Climate/Environment
Outstanding Undergraduate Research mentor, Georgia Tech, 2007 Petroleum Research Fund, Young Investigator Award, 2004 CAREER Award from NSF, 2003
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1997 M.S., Analytical Chemistry, University of Geneva, 1993 B.S., Chemistry, University of Geneva, 1991
Geochemistry of freshwater and marine environments Geomicrobiology In situ measurements in sediments Analytical speciation of trace metals Interactions between chemical and biological processes at redox interfaces Dynamic biogeochemical modeling (reactive transport)
Biogeochemistry Climate, Oceanography, and Weather
Climate Environment
ClimateEnvironment
Hydroclimate variability at regional scalesPolar-tropical interactionFeedbacks of ENSO and Annular ModesProbabilistic graphical models and climate networks
I'm an Associate Professor of Biogeochemistry in the School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
My research explores the ways in which Earth's biosphere and planetary boundary conditions act to reshape ocean/atmosphere chemistry and climate, how these interactions have evolved over time, and how they might be engineered moving forward. The work I do is inherently interdisciplinary, and utilizes an ensemble of tools including computer models of ocean, sediment, and soil biogeochemistry, stable isotope and trace element tracers, and analysis of modern natural systems.
Biogeochemistry of oxygen-deficient aqueous environmentsCarbon cycle dynamics and geoengineeringChemical evolution of Earth's oceans and atmospherePlanetary habitability and atmospheric biosignatures
Dr. Annalisa Bracco is a professor at Georgia Tech with extensive background in computational fluid dynamics and physical oceanography. Her research interests include coastal ocean circulation, with focus on meso- and submesoscale processes, ocean predictability and inverse dynamics, impacts of physical forcing on ecosystems, and climate model validation. Her group has been involved in field collections during the Deepwater Horizon spill (July/Aug. 2010) and was back in the Gulf in the summer of 2011.
Jenny became an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech in August 2017. She uses both modern and paleontological specimens to identify how populations, species, and communities have responded to past climate change. Her goal is to identify strategies to conserve as much biodiversity as possible given rapidly shifting climates. She received her PhD from the Dept. of Integrative Biology at UC-Berkeley, and did postdoctoral research at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center and at the University of Washington.
Yuanzhi Tang is the executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute and the Georgia Power professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She is the founding director of the Center for Critical Mineral Solutions.
Tang received her bachelor’s degrees in geology and economics from Peking University, Ph.D. in geosciences from Stony Brook University, and completed her postdoctoral research in environmental chemistry at Harvard University. She has authored more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, holds three patents, and serves as co-editor in chief of Chemical Geology. She has held multiple professional leadership roles, including chair of the American Chemical Society Geochemistry Division.
Her research and leadership integrate earth, environmental, biological, materials, and sustainability sciences and innovations to advance secure, circular, and sustainable energy systems. At Georgia Tech, she leads interdisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborations with universities, national labs, industry, and state agencies to drive regional resource innovation and economic development. Her leadership emphasizes ecosystem building, workforce development, and translating research into tangible societal and economic impacts.
Tang joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 2013 as an assistant professor and is now a professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
In the Kaiser group, we work to improve the understanding of the emissions and atmospheric processes that influence air quality and climate. Our research focuses largely on volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are reactive organic species that are precursors to ozone and aerosol. Our work is grounded in insights from field, and aimed at understanding atmospheric composition at broad spatial and temporal scales.
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016 B.S., Chemistry, Wittenberg University, 2010
Remote Sensing Atmospheric composition and chemistry Biogenic and anthropogenic emissions Global chemistry-transport modeling In-situ and remote sensing
Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosols & Clouds
Climate/EnvironmentAtmospheric Chemistry, Aerosols & CloudsRemote SensingAtmospheric composition and chemistryBiogenic and anthropogenic emissionsGlobal chemistry-transport modelingIn-situ and remote sensing