Organization

Esteemed partners, including the Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, California Institute of Technology with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science, and Columbia University, bring unparalleled expertise and commitment to this groundbreaking initiative.

Steering Board

Our Steering Board consists of representatives from each partner institution, aiming at a balanced representation of all involved partners and research fields.

Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein

Prof. Dr. Pierre Gentine

Prof. Dr. Tapio Schneider

Prof. Dr. Christian Frankenberg

Prof. Dr. Tian Zheng

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Dukes

Prof. Dr. Anna M. Michalak

Principal Investigators

Besides our Steering Board, the Principal Investigators from each institution built the core of the center. They are leading the different work packages, supervise PhD’s and PostDoc’s and foster collaboration between the partners. The PI’s are grouped by institution and listed in alphabetical order.

 

California Institute of Technology
 
Carnegie Institution for Science
 
Columbia University
 
Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry
 
Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Coordination

The day to day work of the Center is managed by three members from the Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry. Please feel free to reach out to the coordinator, Stefanie Johnson, if, you have any questions about the Center.

Dr. Alexander Winkler
awinkler@bgc-jena.mpg.de

Stefanie Johnson
sjohnson@bgc-jena.mpg.de

Negar Rahnamae
nrahnamae@bgc-jena.mpg.de

The MC³ 4 Earth Center is a collaboration of the Max-Planck Institute of Biogeochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Carnegie Institution for Science (Department of Global Ecology) and Columbia University. It's coordination and Max-Planck research is funded by the Max Planck Foundation.

Contact: Stefanie Johnson (sjohnson@bgc-jena.mpg.de)