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
Associate Professor, University of Washington

Alex is an Associate 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 the University of Washington, 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 is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and recipient of the AGU Macelwane Medal and AGU Holton Award. He leads the FETCH4 project, an international collaboration across 28 institutions and 8 countries focused on improving our understanding of the past and modern methane cycle.

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. He spends his free time trail running, rock climbing, backpacking, and skiing.

Email: turneraj (at) uw (dot) edu
Mail: 702 ATG Building, Box 351640
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Postdoctoral Researchers


Hikari Murayama
Carbon emissions, land use change, and ML

Graduate Students


Jacob Chalif
Paleoclimate and ice core chemistry
Iana Ferguson
Methane stable isotopes and wetlands
Eliot Kim
Chemistry-climate interactions and ML
Eric Mei
Paleo, chemistry-climate interactions, and ML
Toireasa-Marie O'Rourke
Convection, soil NOx, lightning, and wildfires
Sydney Vernon
Inverse problems and paleoclimate
James Yoon
Isoprene, soil NOx, and the oxidative capacity
Lucy Zimmerman
Remote sensing and atmospheric methane

Postbac Researchers


Isabella Showman
Permafrost and remote sensing

Undergraduate Students


Srinidhi Muralidharan
Chemistry-climate interactions and ML

Alumni

Postdocs:

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

Grad students:

  • Dr. Nikhil Dadheech, 2021–2026 PhD. Next position: Applied Scientist at Amazon.
  • Johannes Gensheimer, 2019–2021 MS (at Technical University of Munich). Next position: PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.

Postbacs:

  • Sydney Vernon, 2025–2026 postbac research assistant. Next position: PhD student at the University of Washington.

Undergrads:

  • Laura Pong, 2023–2026 undergrad research assistant. Next position: PhD student at the University of Toronto.
  • Coco Lipe, 2024–2026 undergrad research assistant. Next position: Air Quality consultant at Ramboll.
  • Isabella Showman, 2025–2026 undergrad research assistant. Next position: Postbac researcher at the University of Washington.
  • Lauren Yarrington, 2023–2026 undergrad research assistant.
  • Alyssa Tou, 2024–2025 undergrad research assistant. Next position: Air Quality consultant at Ramboll.
  • Max Taniguchi-King, 2024 summer research intern. Next position: Software engineer at Data Science & Environment.
  • Simon Zhang, 2022–2023 undergrad research assistant. Next position: PhD student at the University of Minnesota.
  • Ryan Boyd, 2021–2023 undergrad research assistant. Next position: PhD student at Princeton.

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