Technical Leads
William D. Collins
Lead Principal Investigator and Laboratory Research Manager
WDCollins@lbl.gov
510-495-2407
website
Uncertainty of Extremes: Experiments to explore how uncertainty in observations and models affect our understanding of extremes
Christina (Chris) M. Patricola
Technical Co-Manager
CMPatricola@lbl.gov
510-486-5983
website
Understanding Strange Weather: Understanding and simulating the physical mechanisms that drive variability and change in the spatio-temporal characteristics of extreme events
Travis A. O’Brien
TAOBrien@lbl.gov
510-495-8047
website
Computation and Predictions: Oversight of software development, high performance pipelines, and metrics for extremes and UQ; Creation of the ILIAD (InitiaLized-ensemble Identify, Analyze, Develop) framework for improvement in extreme events simulated with CESM
Mark D. Risser
Detection and Designation: Description, detection, and designation of extremes in data and models
Senior Personnel
Postdoctoral, Graduate, & Undergraduate Researchers
Sarahí Arriaga-Ramirez
Ph.D. student (advisor: Dr. Travis A. O’Brien)
Land-atmosphere interactions and extremes
Alexander Charn
AlexanderCharn@lbl.gov
916-220-9198
website
Ph.D. candidate (advisor: Dr. William D. Collins)
Structural uncertainty and simulation of extremes
Héctor Inda Díaz
Ph.D. student (advisor: Dr. Travis A. O’Brien)
Lagrangian Methods for Tracking Extremes
Benjamin Fildier
BFildier@lbl.gov
510-356-8626
website
Ph.D. candidate (advisor: Dr. William D. Collins)
Structural uncertainty and simulation of precipitation extremes
John P. O’Brien
Ph.D. candidate (advisor: Dr. Travis A. O’Brien)
Processes driving co-occurring extremes
Ben Timmermans
Postdoctoral Fellow (advisors: Drs. Michael F. Wehner and William D. Collins)
Uncertainty quantification and emulation of extremes
