Lisa Goddard
Lisa Goddard | |
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| Born | Lisa Marie Goddard September 23, 1966 |
| Died | January 13, 2022 (aged 55) Mount Kisco, New York, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Spouse | David Cooperberg |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Climate scientist |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Thesis | The energetics of interannual variability in the tropical Pacific Ocean (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | S. George Philander |
Lisa Marie Goddard (September 23, 1966 – January 13, 2022) was an American climate scientist who was director at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). She joined the institute in 1995 and served as IRI's director from 2012 to 2020. Goddard was also an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University.
Her research focused on forecasting methodology, seasonal climate forecasting and verification, climate change projections and especially on the interpretation of climate models and available observations. She was involved in activities of the World Climate Research Programme and acted as co-chair in CLIVAR from 2013 to 2015.