About Us
MCRN: A Network Linking Researchers across the Globe to Develop the Mathematics Needed to Better Understand Earth's Climate System
The consensus in the scientific community is that the Earth’s climate is changing. Understanding the changes, and the dynamics of Earth’s climate system in general, is one the most urgent challenges for science today. Many of the issues arising in the study of our climate system have a significant mathematical dimension. The Mathematics and Climate Research Network (MCRN), a virtual organization of about 200 active researchers in mathematics and the geosciences in the US and beyond, aims to develop the mathematics of climate---a new area of applied mathematics that is tailored to the needs of climate research.
Members of the MCRN are researchers at academic institutions, government laboratories and research centers, whose collective expertise cuts across the relevant areas of applied mathematics and climate science. They collaboratively lead a group of postdoctoral research fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, creating a cadre of strong mathematicians with the interdisciplinary expertise required to analyze problems that arise in the study of Earth’s climate system.
This web site is a resource for researchers, educators, and the public interested in the Mathematics of Climate. MCRN is funded by an award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences and is administered through the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI).
For more information about the Mathematics and Climate Research Network, watch the video below. Please email info@mathclimate.org with questions or interest.
MCRN Directors
| Director | Chris Jones, UNC Chapel Hill |
| Co-Directors | Mary Lou Zeeman, Bowdoin College Hans Kaper, Georgetown University |
| Program Manager | Monica Romeo, RENCI, UNC Chapel Hill |
| Hubministrators | Karna Gowda, Northwestern University Colin Grudzien, UNC Chapel Hill Jon Hahn, University of Minnesota Kate Meyer, University of Minnesota Lewis Mitchell, University of Adelaide Andy Reagan, University of Vermont |
Founding Principal Investigators
| Charles David Camp | California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Department of Mathematics |
| Chris Danforth | University of Vermont, Department of Mathematics |
| Chris Jones | UNC Chapel Hill, Department of Mathematics |
| Inez Fung | University of California, Berkeley, Department of Earth and Planetary Science |
| Ken Golden | University of Utah, Department of Mathematics |
| David Holland | New York University, Departments of Mathematics and Geosciences |
| Eric Kostelich | Arizona State University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences |
| Alex Mahalov | Arizona State University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences |
| Pamela Martin | Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Department of Earth Sciences |
| Richard McGehee | University of Minnesota, Department of Mathematics |
| Raymond Pierrehumbert | University of Chicago, Department of the Geophysical Sciences (currently, University of Oxford, Department of Physics) |
| Mary Silber | Northwestern University, Department of Applied Mathematics |
| Ka-Kit Tung | University of Washington, Department of Applied Mathematics |
| Mary Lou Zeeman | Bowdoin College, Department of Mathematics |
Scientific Advisory Board
- Chris Budd, Professor of Applied Mathematics, University of Bath, UK
- Henk Dijkstra, Professor of Dynamical Oceanography, University of Utrecht, Holland
- David Eisenbud, Professor of Mathematics, University of California at Berkeley
- Kerry Emanuel, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Eugenia Kalnay, Distinguished University Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland at College Park
- Mythily Ramasawamy, Dean of the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research Centre for Applicable Mathematics, Bangalore, India
- Emily Shuckburgh, Head of open Oceans, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- Claudia Tebaldi, Senior Scientist of Climate Statistics, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ
- Philippe Tondeur, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Patricia Yager, Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia