Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

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Asmeret Asefaw Berhe
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Director, Office of Science, Department of Energy
In office
May 19, 2022 March 28, 2024

At the Department of Energy (DOE), after nomination by President Joseph R. Biden [34] and confirmation by the US Senate, [35] [36] she served as the Director of the Office of Science. The Office of Science (SC) is the largest supporter of basic research in physical sciences in the US. [37] The mission of SC is "to deliver scientific discoveries and major scientific tools to transform our understanding of nature and advance the energy, economic, and national security of the United States". [38] The Director of SC oversees the management of eight programs (Advanced Scientific Computing Research, Basic Energy Sciences, Biological and Environmental Research, Fusion Energy Sciences, High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics, Accelerator R&D and Production, and Isotope R&D and Production) and related federal research initiatives along with the grant-making process to hundreds of academic institutions, all 17 of the Department of Energy national labs, industry partners, and the management of ten national laboratories and 28 national scientific user facilities. As Director of SC her responsibilities also included budget advocacy for physical sciences and overseeing the work ten national laboratories and 28 national scientific user facilities and much more. [39] Accomplishments under her tenure include:

Awards and honors

References

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  2. "Berhe Named to Endowed Chair in Recognition of Her Work in Soil Sciences | Newsroom". news.ucmerced.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. "How a girl who loved learning became a top soil scientist – Sally Ride Science". sallyridescience.ucsd.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
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  5. Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw (2006). Storage, replacement, stabilization, and destabilization of soil organic carbon in eroding and depositional settings (Thesis).
  6. "Science@Berkeley Lab: Damaged Land, Buried Carbon". www2.lbl.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  7. Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw; Harte, John; Harden, Jennifer W.; Torn, Margaret S. (2007-04-01). "The Significance of the Erosion-induced Terrestrial Carbon Sink". BioScience. 57 (4): 337–346. doi: 10.1641/B570408 . ISSN   1525-3244.
  8. 1 2 "Fellows 2006 | President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program". ppfp.ucop.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  9. Araya, Samuel N.; Fogel, Marilyn L.; Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw (2017-02-06). "Thermal alteration of soil organic matter properties: a systematic study to infer response of Sierra Nevada climosequence soils to forest fires". Soil. 3 (1): 31–44. Bibcode:2017SOIL....3...31A. doi: 10.5194/soil-3-31-2017 . ISSN   2199-398X.
  10. Araya, Samuel N.; Meding, Mercer; Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw (2016-07-22). "Thermal alteration of soil physico-chemical properties: a systematic study to infer response of Sierra Nevada climosequence soils to forest fires". Soil. 2 (3): 351–366. Bibcode:2016SOIL....2..351A. doi: 10.5194/soil-2-351-2016 . ISSN   2199-398X.
  11. Arnold, Chelsea; Ghezzehei, Teamrat A.; Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw (2014-09-10). "Early Spring, Severe Frost Events, and Drought Induce Rapid Carbon Loss in High Elevation Meadows". PLOS ONE. 9 (9): e106058. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j6058A. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106058 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   4160192 . PMID   25207640.
  12. "Our research highlighted in the US Congress". PI: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe. 2014-06-29. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  13. Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw (2005-09-01). "Politicizing Indiscriminate Terror: Imagining an Inclusive Framework for the Anti-Landmines Movement". The Journal of Environment & Development. 14 (3): 375–393. CiteSeerX   10.1.1.547.3346 . doi:10.1177/1070496505280186. ISSN   1070-4965. S2CID   42495438.
  14. Berhe, A. A. (January 2007). "The contribution of landmines to land degradation". Land Degradation & Development. 18 (1): 1–15. Bibcode:2007LDeDe..18....1B. doi:10.1002/ldr.754. ISSN   1085-3278. S2CID   5848182.
  15. Amundson, Ronald; Berhe, Asmeret Asefaw; Hopmans, Jan W.; Olson, Carolyn; Sztein, A. Ester; Sparks, Donald L. (2015-05-08). "Soil and human security in the 21st century" (PDF). Science. 348 (6235): 1261071. Bibcode:2015Sci...34861071A. doi:10.1126/science.1261071. ISSN   0036-8075. PMID   25954014. S2CID   206562728.
  16. "The next big war might be over phosphorus". Grist. 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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  19. "Experimental and modeling investigation of the impact of atmospherically deposited phosphorus on terrestrial soil nutrient and carbon cycling, and ecosystem productivity". pamspublic.science.energy.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  20. Nelson, Gerald; Bennett, Elena; Berhe, Asmeret; Cassman, Kenneth; Defries, Ruth; Dietz, Thomas; Dobson, Andy; Dobermann, Achim; Janetos, Anthony (2005-01-01), Drivers of Change in Ecosystem Condition and Services, vol. 2, retrieved 2018-07-22
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  23. "ADVANCEGeo Partnership". ADVANCEGeo. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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  25. "A climate change solution that's right under our foot". ted.com. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  26. "We actually have a shot at stopping the climate crisis". 12 October 2023.
  27. "Understanding the impact of climate change on women".
  28. "This World Soil Day, take a look at the surprising science of soil". NPR . 4 December 2023.
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  33. "The Dust Bowl Offers Key Climate Change Lessons for the U.S." 15 July 2021.
  34. "President Biden Announces 12 Key Climate and Infrastructure Administration Nominations". 22 April 2021.
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  42. "Department of Energy requires plans to promote diversity from grant applicants".
  43. "Applications Now Open for Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship".
  44. "National Academy of Engineering Elects 106 Members and 18 International Members".
  45. "Berhe Honored with Prestigious AGU Medal and Fellowship".
  46. "Berhe Honored for Geology Contributions".
  47. "Asmeret Asefaw Berhe Receives 2023 John Hayes Award".
  48. "Hellman Fellows". hellmanfellows.org. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
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  51. "GSA Honors & Awards". geosociety.org/gsa. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  52. York, Carnegie Corporation of New. "2020 Great Immigrants". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
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