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Joe Berry
Department of Global Ecology
Carnegie Institution for Science
260 Panama St.
Stanford, CA 94305
+1 (650) 325-1521
jberry@carnegiescience.edu

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Jan
26
2022

Joseph Berry Honored as AAAS Fellow

By Carnegie HQ
Washington, DC— The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected Carnegie ...
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Jun
09
2021

“Surge protector”-like enzyme controls the speed and efficiency of photosynthesis

By Carnegie HQ
Washington, DC— The fact that photosynthesis uses sunlight and atmospheric carbon dioxide to produce sugars has been known for more than a century. But how photosynthesis manages to maintain sugar ...
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Jul
29
2019

Remote sensing of terrestrial vegetation

By Leslie Willoughby
High Sierra near Mammoth Lakes, CA shows vegetated and nonvegetated surfaces.
A novel approach developed by the Berry Lab is opening a new window for remote sensing of terrestrial vegetation on incompletely vegetated surfaces across the planet. For decades scientists have been ...
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Feb
25
2019

Predicting how forests in the western United States will respond to changing climate

By Carnegie HQ
Washington, DC— On the mountain slopes of the western United States, climate can play a major role in determining which tree communities will thrive in the harshest conditions, according to new work ...
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Joe Berry

Joe Berry, Acting Director

Senior Staff Scientist Emeritus

Global Ecology
Carnegie Institution for Science
  • jberry@carnegiescience.edu
  • 650-799-2678
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  • 260 Panama Street
    Stanford, CA 94305, US
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Bio

Joe Berry’s work is focused on photosynthesis and associated processes (exchange of gases, fluorescence, remote sensing, ecophysiology) at a hierarchy of scales from the chloroplasts to the planet. His goal is to distill this information into equations that can be used in models to represent these processes in the complex webs of interacting processes that comprise the Biosphere of planet Earth. The focus is on understanding and representing the fundamental mechanisms so that our models give the right behavior and also help us understand why. Dr. Berry had been a faculty member at the Carnegie Institution since 1972 and is a member by Courtesy of the Department of Biological Sciences at Stanford. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1970 at the University of British Columbia in Botany. He obtained a B.Sc. in Chemistry and a M.Sc. in Soil Science from the University of California at Davis. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Joseph A. Berry
Carnegie Instition for Science, Dept of Global Ecology

Current Position
Acting Director

Research Area: Plant Eco-physiology, Geochemistry, Biospheric Sciences

Education
Ph.D. Botany Univ of British Columbia, 1970
MSc. Soil Science, UC Davis, 1964
BSc. Chemistry, UC Davis, 1963

Relevant Experience
1970 -- 1972 Post Doctoral Fellow, Carnegie Institiution of Washington
1972 -- 2016 Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution of Washington and
Professor (by courtesy) Dept. of Bio. Sci., Stanford University

Professional History
My interest is in understanding biological processes at the organismal, global and regional scales. The physiological parameterizations for gross primary production, respiration and stomatal conductance used in many land surface and carbon cycle models are based on equations originally developed and tested in my laboratory My publication record can be examined at: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JMHXmgwAAAAJ&hl=en

Honors and Awards
Fellow: American Geophysical Union
Member: National Academy of Sciences (USA)

Related Publications:

Berry, J., & Raison, J. (1981). Responses of macrophytes to temperature. In O. Lange, P. Nobel, C. Osmond, & H. Ziegler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology (pp. 278–338). Encyclopedia of plant physiology.

Berry, J., & Bjorkman, O. (1980). Photosynthetic response and adaptation to temperature in higher plants. Annual Review of Plant Physiology, 31(1), 491–543.

Schreiber, U., & Berry, J. A. (1977). Heat-induced changes of chlorophyll fluorescence in intact leaves correlated with damage of the photosynthetic apparatus. Planta, 136(3), 233–238. http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385990.

Berry, J. A. (1975). Adaptation of photosynthetic processes to stress. Science,, 188(4188), 644–650.

Farquhar, G. D., S. V. Caemmerer, et al. (1980). "A Biochemical-Model of Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation in Leaves of C-3 Species." Planta 149(1): 78-90.

Ball, T. J., I. E. Woodrow, et al. (1987). A model predicting stomatal conductance and its contribution to the control of photosynthesis under different environmental conditions. Progress in Photosynthesis Research, Vol. III. e. Biggins. The Netherlands, Martinus Nijhoff: 221-224.

Weis, E., and Berry, J. (1987). Quantum efficiency of Photosystem II in relation to “energy-”dependent quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 894(2), 198–208.

Collatz, CJ, JT Ball, C Grivet and JA Berry 1991. Physiological and environmental regulation of stomatal conductance, photosynthesis and transpiration: A model that includes the boundary layer. Ag. and Forest Meteorol., 54:107-136.

Collatz, G. J., Ribas-Carbo, M., & Berry, J. A. (1992). Coupled photosynthesis-stomatal conductance model for leaves of C4 plants. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 19(5), 519–538.

Berry, J., Wolf, A., Campbell, J. E., Baker, I., Blake, N., Blake, D., et al. (2013). A coupled model of the global cycles of carbonyl sulfide and CO 2: A possible new window on the carbon cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, n/a–n/a. http://doi.org/10.1002/jgrg.20068.

Van der Tol, C., Berry, J. A., Campbell, P. K. E., Campbell, P., & Rascher, U. (2014). Models of fluorescence and photosynthesis for interpreting measurements of solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 119(12), 2312–2327. http://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002713.

Maseyk, K., Berry, J. A., Billesbach, D., Campbell, J. E., Torn, M. S., Zahniser, M., & Seibt, U. (2014). Sources and sinks of carbonyl sulfide in an agricultural field in the Southern Great Plains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319132111.

Guanter, L., Zhang, Y., Jung, M., Joiner, J., Voigt, M., Berry, J. A., et al. (2014). Global and time-resolved monitoring of crop photosynthesis with chlorophyll fluorescence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(14), E1327–E1333. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1320008111

Schlau-Cohen, G. S., & Berry, J. (2015). Photosynthetic fluorescence, from molecule to planet. Physics Today, 68(9), 66–67. http://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2924

Guan, K., Berry, J. A., Zhang, Y., Joiner, J., Guanter, L., Badgley, G., & Lobell, D. B. (2015). Improving the monitoring of crop productivity using spaceborne solar-induced fluorescence. Global Change Biology, 132-136. http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13136

Badgley, G., Field, C. B., & Berry, J. A. (2017). Canopy near-infrared reflectance and terrestrial photosynthesis. Science Advances, 3(3), e1602244. http://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602244
Joseph A. Berry
Carnegie Instition for Science, Dept of Global Ecology

Current Position
Acting Director

Research Area: Plant Eco-physiology, Geochemistry, Biospheric Sciences

Education
Ph.D. Botany Univ of British Columbia, 1970
MSc. Soil Science, UC Davis, 1964
BSc. Chemistry, UC Davis, 1963

Relevant Experience
1970 -- 1972 Post Doctoral Fellow, Carnegie Institiution of Washington
1972 -- 2016 Staff Scientist, Carnegie Institution of Washington and
Professor (by courtesy) Dept. of Bio. Sci., Stanford University

Professional History
My interest is in understanding biological processes at the organismal, global and regional scales. The physiological parameterizations for gross primary production, respiration and stomatal conductance used in many land surface and carbon cycle models are based on equations originally developed and tested in my laboratory My publication record can be examined at: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JMHXmgwAAAAJ&hl=en

Honors and Awards
Fellow: American Geophysical Union
Member: National Academy of Sciences (USA)

Related Publications:

Berry, J., & Raison, J. (1981). Responses of macrophytes to temperature. In O. Lange, P. Nobel, C. Osmond, & H. Ziegler (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology (pp. 278–338). Encyclopedia of plant physiology.

Berry, J., & Bjorkman, O. (1980). Photosynthetic response and adaptation to temperature in higher plants. Annual Review of Plant Physiology, 31(1), 491–543.

Schreiber, U., & Berry, J. A. (1977). Heat-induced changes of chlorophyll fluorescence in intact leaves correlated with damage of the photosynthetic apparatus. Planta, 136(3), 233–238. http://doi.org/10.1007/BF00385990.

Berry, J. A. (1975). Adaptation of photosynthetic processes to stress. Science,, 188(4188), 644–650.

Farquhar, G. D., S. V. Caemmerer, et al. (1980). "A Biochemical-Model of Photosynthetic CO2 Assimilation in Leaves of C-3 Species." Planta 149(1): 78-90.

Ball, T. J., I. E. Woodrow, et al. (1987). A model predicting stomatal conductance and its contribution to the control of photosynthesis under different environmental conditions. Progress in Photosynthesis Research, Vol. III. e. Biggins. The Netherlands, Martinus Nijhoff: 221-224.

Weis, E., and Berry, J. (1987). Quantum efficiency of Photosystem II in relation to “energy-”dependent quenching of chlorophyll fluorescence. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Bioenergetics, 894(2), 198–208.

Collatz, CJ, JT Ball, C Grivet and JA Berry 1991. Physiological and environmental regulation of stomatal conductance, photosynthesis and transpiration: A model that includes the boundary layer. Ag. and Forest Meteorol., 54:107-136.

Collatz, G. J., Ribas-Carbo, M., & Berry, J. A. (1992). Coupled photosynthesis-stomatal conductance model for leaves of C4 plants. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 19(5), 519–538.

Berry, J., Wolf, A., Campbell, J. E., Baker, I., Blake, N., Blake, D., et al. (2013). A coupled model of the global cycles of carbonyl sulfide and CO 2: A possible new window on the carbon cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, n/a–n/a. http://doi.org/10.1002/jgrg.20068.

Van der Tol, C., Berry, J. A., Campbell, P. K. E., Campbell, P., & Rascher, U. (2014). Models of fluorescence and photosynthesis for interpreting measurements of solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 119(12), 2312–2327. http://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002713.

Maseyk, K., Berry, J. A., Billesbach, D., Campbell, J. E., Torn, M. S., Zahniser, M., & Seibt, U. (2014). Sources and sinks of carbonyl sulfide in an agricultural field in the Southern Great Plains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1319132111.

Guanter, L., Zhang, Y., Jung, M., Joiner, J., Voigt, M., Berry, J. A., et al. (2014). Global and time-resolved monitoring of crop photosynthesis with chlorophyll fluorescence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(14), E1327–E1333. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1320008111

Schlau-Cohen, G. S., & Berry, J. (2015). Photosynthetic fluorescence, from molecule to planet. Physics Today, 68(9), 66–67. http://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2924

Guan, K., Berry, J. A., Zhang, Y., Joiner, J., Guanter, L., Badgley, G., & Lobell, D. B. (2015). Improving the monitoring of crop productivity using spaceborne solar-induced fluorescence. Global Change Biology, 132-136. http://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13136

Badgley, G., Field, C. B., & Berry, J. A. (2017). Canopy near-infrared reflectance and terrestrial photosynthesis. Science Advances, 3(3), e1602244. http://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602244

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  • Jennifer Johnson (Research Associate)

    Dr. Jennifer E. Johnson is a Research Associate in the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science. She is broadly interested in physiological processes, and particularly in photosynthesis and respiration–from how they work at a molecular level to how to monitor their aggregate global activity.

    Dr. Johnson's current projects are focused on developing integrated instrumentation for experimental studies of photosynthesis in higher plants, and a multi-scale model of photosynthesis that couples radiative fluxes, including solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, to trace gas fluxes. Both of these lines of work aim to strengthen the scientific toolkit for understanding the state of the global carbon cycle, diagnosing the poise of carbon-climate feedbacks, and forecasting the future dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere.

    Dr. Johnson received her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Stanford University, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow and a Bing-Mooney Fellow in Environmental Science and Conservation. She holds a BA in Biology from Swarthmore College, where she was a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar and Morris K. Udall Scholar. Her research has been recognized with the Dwight Billings Award for Physiological Ecology from the Ecological Society of America and a New (Early Career) Investigator award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.


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