in 2011 he’s been interested in studying global biogeochemical cycles, working to improve the ecological theory that’s represented in models like the Community Land Model (CLM), and branching out into broader Earth system science questions with CESM. He’s currently working with a team at NCAR and NEON, the National Ecological Observatory Network, to integrate NEON observations into single point CLM simulations to facilitate greater exchange between geoscientific and biological sciences disciplines.