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Collaborators | Debra Wunch

Debra Wunch

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University of Toronto

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Debra Wunch is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, cross-appointed between the Department of Physics and the School of the Environment. Since 2020, she has served as the Chair of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON), and runs the TCCON station located at East Trout Lake, Saskatchewan, in the Canadian Boreal forest.

Education

  • PhD in Atmospheric Physics | University of Toronto | 2007
  • MSc in Atmospheric Physics | University of Toronto | 2002
  • BS in Physics | University of Toronto | 2000

Professional Experience

  • 2022 – present Associate Professor, University of Toronto
  • 2016 – 2022 Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
  • 2010 – 2015 Senior Staff Scientist, California Institute of Technology
  • 2009 – 2010 Staff Scientist, California Institute of Technology
  • 2007 – 2009 Postdoctoral Scholar, California Institute of Technology

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