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Associate Research Scientist, Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR), Columbia Climate School
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies 2880 Broadway New York, NY 10025
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Olivia Clifton is an atmospheric scientist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University in New York, New York. Dr. Clifton uses numerical models and observations to advance understanding of the intersections between air pollution and climate. A lot of Dr. Clifton's research is on the dry deposition of reactive gases and aerosols and impacts on air pollution, vegetation, and climate. Before Dr. Clifton's current role, she was a NASA Postdoctoral Program fellow at GISS and an Advanced Study Program (ASP) postdoctoral fellow at the National Center for Atmospherric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Clifton's PhD is from Columbia University.
CONTACT
oec2106@columbia.edu
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FIELDS OF INTEREST
Air pollution, climate change and variability, short-lived climate forcers, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, global biogeochemical cycling
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Columbia University in the City of New York, Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2018.
B.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mathematics, 2012.
HONORS & AWARDS
Honorable Mention Early Career Poster Prize, 16th IGAC Science Conference, 2021.
NSF Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2021 (Declined).
NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) Fellowship, 2021.
Outstanding Reviewer Award, Biogeosciences, 2020.
15th Atmospheric Chemistry Colloquium for Emerging Senior Scientists (ACCESS XV), 2019.
NCAR Advanced Study Program (ASP) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2018.
MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Stars, 2017.
AMS First Place Oral Presentation, Third Conference on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, 2016.
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2015 (Honorable Mention, 2014).
University of Wisconsin-Madison Holstrom Environmental Scholarship, 2012.