Cronin, Timothy

Timothy Cronin

Assistant Professor, EAPS

Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University

Former Research Assistant, Joint Program

twcronin@mit.edu

Phone:

774-238-8460

Bio

I am interested in lots of different subjects related to climate, especially idealized modeling of the atmosphere and atmosphere-land system with single-column and limited-area models. A (non-exhaustive) list of my research interests is below.

1) Cold air formation in warmer climates

2) Self-aggregation of convection

3) Diurnal Cycle and Island Rainfall

4) Boundary Layer Sensitivity

5) Details about Radiative-Convective Equilibrium

6) Tropical Cyclones in odd environments

7) Hadley Circulation and Eddies

Awards

NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014-2016)
Harvard University Center for the Environment Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014-2016)
Award for Excellence in Teaching, for role as Teaching Assistant in Spring 2013 course “Theoretical Environmental Analysis”, EAPS, MIT (2013)
Martin Fellow, Martin Family Society of Fellows for Sustainability, MITEI (2011-2012)
Climate Co-Lab finalist and presenter to US Congress, MIT Center forCollective Intelligence (2010)
Presidential Fellow, MIT (2009-2010)

Education + Credentials

B.A., Physics, Swarthmore College, 2006

Ph.D., Climate Physics and Chemistry, MIT, 2014

Recent Publications

Student Dissertation or Thesis

Land-Atmosphere Interaction and Radiative-Convective Equilibrium

Cronin, T. (2014). PhD Thesis, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT [PDF]

Joint Program Reprint, Journal Article

Using Land to Mitigate Climate Change: Hitting the Target, Recognizing the Tradeoffs

Reilly, J, J. Melillo, Y. Cai, D. Kicklighter, A. Gurgel, S. Paltsev, T. Cronin, A. Sokolov, A Schlosser (2012). Environmental Science and Technology, 46(11): 5572-5679 [PDF]

Joint Program Reprint, Journal Article

Nitrogen effect on carbon-water coupling in forests, grasslands, and shrublands in the arid western U.S.

Felzer, B.S., T.W. Cronin, D.W. Kicklighter, J.M. Melillo, C.A. Schlosser and S.R.S. Dangal (2011). Journal of Geophysical Research, Biogeosciences, 116(G03023): 1-23

Joint Program Reprint, Journal Article

Food, Fuel, Forests, and the Pricing of Ecosystem Services

Gurgel, A., T. Cronin, J. Reilly, S. Paltsev, D. Kicklighter, and J. Melillo (2011). American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 93(2): 342-348

Conference Proceedings Paper

Food, Fuel, Forests, and the Pricing of Ecosystem Services

Reilly, J., A. Gurgel, T. Cronin, S. Paltsev, D. Kicklighter and J. Melillo (2011). Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) Conference Paper, Presented at the 14th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis (Venice, Italy, June 16-18)

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