Our multidisciplinary ESS-DIVE team includes computer/data scientists, earth scientists, and digital librarians.
LEADERSHIP
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Deb Agarwal, daagarwal@lbl.govESS-DIVE Lead |
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Charuleka Varadharajan, cvaradharajan@lbl.gov ESS-DIVE Deputy Lead, Lead: Community Engagement |
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Shreyas Cholia, scholia@lbl.govLead: User Services |
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Cory Snavely, csnavely@lbl.govLead: Preservation Services |
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Val Hendrix, vchendrix@lbl.govLead Software Engineer |
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Karen Whitenack, kwhitenack@lbl.govProject Administrator |
TEAM
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Fianna O’Brien, flobrien@lbl.govSoftware Engineer |
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Hesham Elbashandy, helbashandy@lbl.govSoftware Engineer |
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Makayla Shepherd, mrshepherd@lbl.govSoftware Engineer |
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William Riley, wjriley@lbl.govSenior Personnel |
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Dan Gunter, dkgunter@lbl.govSenior Personnel |
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Joan Damerow, JoanDamerow@lbl.govEnvironmental Data Standards Postdoc Researcher |
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Emily Robles, emilyarobles@lbl.govData Management Assistant |
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Zarine Kakalia, zarinekakalia@lbl.govData Management Assistant |
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Madison Burrus, mburrus@lbl.govResearch Assistant |
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Maegen Simmonds, mbsimmonds@lbl.govProject Scientist |
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Rob Crystal-Ornelas, rcrystalornelas@lbl.govPostdoc Researcher |
PARTNERS @NCEAS
The National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at UC Santa Barbara is partnering on implementation of the data preservation component, including providing replication to NCEAS and other DataONE nodes. NCEAS is a DataONE member and a recognized expert in ecological data, digital libraries, and standards for data format.
PARTNERS @NERSC
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) will be the primary data center for ESS-DIVE.
PARTNERS @OSTI
The DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is partnering on providing DOIs and metadata enhancement for data packages.
ARCHIVE PARTNERSHIP BOARD
The ESS-DIVE Archive Partnership board is a representative body of ESS-DIVE’s main stakeholders. Its members consist of the principal investigators of major ESS projects/programs, and some ESS-funded university projects. The board provides requirements and feedback to inform the development of ESS-DIVE features and provide direction to its community engagement activities.
![]() Jeffrey Chambers |
![]() Stan Wullschleger |
![]() John Bargar |
![]() Susan Hubbard |
![]() Margaret Torn |
![]() Paul Hanson |
![]() James Stegen |
![]() Eric Pierce |
![]() Annie Kersting |
![]() Ken Kemner |
![]() Julie Jastrow |
![]() Jennifer Powers |
![]() Kate Maher |
![]() Forrest Hoffman |
![]() Kristen DeAngeli |
![]() David Moulton |