Jennifer Burney
Jennifer Burney grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is now professor and the Marshall Saunders Chancellor's Endowed Chair in Global Climate Policy and Research at the University of California, San Diego, as part of the School of Global Policy and Strategy.[1][2] She studied history and science at Harvard University and earned a PhD in physics from Stanford, developing a superconducting camera to capture images of cosmic bodies, like pulsars or exoplanets.[1][3][4] After graduating, she worked for Solar Electric Light Fund on rural electrification, particularly in West Africa.
She worked as a postdoc, starting in 2008, at Stanford on food security and the environment.[3] She was named a National Geographic Emerging Explorer in 2011.[1] As a current research affiliate at the University of California, San Diego's Policy Design and Evaluation Laboratory, her research focuses mainly on global food security, adaptation, and climate change mitigation.[1][4][5][6][7][8] Some projects she has worked on include rural electrification, aerosol emissions, and high-yield farming.[2][5][9]
Her partner is Claire Adida, professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego.[9] They have two children.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Explorer of the Week: Jennifer Burney". National Geographic Society Newsroom. 2012-09-20. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ a b Austin, Anton Caputo-UT (2022-09-28). "Aerosols can make climate change effects much worse". Futurity. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ a b "From physics to environmental science: a natural evolution?". Physics World. 2018-03-08. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ a b "Jennifer Burney". gps.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ a b Climatewire, Colin Sullivan. "Modern Farming Helped Forestall Global Warming". Scientific American. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Bhanoo, Sindya N. (2010-06-23). "In Fertilizer, a Climatic Dividend". New York Times. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ "Cleaner fuels for fishing boats could backfire on the climate". Science | AAAS. 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ "Less air pollution leads to higher crop yields, Stanford-led study shows". news.stanford.edu. 2022-06-01. Retrieved 2022-12-02.
- ^ a b c "Burney Receives 2017 Global Environmental Change Early Career Award". Honors Program. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
External links[edit]
- Jennifer Burney publications indexed by Google Scholar
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