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Dr. Anna M. Michalak studies the cycling and emissions of greenhouse gases at the Earth surface at urban to global scales–scales directly relevant to informing climate and policy.
Overview
Prior to joining Carnegie, Anna Michalak was the Frank and Brooke Transue Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor at the University of Michigan. She holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University, and a B.Sc.(Eng.) in Environmental Engineering from the University of Guelph, Canada.
Michalak studies the cycling and emissions of greenhouse gases at the Earth surface at urban to global scales–scales directly relevant to informing climate and policy–primarily through the use of atmospheric observations that provide the clearest constraints at these critical scales. She also explores climate change impacts on freshwater and coastal water quality via influences on nutrient delivery to, and on conditions within, water bodies. Her approach is highly data-driven, with a common methodological thread being the development and application of spatiotemporal statistical data fusion methods for optimizing the use of limited in situ and remote sensing environmental data.
She is the lead author of the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan, a former Editor of the journal Water Resources Research, and Chair of the scientific advisory board for the European Integrated Carbon Observation System. She is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (nominated by NASA), the NSF CAREER award, the Leopold Fellowship in environmental leadership, and the American Geophysical Union’s Simpson Medal.
She is the lead author of the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan, a former Editor of the journal Water Resources Research, and Chair of the scientific advisory board for the European Integrated Carbon Observation System. She is the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (nominated by NASA), the NSF CAREER award, the Leopold Fellowship in environmental leadership, and the American Geophysical Union’s Simpson Medal.
Lab Members
Timeline
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- Ph.D., 2003: Stanford University, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- M.S., 1998: Stanford University, Civil & Environmental Engineering
- B.Sc.(Eng.): 1997, University of Guelph, Ontario, Environmental Engineering
- Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California
- Department of Global Ecology
- Director, 2020 – present
- Faculty Member, 2011 – present
- Department of Global Ecology
- Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Department of Earth System Science
- Professor, by courtesy, 2016 – present
- Associate Professor, by courtesy, 2011 – 2016
- Department of Biology
- Professor, by courtesy, 2021 – present
- Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources
- Affiliated Faculty, 2011 – present
- Department of Earth System Science
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado
- Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences (IMAGe)
- Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
- ASP Faculty Fellow, 2010 – 2011
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Adjunct Associate Professor, 2011 – 2015
- Frank and Brooke Transue Faculty Scholar, 2010 – 2011
- Associate Professor, with tenure, 2009 – 2011
- Assistant Professor, 2004 – 2009
- Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
- Associate Professor, with tenure, 2009 – 2011
- Assistant Professor, 2005 – 2009
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colorado
- Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL)
- NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow, 2003 – 2004
- Climate Monitoring and Diagnostics Laboratory (CMDL)
- Member, Advisory Committee, Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2021 – present
- Co-Lead, North American regional synthesis, Regional Carbon Cycle Assessment and Processes-2 (RECCAP2), Global Carbon Project, 2019 – present
- Member, Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space (CESAS), The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, 2018 – present
- Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), 2016 – present
- Member, External Advisory Committee, Vermont Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), 2011 – present
- Member, Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) satellite science team, 2011 – present
- Member, NASA Carbon Monitoring System Science Definition Team, 2011 – present
- Member, Steering Committee, ASCENDS (Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons) Satellite Mission, 2011 – present; Co-chair 2008 – 2011
- Member, American Geophysical Union
- Member, Ecological Society of America
- Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Simpson Medal, American Geophysical Union, 2021
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2021
- Leopold Leadership Fellow, 2015
- Frank and Brooke Transue Faculty Scholar, 2010 – 2011
- University of Michigan Henry Russel Award, 2011
- National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) ASP Faculty Fellowship, 2010 – 2011
- University of Michigan College of Engineering 1938E Award, 2009
- AEESP Outstanding Educator Award for “Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering and Science,” 2008
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2007
- NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2007
- Elizabeth Crosby Research Award, University of Michigan, 2005
- NOAA Postdoctoral Program in Climate and Global Change Fellowship, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, 2003 – 2005