Dr. Ankur Desai, PhD, CCM

Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

In my Ecometeorology Lab, we study the interactions between Earth’s surface and atmosphere and how those interactions change across space and through time. We explore these interactions at all possible scales, from the genomic to the global. We are particularly interested in how plants respond to and modify weather and climate through their role in carbon and water cycles.

To do this work, we maintain a global network of flux towers organized by a global network of people. We share our data (and our models) freely and in near real-time because we believe that team science is our greatest hope for solutions to global environmental challenges, like climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainable human development.