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Inez Fung

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Inez+fung&view=detail&id=804E0D2DA6317CA288A6ECBF6FA4F968ACB66042&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR. Inez Fung. By: Cheyanna Early 9/ /11. Why Inez Fung?. Never heard of her before W anted to know more about her Interested in weather.

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Inez Fung

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  1. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Inez+fung&view=detail&id=804E0D2DA6317CA288A6ECBF6FA4F968ACB66042&first=0&FORM=IDFRIRhttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Inez+fung&view=detail&id=804E0D2DA6317CA288A6ECBF6FA4F968ACB66042&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR Inez Fung By: Cheyanna Early 9/ /11

  2. Why Inez Fung? • Never heard of her before • Wanted to know more about her • Interested in weather http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Climate&view=detail&id=8DA002249CCC8BDF6EE0B32BC7DE0BBFD86230A8&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Climate&view=detail&id=A1A8B21CA90B2F4C2C5D2685F8B4DC4FDD9BF676&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Climate&view=detail&id=C783C97687F4287C20E9873B3F88D794E7AE7AAA&first=120&FORM=IDFRIR

  3. Background: • Born on April 11, 1949 in Hong Kong • Grew up on Hong Kong Island • Married to Jim Bishop. http://www.iwaswondering.com/inez_scrapbook_childhood.html http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Hong+Kong+Island&view=detail&id=7353651D2C2FA57417590B66E79D4156DDDEE39A&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR http://www.iwaswondering.com/inez_scrapbook_main.html

  4. Education: • Attended school in Hong Kong • Utica College located in New York. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=arrow&view=detail&id=B692061C51B0F0BAB4A0124D2A21A725FE90649D&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=China+map&view=detail&id=569CD5238E712D4E31BE458F54515C63B59EC03E&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=US+map&view=detail&id=300B19C3D1B579A36C227CFC60C51BB7D169F47F&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR

  5. Education: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=UTICA+College&view=detail&id=A4A8AF143E123CA07FBA16B053CEFC9349BAC1A5&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) • Graduate degree in meteorology • Doctorate in meteorology http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=arrow&view=detail&id=B692061C51B0F0BAB4A0124D2A21A725FE90649D&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR http://www.iwaswondering.com/inez_scrapbook_childhood.html

  6. Major Accomplishments: • 1977 C.G. Rossby Award for the outstanding thesis of the year, Department of Meteorology, MIT • 1987, 1993 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Peer Award • 1989 NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal • 1990, 1996 NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Most Valuable Paper Award • 1991 NOAA Distinguished Authorship Award • 1992 - 1997 NASA Goddard Senior Fellow • 1994 Fellow, American Meteorological Society • 1996 Fellow, American Geophysical Union • 1997-2002: Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor in the Physical Sciences, UC Berkeley • 2001: Member, National Academy of Sciences

  7. Major Accomplishments: • 2002: Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecturer in Global Change Science, MIT • 2004: Roger Revelle Medal, American Geophysical Union • 2005: Scientific American 50, Scientific American • 2006: Fellow, World Technology Network; Winner, 2006 World Technology Network Award for the Environment • 2006: “Scientist of the Month” Ms. Maggie Owens’ 2nd grade class, Marin Elementary School, Albany, California • 2007: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Climate System Model (CCSM) Distinguished Achievement Award • 2007: Contributor to the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC)

  8. http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Inez+fung&view=detail&id=8D94F9FC137D7C459B1E30015BAE61E457B80465&first=0&FORM=IDFRIRhttp://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Inez+fung&view=detail&id=8D94F9FC137D7C459B1E30015BAE61E457B80465&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR Role Model? http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Inez+fung&view=detail&id=E45604664680B37BE9D69D8C715C83AE89E27264&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR • Yes! • Encouraging • Professor of Atmospheric Science • Director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment • “I welcome enquiries from prospective students with strong analytical skills, and strong background in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology and engineering” http://www.iwaswondering.com/inez_scrapbook_working.html http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Inez+fung&view=detail&id=20EF53015CFCC28FD2EC04EE1D97FA1AE3C6F690&first=0&FORM=IDFRIR

  9. Works Cited: • Doney, Scott C., Keith Lindsay, Inez Fung, Jasmin John, 2006: Natural Variability in a Stable, 1000-Yr Global Coupled Climate–Carbon Cycle Simulation. J. Climate, 19, 3033–3054. doi: 10.1175/JCLI3783.1 http://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/full/10.1175/JCLI3783.1 • Fung, Inez. Earth & Planetary Science University of California, Berkeley. UC Regents, n.d. Web. 12 Sep. 2011. http://eps.berkeley.edu/development/view_person.php?uid=96093 • Fung, Inez. Inez Fung. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Sep. 2011. http://www.atmos.berkeley.edu/~inez/#pubs • Fung, Inez Y., Doney, Scott C., Keith Lindsay, Jasmin John, 2005: Evolution of Carbon Sinks in a Changing Climate. PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America)., vol. 102 no. 32, 11201–11206. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0504949102 http://www.pnas.org/content/102/32/11201.full?sid=44e9bfef-537e-4345-adec-358d768c58c0 • I Was Wondering . . . A Curious Look At Women’s Adventures In Science. The National Academies, n.d. Web. 12 Sep. 2011. http://www.iwaswondering.com/inez_scrapbook_childhood.html • Vance, Erik. “Stop Global Warming.” What a Leading Scientist Has to Say. Change.org. 11 Dec. 2009. Web. 12 Sep. 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20091214023814/http://globalwarming.change.org/blog/view/what_a_leading_climate_scientist_has_to_say

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