Kevin Tu, Ph.D
Associate Research Specialist Department of Integrative Biology & Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry
Program Coordinator, Biogeosphere-Atmosphere Stable Isotope Network (BASIN)
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I am a research scientist at the University of California-Berkeley. My research focuses on biosphere-atmosphere interactions -- on the physiology, ecology and meteorology of carbon, water and energy exchange between plants, soils and the atmosphere. Current research projects involve quantifying ecosystem function through measurements of plant and soil gas exchange at leaf, canopy and global scales, particularly fluxes of CO2 and water vapor during photosynthesis, respiration, transpiration and evaporation. For this I use a range of methods including stable isotopes, leaf and soil gas exchange measurements, eddy covariance, satellite remote sensing, and modeling based on optimality theory. I am particularly interested in the role of vegetation in the global biogeochemical cycles of carbon, water and energy and how these cycles are impacted by land use, biodiversity and climate change.
I currently serve as the program coordinator of the Biogeosphere-Atmosphere Stable Isotope Network (BASIN),an NSF-funded research coordination network (RCN). BASIN is an international effort to bring together scientists that use stable isotopes to study ecological, hydrological, and atmospheric processes at various scales, particularly in response to environmental and land use change.
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