Cynthia Rosenzweig Explained

Cynthia E. Rosenzweig
Birth Date:1958
Citizenship:American
Workplaces:Goddard Institute for Space Studies Barnard College Columbia Climate School
Alma Mater:Rutgers University

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Thesis Title:Potential effects of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate change on thermal and water regimes affecting wheat and corn production in the Great Plains
Thesis Url:http://search.proquest.com/docview/303969214
Thesis Year:1991
Known For:Helped pioneer the study of climate change and agriculture

Cynthia E. Rosenzweig (née Ropes[1]) (born c. 1958) is an American agronomist and climatologist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, located at Columbia University, "who helped pioneer the study of climate change and agriculture."[2] [3] She is an adjunct senior research scientist at the Columbia Climate School and has over 300 publications,[4] over 80 peer-reviewed articles, has authored or edited eight books.[5] She has also served in many different organizations working to develop plans to manage climate change, at the global level with the IPCC as well as in New York City after Hurricane Sandy.

Education and academic career

Rosenzweig attended Cook College (at Rutgers University) earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in agricultural sciences in 1980. Rosenzweig's focus on agriculture began in 1969, when she and her future husband rented and operated a farm in Tuscany, Italy, picking grapes and olives and raising animals like goats, pigs, ducks, and geese.[6] She decided to return to university to study agriculture, earning a Master of Science degree in Soils and Crops from Rutgers University in 1983.[7] During her Master's, she was hired by NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies to study cropland using satellite data. She then earned her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences in 1991.

She has continued working for NASA, where she has been the head of the Climate Impacts Group since 1993.[8] [9] Her work with the IPCC Task Force on Data was recognized when the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded jointly to Al Gore and the IPCC.[10]

She also currently serves as an adjunct professor at Barnard College, where she leads the Climate Impacts research group, and is also an adjunct senior research scientist at the Columbia Climate School at Columbia University.[11] [12] [13]

Climate research

Rosenzweig has been a leader in the field of food and climate change research since the early 1980s.[14] She has led large-scale interdisciplinary research studies on the impacts of climate change in both rural and urban settings. Her research has shaped how we understand the close relationship between food and climate change, most notably predicting the impacts of the interaction between climate and food systems. Rosenzweig's research has been used by thousands of decision-makers in more than 90 countries in their efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change.[15] She is also the founder of the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP), a global and interdisciplinary network of over one thousand researchers studying climate and food systems modeling.[16]

Community engagement and advocacy

While at NASA and Columbia's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, Rosenzweig has pioneered the study of climate change's impact on agriculture and human cities. She has been involved in numerous working groups attempting to assess and establish plans for managing climate change, including:

Publications

An overview of Rosenzweig's research can be obtained at her Google Scholar profile. A complete list of her publications can be obtained from her bibliography on the NASA Goodard Institute for Space Studies website.

Awards

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. Cynthia Ropes Rosenzweig - Directory - The Earth Institute - Columbia University. www.earth.columbia.edu. en. 2018-10-17.
  2. Justin Gillis, "A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself", The New York Times, June 5, 2011.
  3. Brumfiel . G. . Tollefson . J. . Hand . E. . Baker . M. . Cyranoski . D. . Shen . H. . Van Noorden . R. . Nosengo . N. . Butler . D. . Fouchier . R . 2012 . 366 days: Natures 10 . Nature . 492 . 7429 . 335–343 . 2012Natur.492..335. . 23257862 . 10.1038/492335a. 8 . free .
  4. Web site: Cynthia Rosenzweig's research works Columbia University, NY (CU) and other places. ResearchGate. en. 2018-10-17.
  5. Web site: People Cynthia Rosenzweig The Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. heymancenter.org. en. 2018-10-17. 2020-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20201009205542/http://heymancenter.org/people/cynthia-rosenzweig//. dead.
  6. 2012-12-19. 366 days: Nature's 10. Nature. en. 492. 7429. 335–343. 10.1038/492335a. 23257862. 2012Natur.492..335.. 0028-0836. Heuer. R. D.. Rosenzweig. C.. Steltzner. A.. Blanpain. C.. Iorns. E.. Wang. J.. Handelsman. J.. Gowers. T.. De Bernardinis. B.. Fouchier. R.. free.
  7. http://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/crosenzweig.html "Cynthia Rosenzweig"
  8. Web site: NASA GISS: Cynthia Rosenzweig. GISS Personnel Directory. October 16, 2018.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20111106182026/http://www.takeabite.cc/interview-with-dr-cynthia-rosenzweig/ "An Interview with Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA – Q&A with Anna Lappé"
  10. http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/news/20071217/ "NASA Climate Change 'Peacemakers' Aided Nobel Effort"
  11. Web site: Cynthia Rosenzweig Barnard College. barnard.edu. en. 2018-10-17.
  12. Web site: Global Management Team – Urban Climate Change Research Network. uccrn.org. en-US. 2018-10-17. 2020-10-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20201009205555/https://uccrn.ei.columbia.edu/who-we-are/people//. dead.
  13. Web site: 5 Questions With … NASA Scientist Cynthia Rosenzweig . 2023-10-10 . Barnard College . en.
  14. Web site: globalreach.com . Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC-Ames, IA- . 2022 Rosenzweig - The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World . 2023-10-10 . www.worldfoodprize.org . en-us.
  15. Web site: globalreach.com . Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC-Ames, IA- . 2022 Rosenzweig - The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World . 2023-10-10 . www.worldfoodprize.org . en-us.
  16. Web site: globalreach.com . Global Reach Internet Productions, LLC-Ames, IA- . 2022 Rosenzweig - The World Food Prize - Improving the Quality, Quantity and Availability of Food in the World . 2023-10-10 . www.worldfoodprize.org . en-us.
  17. Web site: 2022 World Food Prize Awarded to NASA Climate Scientist. World Food Prize Organization. May 5, 2022. February 18, 2023.
  18. Web site: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science. NASA (GISS). 2011.
  19. Web site: Elected Fellows. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  20. News: Nasa climate research scientist awarded World Food prize . The Guardian . 5 May 2022.

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