Jon Wells

Dr. Jon Wells is an environmental scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison specializing in soil and environmental microbiology research. He collaborates internationally on the Warming Permafrost Model Intercomparison Project (WrPMIP) involving over 30 researchers and assists in teaching Soil Microbiology (523) and Environmental Biogeochemistry (451) courses under Dr. Thea Whitman.

His research integrates biogeochemistry, ecological modeling, and computational techniques to study ecosystem responses to climate change across diverse environments from tropical agriculture to Arctic permafrost tundra. Key focus areas include permafrost dynamics, carbon feedback mechanisms from thawing permafrost, and climate model refinement for improved carbon cycle predictions.

Dr. Wells contributes to critical climate science through WrPMIP's global collaboration, aiming to enhance climate models' representation of permafrost-carbon interactions. His work addresses urgent gaps in predicting carbon release from thawing permafrost, directly impacting future climate scenario accuracy and mitigation strategies.