CDSS Discovery incubates and accelerates high impact research in academic, government, non-profit, and industry projects across the globe while providing UC Berkeley students real world research experiences and mentorship opportunities. It is a partnership between BIDS, DSUS, and D-Lab.
In 2015, the program was launched at Berkeley Institute for Data...
Backcountry skiing and snowboarding are becoming popular ways to recreate on snow outside of a ski resort setting. However, there are additional dangers that come from skiing on ungroomed snow outside of a ski resort. Avalanche forecasters integrate daily snow observations with weather forecasts and snowpack history to issue daily estimates of how likely avalanches are. For this project, BIDS Global Environmental Change Research Scholar R.J. Cody Markelz collaborates with the...
BIDS Research Affiliate Neil Davies (NSF 2004642) and colleagues at Columbia University (NSF 2004839), the University of Arizona (NSF 2004562), and the University of Kansas (...
The FAIR Island Project is building a model research data management system that feeds data across stakeholders, linking metadata, repositories and institutions, and allowing for notifications and verification, real-time reporting, automated compliance, and guaranteed provenance. This system will provide a unique, controlled environment where research is coordinated (through the Tetiaroa Society) with an optimal data policy for open access, mandatory registration requirements for all research projects, and data...
For this project, BIDS-Accenture Global Environmental Change Research Scholar R.J. Cody Markelzfocuses on the intersection between invasive species, climate change, and wildfire in California ecosystems. Using his background in functional genomics and physiological ecology, Markelz applies these expertise areas to larger spatial scale models to better understand climate change and the impacts of fire on California ecosystems and biodiversity.
BIDS Senior Fellow Lauel Larsenand ESDL Project Scientist Dino Bellugi offer this project (#4) through UC Berkeley's Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP).
The Environmental Systems Dynamics Laboratory (ESDL) focuses on the interplay between biological, physical, and human aspects of the environment using a combination of physically-based and data-driven models. Research topics include how river deltas grow or shrink, how landslides occur and mobilize, how deforestation affects precipitation, and how to forecast the response of environmental...
Chemistry, Earth and Planetary Science, UC Berkeley
Destinguised Professor in the Departments of Chemistry, and of Earth and Planetary Science
Ronald Cohen's lab research is focused on understanding basic processes that impact air quality and climate. Broadly, the lab studies how nitrogen moves through and between the atmosphere and biosphere, what the urban atmosphere can tell us about urban metabolism, formation of atmospheric aerosols as well as clouds, and how to build new techniques and improve existing ones for studying these important atmospheric processes.
BIDS Faculty Affiliate Neil Davies leads the Moorea Biocode Project, which built the first comprehensive inventory of all non-microbial life in a complex tropical ecosystem. Supported by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Moorea Biocode Project sent researchers climbing up jagged peaks, trekking through lush forests and diving down to coral reefs to sample the French...
