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 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. 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

Graduate Students


Nikhil Dadheech
Atmospheric methane and machine learning.
Iana Ferguson
Methane stable isotopes and wetlands.
Eliot Kim
Chemistry-climate interactions and ML.
Eric Mei
Paleo and chemistry-climate interactions.
James Yoon
Isoprene, soil NOx, and the oxidative capacity.

Postbac Researchers


Sydney Vernon
Climate dynamics and paleomethane.

Undergraduate Students


Coco Lipe
Methane isotopes and halogens.
Laura Pong
Heatwaves and carbon cycle dynamics.
Isabella Showman
Permafrost and remote sensing.
Lauren Yarrington
Machine learning and remote sensing.

Alumni

Postdocs:

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

Grad students:

  • Johannes Gensheimer, 2019–2021 MS (at Technical University of Munich). Next position: PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry.

Undergrads:

  • 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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