Kate Brauman Explained

Kate Brauman
Fields:ecohydrology, ecosystem services, water resources
Workplaces:Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota
Alma Mater:Stanford University (PhD)
Columbia University (BA)
Awards:Fellow, Leshner Leadership InstituteFuture Earth FellowDISCCRS Scholar
Website:http://environment.umn.edu/staff/kate-brauman/

Kate A. Brauman is an American scientist who uses an interdisciplinary tool set to examine the interactions between land use change and water resources. Brauman is the lead scientist for the Global Water Initiative at University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment.

Early life and education

Brauman, daughter of two chemists (John I. Brauman and Sharon K Brauman), grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and had mixed feelings about being a scientist. She notes that it was her undergraduate mentor, Robert Pollack who helped her see the connections between her desire to be creative and affect things that people care about, with science. Brauman graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Science and Religion from Columbia University in 2000.[1] [2] [3] After college she worked at the Natural Resources Defense Council from 2001 to 2004 where she was the Membership and Public Education Senior Associate.[4] She credits her time at the NRDC for making her realize that the environment, in particular water and energy, are areas that people care deeply about; plus questions around water and energy need to be approached from multiple angles: biophysical, economic, and social, to find real-world solutions. After her time with the NRDC, she went on to get her Ph.D. at Stanford University, funded by the National Science Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship[5] and the Lucille Packard Stanford Graduate Fellowship, within the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources with an emphasis in hydrologic ecosystem services in 2010.[6] Brauman's interdisciplinary dissertation, under the direction of Gretchen Daily and David Freyberg, brought together elements of hydrology, ecohydrology, and economics to understand the impacts of water extraction on the Big Island of Hawai'i.[7]

Career and research

Currently, Brauman is the Lead Scientist of the Global Water Assessment under the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota.[8] Brauman's research incorporates economics and policy into her examination of the availability of water resources. Much of her work examines how human changes to our landscape, in particular through the growing of food, affect the quality and quantity of our water resources. Brauman's interest in understanding and valuing[9] the ecosystem services of landscapes runs through much of her work - whether it be provisioning drinking water, irrigation water, carbon sequestration, or food security.[10] Her research, at the intersection of society and science, provides critical information to resource managers (e.g. agricultural producers) that can improve water use efficiency.

Brauman also works collaboratively with multiple international groups examining ecosystem services globally. She is part of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), a group advocating for recognition of the value of nature to human populations.[11]

From 2020 to 2021, Brauman was the Water and Climate Resilience Fellow at the US Department of Defense through a Science Technology Policy Fellowship with AAAS.[12]

Notable publications

Brauman's work, published in a variety of peer-reviewed journals (e.g. Nature, Science, Proceedings of the National Academy Sciences, Environmental Research Letters, Water Resources Research) is highly cited.[13] A few of her most highly cited works are listed below:

Awards and recognition

References

  1. Web site: BATFN Board of Directors: Kate Brauman, Stanford University . Bay Area Tropical Forest Network.
  2. News: Kate Brauman - Institute on the Environment. Institute on the Environment. 2018-11-21. en-US.
  3. Book: Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. Columbia College today. Columbia College (Columbia University). June 2005. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. Columbia University Libraries.
  4. Web site: North Star Chapter . The Sierra Club. 2015-05-12 .
  5. Web site: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award Recipients, 2004 - Data.gov. catalog.data.gov. en. 2018-11-21.
  6. Web site: Kate Brauman . Stanford School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences. 2014-09-03 .
  7. 2010-02-15. Forest structure influences on rainfall partitioning and cloud interception: A comparison of native forest sites in Kona, Hawai'i. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. en. 150. 2. 265–275. 10.1016/j.agrformet.2009.11.011. 0168-1923. Brauman. Kate A.. Freyberg. David L.. Daily. Gretchen C.. 2010AgFM..150..265B.
  8. Web site: Kate Brauman. Institute on the Environment.
  9. 6 November 2012. Linking water quality and well-being for improved assessment and valuation of ecosystem services. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109. 45. 18619–18624. 10.1073/pnas.1215991109. 23091018. Keeler. B. L.. Polasky. S.. Brauman. K. A.. Johnson. K. A.. Finlay. J. C.. O'Neill. A.. Kovacs. K.. Dalzell. B.. 3494932. 2012PNAS..10918619K. free.
  10. 18 July 2014. Leverage points for improving global food security and the environment. Science. 345. 6194. 325–328. 10.1126/science.1246067. 25035492. West. P. C.. Gerber. J. S.. Engstrom. P. M.. Mueller. N. D.. Brauman. K. A.. Carlson. K. M.. Cassidy. E. S.. Johnston. M.. MacDonald. G. K.. Ray. D. K.. Siebert. S.. 2014Sci...345..325W. 206552440.
  11. 19 January 2018. Assessing nature's contributions to people. Science. 359. 6373. 270–272. 10.1126/science.aap8826. 29348221. Díaz. Sandra. Pascual. Unai. Stenseke. Marie. Martín-López. Berta. Watson. Robert T.. Molnár. Zsolt. Hill. Rosemary. Chan. Kai M. A.. Baste. Ivar A.. Brauman. Kate A.. Polasky. Stephen. Church. Andrew. Lonsdale. Mark. Larigauderie. Anne. Leadley. Paul W.. Van Oudenhoven. Alexander P. E.. Van Der Plaat. Felice. Schröter. Matthias. Lavorel. Sandra. Aumeeruddy-Thomas. Yildiz. Bukvareva. Elena. Davies. Kirsten. Demissew. Sebsebe. Erpul. Gunay. Failler. Pierre. Guerra. Carlos A.. Hewitt. Chad L.. Keune. Hans. Lindley. Sarah. Shirayama. Yoshihisa. 2018Sci...359..270D. 10810/44029. 13689076. free.
  12. Web site: Kate Brauman . www.uvm.edu . en.
  13. Web site: Kate A Brauman - Google Scholar Citations. scholar.google.com. 2018-11-21.
  14. 20 October 2011. Solutions for a Cultivated Planet. Nature. 478. 7369. 2011Natur.478..337F. Foley. Jonathan A.. Ramankutty. Navin. Brauman. Kate A.. Cassidy. Emily S.. Gerber. James S.. Johnston. Matt. Mueller. Nathaniel D.. O'Connell. Christine. Ray. Deepak K.. West. Paul C.. Balzer. Christian. Bennett. Elena M.. Carpenter. Stephen R.. Hill. Jason. Monfreda. Chad. Polasky. Stephen. Rockström. Johan. Sheehan. John. Siebert. Stefan. Tilman. David. Zaks. David P. M.. 337–342. 10.1038/nature10452. 21993620. 4346486.
  15. Brauman. Kate. Daily. Gretchen. Duarte. T. Ka'eo. Mooney. Harold. 21 November 2007. The Nature and Value of Ecosystem Services: An Overview Highlighting Hydrologic Services. Annual Review of Environment and Resources. 32. 67–98. 10.1146/annurev.energy.32.031306.102758. free.
  16. Brauman. Kate A.. Siebert. Stefan. Foley. Jonathan A. 29 May 2013. Improvements in crop water productivity increase water sustainability and food security—a global analysis. Environmental Research Letters. 8. 2. 024030. 10.1088/1748-9326/8/2/024030. 2013ERL.....8b4030B. free.
  17. Web site: A Greener Economy: 2014 Young Scientists Networking Conference. Vimeo. 11 December 2014. en. 2018-11-21.
  18. News: Policy Fellows Program. dickx075. 2015-07-24. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. 2018-11-21. en.
  19. Web site: 2018-2019 Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellows: Food & Water Security . American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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