Turner Group

The Turner Group

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Prospective graduate students should refer to my Frequently Asked Questions and apply to UW through the Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science. Prospective postdocs should also consider applying for fellowships such as the CICOES postdoc program at UW, the NOAA Climate & Global Change postdoc, various NSF postdocs, and the Schmidt Science Fellows. Feel free to contact me for more information.

Alex Turner
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science

Alex is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science at the University of Washington. His research combines satellite remote sensing, numerical modeling, and Bayesian inference to investigate interactions between the carbon cycle and atmospheric chemistry. Before joining UW, he was a Miller Postdoctoral Fellow at UC Berkeley. He completed his PhD in Atmospheric Chemistry at Harvard in 2017 and his BS in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Colorado in 2012. He received the AGU Holton Award in 2020 for early-career research excellence and leads the FETCH4 project, an international collaboration funded by Schmidt Sciences focused on improving the representation of methane in chemistry-climate models.

Alex was born in Cambridge, MA and grew up in Boulder, CO. Growing up in Boulder helped foster his love of the environment and the outdoors. During the summer he spends his free time trail running, rock climbing, and backpacking. In the winter, he enjoys skiing and telemarking.

Email: turneraj (at) uw (dot) edu
Mail: 706 ATG Building, Box 351640
CV and Google Scholar


Nikhil Dadheech
Graduate student, NASA FINESST fellow

Research interests: atmospheric methane and machine learning.


Iana Ferguson
Graduate student (co-advised with Abby Swann), PCC fellow

Research interests: tipping points, tropical wetlands, and atmospheric methane.


Eliot Kim
Graduate student

Research interests: machine learning, atmospheric chemistry modeling, and chemistry-climate interactions.


Eric Mei
Graduate student (co-advised with Greg Hakim), NDSEG fellow

Research interests: atmospheric methane, chemistry-climate interactions, and machine learning.


James Yoon
Graduate student (co-advised with Joel Thornton)

Research interests: isoprene, oxidative capacity of the troposphere, and soil NOx.


Sydney Vernon
Postbac researcher

Research interests: paleoclimate, atmospheric methane, and atmospheric science.


Coco Lipe
Undergraduate student (co-advised with Becky Alexander)

Research interests: Earth's energy budget, atmospheric chemistry, and climate feedbacks.


Laura Pong
Undergraduate student (co-advised with Abby Swann)

Research interests: heatwaves, remote sensing, and applied mathematics.


Isabella Showman
Undergraduate student

Research interests: permafrost and synthetic apeture radar.


Lauren Yarrington
Undergraduate student

Research interests: machine learning and atmospheric science.

Alumni

Postdocs:

  • Tai-Long He, 2022-2024 postdoc. Next position: postdoc at Harvard University.

Grad students:

  • Johannes Gensheimer, 2019-2021 research assistant, MS 2021 (at TUM). Next position: PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.

Undergrads:

  • Alyssa Tou, 2024-2025 undergrad research assistant, BS 2025 in atmospheric & climate science. Next position: Air Quality consultant at Ramboll.
  • Max Taniguichi-King, 2024 summer research intern, BS 2025 (at UC Berkeley). Next position: Data analyst at Data Science & Environment.
  • Simon Zhang, 2022-2023 undergrad research assistant, BS 2023 in applied mathematics. Next position: PhD student at U. Minnesota.
  • Ryan Boyd, 2021-2023 undergrad research assistant, BS 2023 in atmospheric & climate science. Next position: PhD student at Princeton.

Staff:

  • Rae Boccamazzo, 2024-2025 project manager. Deceased.