Awards

Titled Professor - 2022

Paul H. O'Neill Chair

About Kimberly Ann Novick

Kimberly Ann Novick earned her B.S.E from Duke University in 2022. She went on to earn her Ph.D. in environmental science from the Duke University School of the Environment in 2010. She began her teaching career at Indiana University’s (IU) Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 2012 as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor and director of IU’s environmental science Ph.D. program in 2018 and full professor in 2022.

Novick is an environmental scientist who studies how climate variability affects ecosystems and complementary processes by which ecosystem processes determine the pace of climate change. This field of research—land-atmosphere interactions—blends concepts from meteorology, plant physiology, and hydrology and has a strong emphasis on socially relevant problem-solving. Her research is particularly focused on understanding interactions between climate and land cover change in the productive forests and farms of the Eastern United States, with an emphasis on the influence of drought.

In service to the profession, Novick guides the scientific mission and infrastructure of networks like AmeriFlux, NEON and FLUXNET through nominated roles on their scientific advisory councils, and by co-organizing an internationally recognized summer short course on land-surface flux observation and modeling. She is the lead and co-founder of a new AmeriFlux network working group on Natural Climate Solutions. She also serves as an editor for the journal Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and regularly convenes sessions and networking events at conferences and workshops.