Climate Modeling for global economic and political decisions
Irina Marinov, an associate professor in Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences’ Department of Earth and Environmental Science, explains how climate modeling works, the information these models provide, the challenges of climate modeling, and how she hopes the resulting...
May grad looks to further climate research at Penn
Congratulations to senior Lillian Miller, who just graduated from Penn with a dual degree in Chemistry and Environmental Science. Lillian was recently awarded a Rose Award from CURF for her undergraduate research and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. We are excited...
Prof. Irina Marinov Op-ed
This Earth Day, we highlight a powerful op-ed by Dr. Irina Marinov calling for the urgent restoration of climate research funding. As climate threats grow, science is being sidelined—this is a call to action.
Article from Penn's Evironmental Innovations Initiative: How can we prepare for the impacts of a changing climate?
Irina Marinov, associate professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, leads a research community focused on understanding global climate impacts, risks, and vulnerabilities to enable local action.
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Activism to Save Science Funding
Advocating to protect science funding at the No Kings protest in Philadelphia.
Disasters to Science
From research funding cuts to quiet removal of climate resources, we are tracking moments where science takes the hit. An ongoing record of how environmental science is impacted by policy decisions, defunding, and data suppression. Updated weekly. Curated by Dr. Irina Marinov and students.
In Romanian: Interviews with Dr. Marinov
Explaining here the ongoing destruction of American climate science under the current administration.
„Ce vedem este un demontaj strategic și ideologic al întregii infrastructuri științifice americane care, pe termen lung, va submina capacitatea SUA de a răspunde unor crize sanitare, economice, de securitate și climatice”
Romania Cultural, Mai 2025. Professional trajectory.
despre traseul meu academic in US, incepand cu liceul la Sf Sava in Bucuresti, si apoi cu multi ani (18-49) in scoli si institutii de cercetare in US. Si pentru ca nu ma pot abtine, vorbesc inca un pic despre politica la sfarsit.
Recent News In the Lab
Spring 2025
Professor Marinov has recently had one of her grants terminated.
April 23rd: Lillian recieved the Rose Award for outstanding research by graduating seniors! She recieved the award for her project, “Ocean phytoplankton ecology (and carbon cycling) in the North-East Pacific and North Atlantic subpolar regions across CMIP6 models”.
March 13th: Climate-Impacts and EES faculty group met, featuring: Michael Smith, director of Commonwealth Relations, Office of Government and Community Affairs at Penn, and Lia Howard, the director of the Penn Paideia program.