Kimberly A. Novick

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Kimberly A. Novick
Alma materDuke University (2002) Duke University (2010)
AwardsNational Science Foundation Early Career Development Award (2016) Thomas Hilker Early Career award in Biogeosciences (2019)
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental Science, biometeorology, plant physiology, and hydrology
Website https://oneill.indiana.edu/faculty-research/directory/profiles/faculty/full-time/novick-kimberly.html

Kimberly A. Novick is an environmental scientist and a Professor at Indiana University, Bloomington. [1] Her research mostly includes the study of land-atmosphere interactions. [2] She received the Thomas Hilker Early Career Award in Biogeosciences from American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2019. [3]

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Early life and education

In 2002, Novick earned her bachelor's degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Duke University. [4] When Novick graduated, she was one of two students who graduated with departmental distinction in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. [5] In 2002, Novick was also presented with the William Brewster Snow Award, which is given to students who have not only shown academic success, but also a strong passion for environmental engineering. [6] During the same year, Novick also received the Eric I. Pas Award, which is awarded to students with the most impressive research project. Her research included working in the Duke Forest on "Assessing the Effects of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and LAI Perturbations on Southeastern Grassland Water Vapor and CO2 Fluxes." [7]

In pursuit to obtain her Ph.D., Novick went back to Duke University and graduated in 2010 [8] and continued her research at the Duke Forest to study forest carbon and water cycling. [9]

Career and research

After graduating from Duke, Novick has been working as an environmental scientist. She first worked with the United States department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Services. Novick conducted research at the Coweeta Hydrological Laboratory in North Carolina, where she studied CO2 and evapotranspiration in the ecosystem. [10] [11]

Since 2012, Novick has been at the Indiana University, Bloomington. She is a professor, and works at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Novick now works with the Morgan-Monroe State Forest Flux Tower [9] as well as the tower at Coweeta, both sites are part of the U.S. Department of Energy's AmeriFlux network, which measures CO2, water, and energy changes in the ecosystems. [12] Currently, Novick runs the Morgan-Monroe site where she continues to research the interaction between the land and the atmosphere. Recently, her site has been also interested in studying the effects of a drought on the exchange of carbon in the ecosystem. They discovered that certain vegetation will change how they interact with carbon during a drought. [10]

Awards and honors

Publications

Some of Novick's most cited publications include:

Public engagement

Novick advises students and young scientists to grow a big community, and she believes for people to have strong collaborative network. She works with all her students individually to make sure they stay focused and continue their studying. [10]

Personal life

Novick is married and has a son. With her husband she works on creating live music. [10]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evapotranspiration</span> Natural processes of water movement within the water cycle

Evapotranspiration (ET) refers to the combined processes which move water from the Earth's surface into the atmosphere. It covers both water evaporation and transpiration. Evapotranspiration is an important part of the local water cycle and climate, and measurement of it plays a key role in agricultural irrigation and water resource management.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Environmental degradation</span> Any change or disturbance to the environment perceived to be deleterious or undesirable

Environmental degradation is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as quality of air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems; habitat destruction; the extinction of wildlife; and pollution. It is defined as any change or disturbance to the environment perceived to be deleterious or undesirable. The environmental degradation process amplifies the impact of environmental issues which leave lasting impacts on the environment.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ecohydrology</span>

Ecohydrology is an interdisciplinary scientific field studying the interactions between water and ecological systems. It is considered a sub discipline of hydrology, with an ecological focus. These interactions may take place within water bodies, such as rivers and lakes, or on land, in forests, deserts, and other terrestrial ecosystems. Areas of research in ecohydrology include transpiration and plant water use, adaption of organisms to their water environment, influence of vegetation and benthic plants on stream flow and function, and feedbacks between ecological processes, the soil carbon sponge and the hydrological cycle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vapour-pressure deficit</span> Difference between moisture in air and moisture capacity

Vapour pressure-deficit, or VPD, is the difference (deficit) between the amount of moisture in the air and how much moisture the air can hold when it is saturated. Once air becomes saturated, water will condense to form clouds, dew or films of water over leaves. It is this last instance that makes VPD important for greenhouse regulation. If a film of water forms on a plant leaf, it becomes far more susceptible to rot. On the other hand, as the VPD increases, the plant needs to draw more water from its roots. In the case of cuttings, the plant may dry out and die. For this reason the ideal range for VPD in a greenhouse is from 0.45 kPa to 1.25 kPa, ideally sitting at around 0.85 kPa. As a general rule, most plants grow well at VPDs of between 0.8 and 0.95 kPa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eddy covariance</span> Atmospheric measurement technique

The eddy covariance is a key atmospheric measurement technique to measure and calculate vertical turbulent fluxes within atmospheric boundary layers. The method analyses high-frequency wind and scalar atmospheric data series, gas, energy, and momentum, which yields values of fluxes of these properties. It is a statistical method used in meteorology and other applications to determine exchange rates of trace gases over natural ecosystems and agricultural fields, and to quantify gas emissions rates from other land and water areas. It is frequently used to estimate momentum, heat, water vapour, carbon dioxide and methane fluxes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carbon sequestration</span> Storing carbon in a carbon pool

Carbon sequestration is the process of storing carbon in a carbon pool. It plays a crucial role in limiting climate change by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. There are two main types of carbon sequestration: biologic and geologic.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Biomass (energy)</span> Biological material used as a renewable energy source

In the context of energy production, biomass is matter from recently living organisms which is used for bioenergy production. Examples include wood, wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues including straw, and organic waste from industry and households. Wood and wood residues is the largest biomass energy source today. Wood can be used as a fuel directly or processed into pellet fuel or other forms of fuels. Other plants can also be used as fuel, for instance maize, switchgrass, miscanthus and bamboo. The main waste feedstocks are wood waste, agricultural waste, municipal solid waste, and manufacturing waste. Upgrading raw biomass to higher grade fuels can be achieved by different methods, broadly classified as thermal, chemical, or biochemical.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">FLUXNET</span> Global network of micrometeorological towers

FLUXNET is a global network of micrometeorological tower sites that use eddy covariance methods to measure the exchanges of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and energy between the biosphere and atmosphere. FLUXNET is a global 'network of regional networks' that serves to provide an infrastructure to compile, archive and distribute data for the scientific community. The most recent FLUXNET data product, FLUXNET2015, is hosted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) and is publicly available for download. Currently there are over 1000 active and historic flux measurement sites.

William H. Schlesinger is a biogeochemist and the retired president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, an independent not-for-profit environmental research organization in Millbrook, New York. He assumed that position after 27 years on the faculty of Duke University, where he served as the Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dynamic global vegetation model</span>

A Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (DGVM) is a computer program that simulates shifts in potential vegetation and its associated biogeochemical and hydrological cycles as a response to shifts in climate. DGVMs use time series of climate data and, given constraints of latitude, topography, and soil characteristics, simulate monthly or daily dynamics of ecosystem processes. DGVMs are used most often to simulate the effects of future climate change on natural vegetation and its carbon and water cycles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blue carbon</span> Carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems

Blue carbon is a concept within climate change mitigation that refers to "biologically driven carbon fluxes and storage in marine systems that are amenable to management". Most commonly, it refers to the role that tidal marshes, mangroves and seagrass meadows can play in carbon sequestration. These ecosystems can play an important role for climate change mitigation and ecosystem-based adaptation. However, when blue carbon ecosystems are degraded or lost, they release carbon back to the atmosphere, thereby adding to greenhouse gas emissions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peatland</span> Wetland terrain without forest cover, dominated by living, peat-forming plants

A peatland is a type of wetland whose soils consist of organic matter from decaying plants, forming layers of peat. Peatlands arise because of incomplete decomposition of organic matter, usually litter from vegetation, due to water-logging and subsequent anoxia. Like coral reefs, peatlands are unusual landforms that derive mostly from biological rather than physical processes, and can take on characteristic shapes and surface patterning.

Lisa Welp is a biogeochemist who utilizes stable isotopes to understand how water and carbon dioxide are exchanged between the land and atmosphere. She is a professor at Purdue University in the department of Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Burba</span> American bio-atmospheric scientist

George Burba is an American bio-atmospheric scientist, author, and inventor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shahzeen Attari</span> Indian academic

Shahzeen Attari is a professor at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington. She studies how and why people make the judgements and decisions they do with regards to resource use and how to motivate climate action. In 2018, Attari was selected as an Andrew Carnegie Fellow in recognition of her work addressing climate change. She was also a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) from 2017 to 2018, and received a Bellagio Writing Fellowship in 2022.

Beverly Law is an American forest scientist. She is professor emeritus at Oregon State University known for her research on forest ecosystems, especially with respect to carbon cycling, fire, and how human actions impact future climate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dan Yakir</span> Israeli Biogeochemist (born 1953)

Dan Yakir is an Israeli Ecophysiologist and a Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Yakir is a 2019 recipient of the Israel Prize for Research in Geology, Earth Sciences and Atmospheric Sciences.

References

  1. ↑ "During drought, dry air can stress plants more than dry soil". EurekAlert!. U.S.: American Association for the Advancement of Science . Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  2. ↑ "Kimberly A. Novick's research works: Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana (IUB) and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  3. 1 2 "2019 AGU Section Awardees and Named Lecturers". Eos. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  4. ↑ "Duke University Graduation Exercises" (PDF). 2002. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  5. ↑ "Graduation with Departmental Distinction". Duke Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  6. ↑ "William Brewster Snow Award". Duke Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  7. ↑ "Eric I. Pas Award". Duke Civil and Environmental Engineering. 2011-06-27. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  8. ↑ "Duke University Commencement" (PDF). 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Kimberly Novick". O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  10. 1 2 3 4 "[People] Kimberly Novick, Indiana University – Bloomington". Fluxdata. 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  11. ↑ "Kimberly Novick – People - US Forest Service Research & Development". www.fs.fed.us. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  12. ↑ "About the AmeriFlux Network". AmeriFlux. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  13. ↑ Hoyle, Zoe; Communications, SRS Science. "Prestigious USDA Grants Support SRS Research in the Southern Appalachians". CompassLive. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  14. ↑ Newsroom, IU Bloomington. "Award recognizes outstanding faculty collaborations at IU Bloomington". IU Bloomington Newsroom. Retrieved 2019-09-13.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award#1552747 - CAREER: A network-oriented research and education plan to explore links between forest cover and temperature in the eastern United States". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  16. ↑ Newsroom, I. U. "Eight Indiana University researchers earn over $6 million in NSF awards for early-career scientists". IU Newsroom. Retrieved 2019-09-13.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  17. ↑ Novick, K. A.; Stoy, P. C.; Katul, G. G.; Ellsworth, D. S.; Siqueira, M. B. S.; Juang, J.; Oren, R. (2004-01-01). "Carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange in a warm temperate grassland". Oecologia. 138 (2): 259–274. Bibcode:2004Oecol.138..259N. doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1388-z. hdl: 2027.42/47701 . ISSN   1432-1939. PMID   14628214. S2CID   1119084.
  18. ↑ Dolman, A. Johannes; Wattenbach, Martin; Varlagin, Andrej; Suyker, Andrew E.; Ryder, James; Rebmann, Corinna; Rambal, Serge; Pio, Casimiro A.; Pilegaard, Kim (May 2014). "Land management and land-cover change have impacts of similar magnitude on surface temperature". Nature Climate Change. 4 (5): 389–393. Bibcode:2014NatCC...4..389L. doi:10.1038/nclimate2196. ISSN   1758-6798.
  19. ↑ Stoy, Paul C.; Katul, Gabriel G.; Siqueira, Mario B. S.; Juang, Jehn-Yih; Novick, Kimberly A.; Uebelherr, Joshua M.; Oren, Ram (2006-12-06). "An evaluation of models for partitioning eddy covariance-measured net ecosystem exchange into photosynthesis and respiration". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 141 (1): 2–18. Bibcode:2006AgFM..141....2S. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.09.001. ISSN   0168-1923.
  20. ↑ Stoy, Paul C.; Katul, Gabriel G.; Siqueira, Mario B. S.; Juang, Jehn-Yih; Novick, Kimberly A.; McCARTHY, Heather R.; Oishi, A. Christopher; Uebelherr, Joshua M.; Kim, Hyun-Seok (2006). "Separating the effects of climate and vegetation on evapotranspiration along a successional chronosequence in the southeastern US". Global Change Biology. 12 (11): 2115–2135. Bibcode:2006GCBio..12.2115S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01244.x. ISSN   1365-2486. S2CID   53071865.
  21. ↑ Phillips, Richard P.; Wang, Lixin; Scott, Russell L.; Sulman, Benjamin N.; Noormets, Asko; Blanken, Peter D.; Papuga, Shirley A.; Oishi, A. Christopher; Bohrer, Gil (November 2016). "The increasing importance of atmospheric demand for ecosystem water and carbon fluxes". Nature Climate Change. 6 (11): 1023–1027. Bibcode:2016NatCC...6.1023N. doi:10.1038/nclimate3114. hdl: 1805/13443 . ISSN   1758-6798.
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