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Heather Graven
Alma materScripps Institution of Oceanography California Institute of Technology
Scientific career
InstitutionsImperial College London

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

ETH Zurich
ThesisAdvancing the use of radiocarbon in studies of global and regional carbon cycling with high precision measurements of 14C in CO2 from the Scripps CO2 Program (2008)

Heather Dawn Graven is a Professor of Climate Physics in the Atmospheric Physics group at Imperial College London. She creates mathematical models to predict how climate change will impact the carbon cycle.

Education

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Graven earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from California Institute of Technology in 2001.[1] She won the Dean's Cup for contributions to student life.[2] She earned a PhD from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2008. Her PhD thesis, Advancing the use of radiocarbon in studies of global and regional carbon cycling with high precision measurements of 14C in CO2 from the Scripps CO2 Program, was assessed by Ralph Keeling.[3][4]

Career

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Graven studies greenhouse gas emissions.[5] In 2008 she joined ETH Zurich as a postdoctoral researcher.[6] She returned to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 2011, researching variations in the amplitude of CO2 over the course of seasons.[7] Since 2013, she has led the Carbon Cycle research group at Imperial College London.[8]

Graven's research focuses on measuring atmospheric CO2 and CH4.[9] The emission of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels can compromise the effectiveness of radiocarbon dating.[10] She is also interested in the global uptake and cycling of carbon by plants, soil and the ocean.[9] Her team use numerical models to predict the impact of climate change on the global carbon cycle.[11] She is the project lead on several NASA funded projects, quantifying fossil and biospheric CO2 fluxes in California.[12][13]

She took part in the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2017 Annual Meeting, discussing Global Climate Science Imperatives.[14] Graven contributes regularly to the discussion of climate change in the media.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

References

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  1. ^ "One Hundred and Seventh Annual Commencement, June 15, 2001" (PDF). caltechcampuspubs.library.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  2. ^ "The California Tech" (PDF). caltechcampuspubs.library.caltech.edu. 2001-05-11. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  3. ^ "Advancing the use of radiocarbon in studies of global and regional carbon cycling with high precision measurements of 14C in CO2 from the Scripps CO2 Program" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  4. ^ "Atmospheric Oxygen Research Group - Publications". bluemoon.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  5. ^ Imperial College London (2017-12-11), Greenhouse gas study at Imperial, retrieved 2018-03-15
  6. ^ "Former Members". www.up.ethz.ch. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  7. ^ "Seasonal CO2 Amplitude is Growing as More is Added to the Atmosphere | Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego". scripps.ucsd.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  8. ^ "Carbon Cycle Research at Imperial College London". www.sp.ph.ic.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  9. ^ a b "Carbon Cycle Research at Imperial College London". www.sp.ph.ic.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  10. ^ McGrath, Matt (2015-07-21). "Fossil fuels to hamper carbon dating". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  11. ^ "The global carbon cycle in a changing climate". knowitwall.com. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  12. ^ "North American Carbon Program". www.nacarbon.org. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  13. ^ "CMS - the NASA Carbon Monitoring System". carbon.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  14. ^ "Global Climate Science Imperatives in a Post-Paris Agreement World". AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  15. ^ "Why the Paris Agreement on climate change could be in trouble". iNews. 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  16. ^ Stone, Maddie. "Why Solving Murders Is Going to Get a Lot Harder". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  17. ^ Meteorologist, Brandon Miller, CNN Senior. "February shatters global heat records". CNN. Retrieved 2018-03-15. {{cite news}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "Emissions threaten age of uncertainty for carbon dating - Climate News Network". Climate News Network. 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  19. ^ Panko, Ben. "Thanks to Fossil Fuels, Carbon Dating Is in Jeopardy. One Scientist May Have an Easy Fix". Smithsonian. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  20. ^ LaFrance, Adrienne. "Global Warming Could Ruin Carbon Dating". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  21. ^ "Swinging CO2 Levels Show The Earth Is 'Breathing' More Deeply". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
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