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Professor Christopher K.R.T. Jones — Recipient of the 2020 MPE Prize


Professor Chris Jones is the Bill Guthridge Distinguished Professor in Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Mathematics and Climate Research Network (MCRN). The 2020 MPE Prize recognizes Professor Jones for his many significant contributions to climate science and the mathematics of planet Earth.

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MPE and Math Awareness Month 2013 Speakers Bureau

These mathematicians, scientists and sustainability professionals are available to speak to school audiences and community groups on various topics related to MPE2013 and/or Math Awareness Month 2013 – the Mathematics of Sustainability. If you are interested in being listed on this page, please let us know by filling out this form to tell us about your background and interests.

Juan Restrepo,  Dept. of Math, Atmospheric Sciences, and Physics, U of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
Topics: Global climate; ocean dynamics; uncertainty quantification.

 

 Arizona
Ethan Deyle,  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
Topics: Understanding the combined stresses of overfishing; climate change and managing closely coupled species.

 

 California
Michael Ghil,  Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, U of California, Los Angeles, CA 90077
Topics: Chaos and climate; climate-economics modeling; complexity science and extreme events. For general audience.

 

California
Seth Haney,  Dept. of Math, U of San Diego, San Diego, CA 92110
Topics: Mathematical approaches to coexistence and competition in community ecology; the role randomness plays concerning biodiversity; mathematical biology. For 9-16 students.

 

 California
Alan Hastings,  Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, U of California, Davis, CA 95616
Topics: Regime shifts and tipping points in ecological systems. For general audience with some math background.

 

 California
Aneesh Subramanian,  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
Topics: Nonlinear estimation; uncertainty quantification; tropical climate and waves in the tropics; linear and nonlinear waves in the tropics.

 

 California

Walter Craig,  Dept. of Math and Statistics, McMaster U, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1
Topics: The dynamics of ocean waves, in particular extreme waves such as tsunamis or rogue waves; the role of the ocean in weather and in climate.

 

 Canada
Martin Walter,  Dept. of Math, U of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
Topics: Various topics on math and sustainability; see his book Mathematics for the Environment.

 

 Colorado
Eli Fenichel,  School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale, New Haven, CT 06460
Topics: Thinking of nature as a form of capital & wealth; bioeconomics; using math to understand coupled human-natural systems; human behavior and response to infectious disease or invasive species. For graduate, undergraduate and general audience.

 

 Connecticut
Marian Gidea,  Dept. of Math, Northeastern Illinois U, Chicago, IL 60625
Topics: Satellite and spaceship dynamics (design of low energy orbits); early detection of tipping points in the climate. For undergraduate students and general audiences with some math background.

 

 Illinois
Bret Elderd,  Dept. of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State U, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Topics: Math and disease ecology. For undergraduates and general audience.

 

 Louisiana
Mary Lou Zeeman,  Dept. of Math, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME 04011
Topics: Conceptual climate models; Tipping points and resilience in climate and/or sustainability applications; Mathematical Biology. For college, high school and general audience.

 

 Maine
Bill Fagan,  Dept. of Biology, U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Topics: Math in biological applications; population dynamics and extinction; invasive species; climate change and timing of biological events; animal migration and movement. For school and college audiences and general audiences.

 

 Maryland
Kayo Ide,  Dept. of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
Topics: Numerical weather prediction; ocean analysis and prediction; observing system design; Lagrangian transport and mixing in geophysical flows.

 

 Maryland
Eitan Tadmor,  Center for Scientific Computation & Math Modeling, U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

 

 Maryland
Michael Neubert,  Dept. of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543
Topics: Mathematical modeling of biological invasions; bioeconomic models for spatial fisheries management; general mathematical ecology. For undergraduate and graduate audiences.

 

 Massachusetts
C. Eugene Wayne,  Dept. of Math and Statistics, Boston U, Boston, MA 02215
Topics: Dynamical systems and partial differential equations, fluid mechanics, interaction of vortices, behavior of two-dimensional fluids. For undergraduate and graduate students.

 

 Massachusetts
Erica Klampfl,  Dept. of Systems Analytics and Environmental Sciences, Ford Research and Advanced Engineering, Dearborn, MI 48124
Topics: Mathematical approaches to planning an automotive product portfolio strategy and helping customers understand their technology options to reduce emissions. For graduate, undergraduate and general audience.

 

 Michigan
Bob Megginson,  Dept. of Math, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Topics: Mathematics of climate change; mathematical sense and nonsense in the public conversation about the future of planet earth; climate science and underrepresented communities.

 

 Michigan
Debra Rowe,  Dept. of Sustainable Energies, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI 48331 and U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development, Washington, DC
Topics: Education and actions for a sustainable future; renewable/sustainable energies; sustainable communities; civic engagement for a sustainable future; costs, benefits and return on investment from sustainable living. For general audiences.

 

 Michigan and Washington DC
Anna Barry,  Institute for Math and its Applications, U of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Topics: Conceptual climate models, implications for bifurcations and tipping points. For high school, undergraduate and graduate audiences.

 

 Minnesota
Richard McGehee,  Dept. of Math, U of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
Topics: The case for anthropogenic warming; the Earth’s orbit and its influence on climate; an introduction to energy balance models; a dynamical systems approach to paleoclimate models. For undergraduates and general audiences.

 

 Minnesota
Samantha Oestreicher,  Dept. of Math, U of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55405
Topics: Conceptual climate models, carbon budget over long and short terms, peatland-carbon relationship, and/or biogeochemistry. For general audiences and undergraduate students.

 

 Minnesota
Bernard Lipat,  Dept. of Math, New Jersey City U, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Topics: Modeling the distribution and health effects of urban lead; modeling the effects of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown on the marine environment. For undergrad students.

 

 New Jersey
Ronnie Sircar,  Dept. of Operations Research and Financial Engineering, Princeton U, Princeton, NJ 08544
Topics: Game-theoretic analyses of energy markets with emphasis on policy implications; economics of exhaustible resources, including modeling of shifts in energy markets toward more expensive alternative sources; dynamic games models to help design incentives for greener fuel production; financialization of energy and commodities markets.

 

 New Jersey
Edwin Gerber,  Courant Institute of Math Sciences, New York U, New York, NY 10012
Topics: Climate change; the natural variability of the climate system; the general circulation of the atmosphere; the use of stochastic and numerical models to understand the Earth system. For 9-16 students.

 

 New York
Matthew Hoffman,  Dept. of Math, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 14623
Topics: Integration of observational data with numerical models of atmospheres and ocean; oceanographic modeling and prediction.

 

 New York
Lisa Rogers,  Courant Institute of Math Sciences, New York U, New York, NY, 10012
Topics: Mathematical modeling and education. For 9-16 students.

 

 New York
Joe Skufca,  Dept. of Math and Computer Science, Clarkson U, Potsdam, NY 13699
Topics: Mathematical biology; sustainability. For 9-16 students.

 

 New York

William Bauldry,  Dept. of Math Sciences, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC 28608
Topics: Using arctic sea ice extent to introduce environmental issues into the classroom.

 

 North Carolina
Avner Friedman,  Dept. of Math, Ohio State U, Columbus, OH 43210
Topics: How the mathematical sciences contribute to sustainability like energy saving devices, protection against disease, and addressing pollution. For college students and general audience.

 

 Ohio
Jim Walsh,  Dept. of Math, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 44074
Topics: Mathematical modeling of climate via low-order models; climate tipping points and greenhouse gases; snowball Earth. For undergraduate students.

 

 Ohio
Robert McConnell,  (Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science and Geology at U Mary Washington), Corvallis, OR 97330
Topics: Issues of sustainable development–using math and critical thinking. For k-16 students and general audiences.

 

 Oregon

Victor Donnay,  Dept. of Math, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Topics:  Examples of Math linked to Sustainability; incorporating sustainability into math education; use of service learning projects involved sustainability and math. For K-16 educators, students, general audience.

 

 Pennsylvania
John Roe,  Dept. of Math, Penn State U, University Park, PA 16802
Topics: Math of sustainability.

 

 Pennsylvania
Baylor Fox-Kemper,  Dept. of Geological Sciences, Brown U, Providence, RI 02912
Topics: The role of oceans in climate variability and change.

 

 Rhode Island
Jessica Libertini,  Dept. of Math, U of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, 02881
Topics: How to use mathematics to model food-related sustainability issues. For 9-16 students and faculty.

 

 Rhode Island
Daniel Abel,  Dept. of Marine Science, Coastal Carolina U, Conway, SC 29528
Topics: Environmental issues; marine environmental issues. For all audiences. Sustainability across the curriculum; using math and critical thinking to teach sustainability. For faculty.

 

 South Carolina
Jiang Jiang,  National Institute for Math and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, TN 37996
Topics: Regime shifts of coastal vegetation in response to storm surge. For undergraduate and graduate audiences.

 

 Tennessee
Kelly Sturner,  National Institute for Math and Biological Synthesis, Knoxville, TN 37966
Topics: Mathematics of understanding disease; measuring trees; quantifying biodiversity; modeling predator-prey relationships in soil. For 6-12 students.

 

 Tennessee
James Powell,  Dept. of Biology, Math and Statistics, Utah State U, Logan, UT 84322
Topics: Temperature, tipping points and the Mountain Pine Beetle. For general university audiences.

 

 Utah
Ivan Sudakov,  Dept. of Math, U of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Topics: Tipping points in climate; permafrost and global warming; permafrost methane emission.

 

 Utah
Chris Danforth,  Dept. of Math and Statistics, U of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
Topics: Applications of mathematics to modeling of Earth’s weather and climate, predicting the future state of the atmosphere.

 

 Vermont
Daniel Vasiliu,  Dept. of Math, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23185

 

 Virginia
John Carter,  Dept. of Math, Seattle U, Seattle, WA 98122
Topics: Models of tsunamis, models of waves in the ocean, models for wave-energy extraction. For undergraduate students and general audiences.

 

 Washington
Dargan Frierson,  Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, U of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
Topics: Climate models, from simple partial differential equation models to comprehensive global models; large scale dynamics; global warming.

 

 Washington
Katie Oliveras,  Dept. of Math, Seattle University, Seattle, WA 98102
Topics: Mathematical Models of Water Waves; Using Pressure Sensors to Measure Waves and Detect Tsunamis. For undergraduate students.

 

 Washington
Hans Kaper,  Dept. of Math and Statistics, Georgetown U, Washington, DC 20007
Topics: Math and climate; conceptual models; dynamical systems; bifurcation phenomena.

 

 Washington, DC
Sam Stechmann,  Dept. of Math and Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, U of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706
Topics: Clouds and climate; tropical clouds and waves. For 9-16 students and general audience.

 

 Wisconsin
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