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Alistair Rogers

Scientific Division Director

Climate & Ecosystems Dept

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  • Scientific Division Director
    Climate & Ecosystems Dept
  • 510-486-6952 (Work)

BIO

Alistair Rogers is a plant physiologist and the Climate and Ecosystem Sciences Division director whose research is focused on understanding plant response to global change. He is a leading authority on how plants respond to elevated levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide and on how Earth System Models represent photosynthesis. Rogers earned a Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Essex in the UK before beginning his career at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1998, where he stayed until joining Berkeley Lab in 2024.

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Scientist, with the Distinction of Tenure
    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental & Climate Sciences Department, Upton, United States2022 - 2024
  • Continuing Scientist
    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental & Climate Sciences Department, Upton, United States2008 - 2021
  • Scientist
    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Department, Upton, United States2006 - 2008
  • Associate Scientist
    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Department, Upton, United States2003 - 2006
  • Assistant Scientist
    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Department, Upton, United States2001 - 2003
  • Research Associate
    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Department, Upton, United States1998 - 2001

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom1994 - 1998
  • BSc
    University College of North Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom1991 - 1994

AREA

  • Earth and Environmental Sciences

DIVISION

  • Earth & Environmental Sciences

DEPARTMENT

  • Climate & Ecosystems Dept

RESEARCH AREAS