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LEAD PERSONNEL

pierre gentine

Pierre Gentine

Director, LEAP; Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Departments of Earth and Environmental Engineering and Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University

galen mckinley

Galen McKinley

Deputy Director, LEAP; Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Affiliate Professor, Earth and Environmental Engineering

Tian Zheng

Tian Zheng

Chief Convergence Officer & Education Director, LEAP; Professor & Chair of the Department of Statistics, Columbia University; Affiliate Member of the Data Science Institute

Courtney Cogburn

Courtney D. Cogburn

Chief Equity Officer & Knowledge Transfer Director, LEAP; Associate Professor of Social Work at Columbia University; Affiliate Member of the Data Science Institute

Ryan Abernathey

Ryan Abernathey

Data & Computation Director, LEAP; Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Affiliate Member of the Data Science Institute

Laure Zanna

Laure Zanna

Geoscience Director, LEAP; Professor of Mathematics & Atmosphere/Ocean Science at the Courant Institute of NYU; Affiliate Member of the Center for Data Science at NYU

Carl Vondrick

Carl Vondrick

Data Science Director, LEAP; Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University

Michael Pritchard

Michael Pritchard

Institutional Integration Director, LEAP; Associate Professor of Earth Systems Science at University of California at Irvine

David Lawrence

David Lawrence

NCAR Model Development Liaison, LEAP; Senior Scientist and Section Head at NCAR

Vanessa Burbano

Vanessa Burbano

Corporate Engagement Director, LEAP; Sidney Taurel Associate Professor of Management at Columbia Business School, Columbia University

STAFF

Molly Lopez

Managing Director

Catherine-Cha

Catherine Cha

Sr. Manager of Communications and Knowledge Transfer

Jihae Moon

Associate Director of Programs

James Lu

Manager of Finance and Operations

Julius Busecke

Manager of Data and Computing

Wayne Chuang

Integration Engineer

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