Ankur Desai
Expert on climate change, carbon cycling in forest, lake and wetland ecosystems, global land-atmosphere interaction and micrometeorology
Professor, atmospheric and oceanic sciences; faculty affiliate, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Work: 608-520-0305 — Home and cell phones available upon request desai@aos.wisc.edu Home page Twitter: @profdesai
Topics
- Climate change
- Feedbacks between ecosystems and atmosphere
- Observations of land-atmosphere exchange and atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, including carbon and water
- Modeling of vegetation dynamics and nutrient cycling
Achievements
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awardee, 2009
- Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences
- American Meteorological Society Meisinger Award, 2016