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Marianna Linz is an Assistant Professor at Harvard University, jointly appointed in the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Arts and Sciences). Her research focuses on climate dynamics, particularly the interactions between geophysical flows and tracer transport in the atmosphere and ocean.
- Education: Harvard University (AB, first joint concentrator in Chemistry & Physics and Earth & Planetary Sciences, 2011)
- PhD: Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program (Physical Oceanography)
- Postdoctoral Research: University of California, Los Angeles
The Linz Group investigates global atmospheric and oceanic circulation patterns, analyzing how winds and currents transport heat, carbon, moisture, and pollutants. Key projects include studying stratospheric age of air, tropospheric jet dynamics, ocean water age budgets, and the interplay between tracer distributions and climate change.
Recent research trends emphasize stratospheric mixing diagnostics, jet stream dynamics, observational constraints on climate signals, and overturning circulation modeling. The group employs theoretical frameworks, simple models, chemistry-climate models, and observational data to decode flow-tracer relationships in a warming world.
Their work includes outreach initiatives like Diversi-Tea for inclusivity in geosciences and team-based community programs to enhance scientific identity and geoscience literacy.
