Message from the director

Greetings from Auburn! This is Li An, current director of the International Center for Climate and Global Change Research (ICCGCR) at Auburn University. I joined the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment in the fall semester of 2023, starting to lead ICCGCR and coordinate various activities. ICCGCR was founded in 2010 under the leadership of Dr. Hanqin Tian, producing enormous outcomes since then.

ICCGCR has its mission on understanding and envisioning various ecosystem processes (e.g., carbon, nitrogen, water, energy cycles), the impacts of climate and global changes on these processes, and the corresponding implications for human populations and societies. This mission is crucially important and will be maintained; at the same time, the coming years will see efforts invested to link human decisions and activities with the above climate/global change related processes, exploring the interactions between human system and earth system processes over both space and time.

ICCGCR will host a variety of activities that explore solutions related to the above mission, including but not limited to research idea brainstorming meetings, high-profile scholar seminars, grant opportunity briefing meetings, and sharing some resources (e.g., high-performance computing facilities and power). We will also establish student awards, promoting student research and publications. Questions, comments, or suggestions can be directed to Dr. Li An at anli@auburn.edu. For more information, please visit my lab website or personal website.

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