James T. Randerson

James Randerson is the Ralph J. and Carol M. Cicerone Professor of Earth System Science at UC Irvine. He studies the global carbon cycle and ecosystem responses to climate change, integrating satellite observations, field measurements, and Earth system models. Randerson received a B.S. in chemistry and a Ph.D. in biological sciences from Stanford University. He conducted postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley and the University of Alaska before joining the faculty at Caltech. In 2003, Randerson moved to UC Irvine, where he currently holds positions in Earth System Science and Civil and Environmental Engineering. Randerson was the recipient of the James B. Macelwane Medal in 2005 and the Piers J. Sellers Global Environmental Change Mid-Career Award in 2017 from the American Geophysical Union. Randerson served as co-chair of the biogeochemistry working group of the Community Earth System Model from 2003-2017 and on the Biological and Environmental Research Federal Advisory Committee for the U.S. Dept. of Energy Office of Science from 2013-2021. He is a Fellow of AGU and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.