Earth and Planetary Sciences

Benjamin Zaitchik

	Assistant Professor (starting July 2009) Academic Background: 2006 PhD - Yale University 2001 MS - Cornell University 1998 AB - Harvard University Research Interests: Climate Dynamics, Surface Hydrology More Info Link: http://blaustein.eps.jhu.edu/~zaitchik/
Johns Hopkins University 3400 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218 U.S.A. Office: 327 Olin Hall Phone: 410-516-4223 Fax:410-516-7933 E-mail: zaitchik@jhu.edu

Summary

My research is directed at understanding, managing, and coping with climatic and hydrologic variability. Understanding variability requires examination of the natural processes that drive climate and surface change. Managing variability relates to our ability to control anthropogenic influences on climate and hydrology at the local, regional, and global scales. Coping with variability includes improved forecast systems and methods of risk assessment. In each of these areas of research I employ a combination of observation-both in situ and remotely sensed-and numerical modeling techniques.