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Max Berkelhammer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), housed within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. His research focuses on understanding interactions between the land surface and atmosphere, with a particular emphasis on water and carbon cycles. Key areas include paleoclimate reconstructions using isotopic proxies, real-time observations of environmental systems, and modeling future climate dynamics. Current projects involve Arctic ice sheet-atmosphere exchange at Summit Greenland, Rocky Mountain forest water use at Niwot Ridge LTER, and tropical monsoon dynamics in the Indian Ocean.
Education: BA Geology from Pomona College (2002), PhD Earth Sciences from University of Southern California (2010), postdoctoral training in atmospheric sciences at University of Colorado Boulder (2013). He has secured over $6M in grants as Principal Investigator or Co-PI, including DOE awards for root dynamics modeling and NSF support for Eemian interglacial studies.
Research Interests:
- Climate change impacts on hydrological cycles
- Stable isotope geochemistry as environmental indicators
- Urban ecohydrology and climate adaptation
- Education outreach for secondary science teachers
Notable Achievements:
- 2018 Silver Circle Teaching Award (UIC)
- Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship (2018-2019)
- Lead PI for 8+ federal/state research grants
Labs/Teams: Directs the Atmosphere, Climate and Ecosystems Lab at UIC, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams on urban flux measurements (CROCUS project) and mountain observatories. Actively involved in the East River Watershed research consortium and NEON observatory collaborations.
