
Caroline Alexa Famiglietti
Ph.D. Student in Earth System Science, admitted Autumn 2018
Bio
Caroline Famiglietti is a PhD candidate working with Prof. Alexandra Konings. She studies the terrestrial carbon cycle, focusing on understanding and reducing uncertainties in model projections of its behavior. In 2017, Caroline graduated summa cum laude from UCLA with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and a minor in Geography/Environmental Studies. Her prior research experience includes work in the Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems group at NASA JPL from 2017-2018 and in the UC Berkeley Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering in 2016.
Honors & Awards
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FINESST Award, NASA (2021-2024)
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ARCS Fellowship, ARCS Foundation, Stanford University (2021-2022)
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Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University (2018-2021)
Education & Certifications
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B.S., UCLA, Applied Mathematics (2017)
Work Experience
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Research Intern (Carbon Cycle & Ecosystems Group), NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (2017 - 2018)
Location
Pasadena, CA
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Project Lead, Sustainable L.A. Grand Challenges Program, UCLA (2016 - 2017)
Location
Los Angeles, CA
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Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley (2016)
Location
Berkeley, CA
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Environmental Education Network Intern, TreePeople (2014)
Location
Beverly Hills, CA
All Publications
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Extreme wet events as important as extreme dry events in controlling spatial patterns of vegetation greenness anomalies
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
2021; 16 (7)
View details for DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/abfc78
View details for Web of Science ID 000667939300001
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Optimal model complexity for terrestrial carbon cycle prediction
BIOGEOSCIENCES
2021; 18 (8): 2727-2754
View details for DOI 10.5194/bg-18-2727-2021
View details for Web of Science ID 000646696300003
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Plant responses to volcanically elevated CO2 in two Costa Rican forests
BIOGEOSCIENCES
2019; 16 (6): 1343–60
View details for DOI 10.5194/bg-16-1343-2019
View details for Web of Science ID 000462963200002
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Global Validation of MODIS Near-Surface Air and Dew Point Temperatures
Geophysical Research Letters
2018
View details for DOI 10.1029/2018GL077813
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Ecosystem Responses to Elevated CO2 Using Airborne Remote Sensing at Mammoth Mountain, California
Biogeosciences
2018
View details for DOI 10.5194/bg-2018-73