Lisa Goddard, a climate scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) and an adjunct associate professor within the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of Columbia University, has been appointed to the National Academies of Science's prestigious Climate Research Committee.
She will be helping to promote progress in her field and give advice to government agencies on the scientific aspects of climate and climate change. The CRC also represents the United States in the World Climate Research Programme, an international body tasked with determining the impacts to which climate can be predicted as well as the impacts humans have on climate.
Dr. Goddard has been involved in El Nino and climate forecasting research and operations since the mid 1990s and has extensive experience in forecasting methodology.
"What motivates me is developing climate information, from understanding to prediction, that can ultimately impact climate-related decisions," Goddard says. "This alone isn't enough to enable most decision making. There are many important actors in between-from the communication experts to the sector experts-but it is a necessary starting point," she says.
Dr. Goddard holds a Ph.D. in atmospheric and oceanic sciences from Princeton University and a B.A. in physics from the University of California at Berkeley.
IRI works on the development and implementation of strategies to manage climate related risks and opportunities. Building on a multidisciplinary core of expertise, IRI partners with research institutions and local stakeholders to best understand needs, risks and possibilities.
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