PACE 2010 Fellowships

CPAESS facilitates the PACE Postdoctoral program. The goal of this program is to train climate researchers to transform their knowledge
into solutions and tools for the decision/risk management community.

Kristen Guirguis
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  • Proposal Title: Collaborative project on extreme heat event characterization and morbidity/mortality prevention
  • PhD Institution: Hydrology and Fluid Dynamics, Duke University
  • Host Partners: Alexander Gershunov, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Helene Margolis, California Department of Public Health, and Dr. Rupa Basu, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), California Environmental Protection Agency
  • Appointment: 2010 - 2012
  • Current Position: Science Advisor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at RiskPulse (a company that proivdes research and analyses weather risk for decision making)
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Roberto Mera
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  • Proposal Title: Application of climate information for land use planning in Oregon
  • PhD Institution: Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
  • Host Partners: Phil Mote, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and Jeff Weber, Oregon Department of Land Conservation & Development
  • Appointment: 2010 - 2012
  • Current Position: Coordinator and Lecturer for NC State's Masters Program in Climate Change and Society.
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Erin Towler
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  • Proposal Title: An integrated framework to customize climate information for decision support
  • PhD Institution: Water Resource Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Host Partners: Jim Hurrell and Greg Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research and Rick Sojda, United States Geological Society, Climate Response Center
  • Appointment: 2010 - 2012
  • Current Position: Project Scientist II, NCAR, Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Laboratory, Regional Climate Research
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