Alumni

Lamont alum·nus: [L foster, son, pupil fr. alere to nourish] one who is a past graduate student, postdoctoral fellow, scientist, visiting scholar or former employee who cares about the future of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Mission Statement

The purpose of the Lamont-Doherty Alumni Association is to advance the interest and promote the welfare of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, as well as to foster communications and interactions among its alumni. The membership includes past Lamont-Doherty graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, scientists, visiting scholars, and former employees.

Alumni Profile: Kevin Wheeler, USAID, PhD '07

Since April 2009, Wheeler has lived and worked in Iraq’s Red Zone, dividing his time between Baghdad and Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish region. Employed by the Kaizen Company, a subcontractor for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), he is part of an international team assisting the Iraqi ministries.

The Alumni Board: Greetings from the President

Dear Alumni and Friends of Lamont,

Greetings from Southern California! I was in San Francisco this past December for the Fall AGU conference and, as always, one of the highlights was getting the chance to reconnect with several old friends at the Lamont-Doherty alumni reception.

Alumni Profile: Celine Herweijer, PhD ’06

By any standard, Celine Herweijer’s rise in the world of climate policy has been meteoric. Born in London, Herweijer came to New York to pursue graduate studies at Columbia, where she wrote her PhD thesis on drought modeling with Lamont-Doherty modelers Mark Cane and Richard Seager.

Alumni News

Read about Alumni events and networking opportunities