Ph.D., 1976, Columbia University
david rind



Scholz, Christopher H.

Overview

Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, and
Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
Telephone: (845) 365-8360
Fax: (845) 365-8150
Email: scholz@ldeo.columbia.edu

Interests

Experimental and theoretical rock mechanics, especially friction, fracture, hydraulic transport properties, nonlinear systems, mechanics of earthquakes and faulting

Education

B.S. (Geol. Eng.), University of Nevada, 1964
Ph.D. (Geology & Geophysics), MIT, 1967
Prof. Scholz




Overview

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964
Telephone: (845) 365-8380
Fax: (845) 365-8150
Email: shaw@ldeo.columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~shaw/

Interests

Earthquake physics, nonlinear dynamics

Education

A.B. (Physics), Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Berkeley, 1984
Ph.D. (Physics), University of Chicago, supervised by Leo Kadanoff, 1989
Prof. Shaw




Overview

Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics, and
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-6587
Fax: (212) 854-8257
Email: ahs129@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/~ahs129/home.html

Interests

Atmospheric science, geophysical fluid dynamics, tropical meteorology, climate dynamics

Education

B.A. (Physics and Music), Wesleyan University, 1989
Ph.D. (Meteorology), MIT, 1998
Postdoctoral Fellow (Atmospheric Sciences),
University of Washington, 1997-1999
Prof. Sobel




Overview

Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics, and
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
Columbia University
Telephone: (845) 365-8425
Fax: (845) 365-8150
Email: mspieg@ldeo.columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~mspieg/

Interests

Coupled fluid-solid mechanics, reactive fluid flow, nonlinear magma dynamics, Earth's mantle convection, computational fluid/solid mechanics, high-performance computing, numerical analysis

Education

B.A. (Geology), Harvard University, 1985
Ph.D. (Geology & Geophysics), University of Cambridge, 1989
Postdoctoral Fellow, LDEO, Columbia University, 1989-1991
Prof. Spiegelman




Overview

Department of Environmental Science
Barnard College, New York 10027
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964
Telephone: (212) 854-8110 at Barnard,
(845) 365 8704 at LDEO
Fax: (425) 930-0623
Email: martins@ldeo.columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/~martins/

Interests

Groundwater flow and transport, hydrology and climate, geochemistry

Education

Diploma (Physics), Heidelberg, 1985
Ph.D. (Physics), Heidelberg, 1989
Prof. Stute




Overview

Department of Applied Physics & Applied Mathematics
Columbia University
Telephone: (212) 854-3624
Fax: (212) 854-8257
Email: miw2103@columbia.edu
Homepage: http://www.columbia.edu/~miw2103/

Interests

Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Nonlinear Wave Phenomena, Applied Mathematics

Education

Ph.D. (Mathematics), New York University, Courant Institute
Prof. Weinstein




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