Research Staff

Ms. Anne Slinn

Profile

Affiliation(s):

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Assistant Director;
MIT Center for Global Change Science, Assistant Director

Education:

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University, 1988
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Washington State University, 1989
S.M., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991

Biographical Statement:
As Assistant Director of both the Center for Global Change Science and the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Ms. Slinn oversees sustaining fundamental research on the Earth system, maintaining the support and focus of applied research relevant to climate-policy, and synthesizing scientific description. Her purview involves coordination of interdisciplinary research direction and resource development, and integration of scientific documentation and communication. Her roles include program manager, science writer/editor, research and fiscal coordinator, and administrative officer. She is on the Sponsored Research Staff of the CGCS in the School of Science. Her academic background is in geophysical fluid dynamics and heat transfer. Anne's MIT thesis work involved satellite remote sensing of wind-induced stresses on the ocean surface to analyze the interaction of wind and large-scale ocean circulation. At WSU she combined molecular theory with experimental laser design to measure the radiative absorption properties of hydrocarbon gases that are common in the atmosphere.