People

The project team, advisory board and partner institutions.

Project team

Ryan O’Loughlin

Principal investigator · Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Queens College, City University of New York

A philosopher of science who studies how climate scientists gain trustworthy knowledge from imperfect models. He has worked with scientists at NSF NCAR and NASA GISS since 2019, and leads the project’s philosophical analysis.

ryan.oloughlin [at] qc.cuny.edu · ryanoloughlin.org

Matthew Mayernik

Co-principal investigator · Project Scientist and Research Data Services Specialist

NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

Studies how scientists create, describe and share data, including how climate model intercomparisons earn credibility. He co-leads the interviews and document analysis, and leads the workshop.

mayernik [at] ucar.edu

Advisory board

• Steve EasterbrookUniversity of TorontoClimate models as software
• Paul EdwardsUniversity of Michigan (emeritus)History of climate data and models
• Travis O’BrienIndiana UniversityClimate extremes and machine learning
• Wendy ParkerVirginia TechPhilosophy of climate model evaluation
• David RibesUniversity of WashingtonResearch infrastructure and data
• Gavin SchmidtNASA Goddard Institute for Space StudiesClimate modeling; directs NASA GISS
• Daniele VisioniCornell UniversityModeling solar geoengineering

Partner institutions

• Queens College, City University of New York
• NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research