Fellows Contact Information
If you are a graduate student, post-doc or early career scientist here is the list of Fellow volunteers and their contact information:
Cynthia Ebinger, Chair-Elect, AGU College of Fellows
Professor, Tulane University
Website: https://sse.tulane.edu/eens/faculty/ebinger
AGU Sections: Tectonophysics, Seismology
Topics: Extensional tectonics, lower crustal earthquakes, magmatism and rifting; Publishing in broad interest journals
Best times for me:
Rana Fine, Chair, AGU College of Fellows
Professor Emeritus, University of Miami
AGU Section: Ocean Sciences
Topics of Interest: Changes in ocean ventilation, Timescales and pathways of ocean circulation, Networking with scientists.
Available Times: M-F, 1pm-6pm Eastern Daylight time
Title: Professor, Emeritus
Institution: RSMAS, University of Miami
Alan Robock, Distinguished Professor, Rutgers University
Website: http://people.envsci.rutgers.edu/robock
AGU Sections: Atmospheric Sciences, Global Environmental Change
Topics: Climate change, Stratosphere, Volcanic eruptions and climate, Geoengineering, Nuclear winter; Writing journal articles
Best times for me: 10 am - 6 pm ET (1400 - 2200 UT)
Neil McPherson Donahue
AGU Section: Atmospheric Sciences
Topics they are interested in discussing with students: Any topic of concern
Best times of day to virtually meet with students: 9:00 AM
Reed Maxwell
Website: http://inside.mines.edu/~rmaxwell/
AGU Section: Hydrology
Topics they are interested in: anything hydrology
Best times of day to virtually meet with students: 12:00 PM
Philip England
AGU Section: Tectonophysics
Topics they are interested in: Think before you model
Best times of day to virtually meet with students: 4:00 PM
Adina Paytan
Website: https://websites.pmc.ucsc.edu/~apaytan/index.html
AGU Section: Biogeosciences, Education, Ocean Sciences, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Topics they are interested in: Science and coping with staying at home
Best times of day to virtually meet with students: 2:00 PM
Richard Somerville
Website: https://rsomerville.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/
AGU Section: Atmospheric Sciences, Global Environmental Change
Topics they are interested in: Mentoring grad students and early-career scientists, climate change, communicating with the public
Best times of day to virtually meet with students: 11:00 AM
Sarah Gille
Website: https://sgille.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/
AGU Section: Ocean Sciences
Topics they are interested in: Research (remote sensing of the ocean; Southern Ocean; Argo; etc.), navigating postdocs and job searches
Best times of day to virtually meet with students: 11:00 AM
Tom Parsons
Website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tom_Parsons9
AGU Section: Seismology, Tectonophysics
Topics they are interested in: Career, publishing, research strategies, general issues
Best times of day to virtually meet with students: 6:00 AM
John W Farrington, Dean emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
AGU Sections: Ocean Sciences, Biogeosciences, Education
Topics: Biogeochemistry of organic chemicals, including those of environmental concern, in the ocean; science-policy interactions; graduate education and general public education about science.
Best times: 0930-1700 EDT(USA) – 1430-2200 UT.
Dominique Weis
Website: http://pcigr.eos.ubc.ca/Dominique-Weis and https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiqueweis/
AGU Section: GeoHealth, Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Topics of interest: Mantle plumes, Isotope Geochemistry, Biomonitor (honey and salmon), Analytical techniques (ICP-MS) This is a real sliding scale right now with the end of the term and exams.
Available times: Just send me an e-mail and we’ll work out a time.
Title: Professor
Affiliation: Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences/University of British Columbia
Cynthia Ebinger
Website: http://ebinger.wp.tulane.edu/
AGU Section: Seismology, Tectonophysics
Topics of Interest: rifting processes, volcano-tectonics, publishing in multi-disciplinary journals
Available Times: MWF 2-8 PM Eastern time
Title: Prof
Institution: Tulane University
Jack Lissauer
Website: https://www.nasa.gov/content/jack-lissauer
AGU Section: Planetary Sciences
Topics of Interest: Planetary dynamics, planet formation
Available Times: Tu/Th 14-15
Title: Space Scientist
Institution: NASA Ames
Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Website: http://www.mitp.ru/~aismail
AGU Section: Natural Hazards, Science and Society, Tectonophysics, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Topics of Interest: natural hazards, disaster risk, science for society
Available Times: M-F: 09:00-11:59AM (Central European Summer Time, GMT+2)
Title: Professor
Insitution: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Greg Tucker
AGU Section: Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Topics of Interest: general career Q/A
Available Times: hard to predict, depends on the week, but can iterate to arrange
Title: Professor
Institution: University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Howard Spero
AGU Section: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
Topics of Interest: Foraminifera population geochemistry (=interpreting individual foraminifera analyses)
Available Times: Contact by email – time TBD
Title: Professor
Institution: University of California Davis
Catherine McCammon
Website: http://www.bgi.uni-bayreuth.de/
AGU Section: Biogeosciences, Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism, Mineral and Rock Physics, Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior, Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Topics of Interest: solid Earth geoscience, science communication
Available Time: 3 am – 6 am EDT (0700-1000 UTC)
Title: Staff Scientist
Institution: Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Jonathan Bamber
AGU Section: Cryosphere Sciences, Ocean Sciences
Topics of Interest: Anything they think I can help with
Available Times: I am operating on GMT+1 hour
Title: Professor
Institution: University of Bristol
Dennis A. Hansell
Website: https://hansell-lab.rsmas.miami.edu/
Topics of Interest: Ocean Sciences
Topics of Interest: Ocean biogeochemistry; global ocean elemental cycling; careers; mentoring
Available Times: Email anytime; will typically respond M-F during work hours
Title: Professor
Institution: University of Miami RSMAS
Michael Perfit
AGU Section: Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology
Topics of Interest: Suceeding as a graduate student. Interacting with your advisor
Available Times: M, W, F 11-12 am
Title: Distinguished Professor
Institution: University of Florida