Inez Fung - Faculty
Professor of Atmospheric Science; Co-Director, Berkeley Institute of the Environment
399 McCone Hall/ 355 Hilgard Hall
Berkeley, CA

Phone: (510) 643-9367
Fax: (510) 643-9980
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Teaching Schedule
Spring 2008
EPS290 Graduate Seminar: Climate Change Science
Tuesdays 2-4pm 401 McCone

Office Hours
By appointment:
email ifung_AT_berkeley.edu

I was born in Hong Kong where I completed my high school education. I received my S.B. in Applied Mathematics (fluid dynamics) at MIT. The fact that the equations could explain the movement of continents, and the fact that there were toys (the first Lorenz water wheel) associated with fluid dynamics brought me to the graduate program in Meteorology at MIT. Since then I have enjoyed very much my research on the physics of climate change, ecosystem dynamics, and biogeochemical cycles. Building on that work, my colleagues and I are using global carbon-climate models to project future co-evolution of climate and atmospheric CO2.

I am one of ten women scientists featured in the series �Women�s Adventures in Science� written for middle school students. My biography is "Forecast Earth" by Renee Skelton. The books are available in libraries and bookstores. The website for the series is http://www.iWASwondering.org. Check out my comic strip.

I welcome enquiries from prospective students with strong analytical skills, and strong background in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology and engineering.