Earth Scientist
Earth Scientist

Biography

Neal Graham is an Earth scientist at the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, MD. His research interests include human–water system interactions and short- and long-term multi-sectoral impacts on the human–Earth system. Neal holds a BS in meteorology from Rutgers University and an MS and PhD in atmospheric and oceanic sciences from the University of Maryland.

Disciplines and Skills

  • Earth Sciences
  • Human–Earth System Interactions
  • Hydrologic Modeling
  • Multisector Dynamics
  • Water Systems

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Maryland College Park
  • Master of Science, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Maryland College Park
  • Bachelor of Science, Meteorology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Publications

2024

Kanishka B Narayan*, Pralit Patel, Marshall Wise, Abigail Snyder, Kate Calvin and Neal Graham. (2024) Seeing the forest for the trees: implementing dynamic representation of forest management and forest carbon in a long-term global multisector model. Environ. Res. Lett. 19 104044. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad6ea3.

Niazi, H., Wild, T.B., Turner, S.W.D. et al. Global peak water limit of future groundwater withdrawals. Nat Sustain 7, 413–422 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01306-w.

Y. Cheng, D.M. Lawrence, M. Pan, B. Zhang, N.T. Graham, P.J. Lawrence, Z. Liu, & X. He, A bioenergy-focused versus a reforestation-focused mitigation pathway yields disparate carbon storage and climate responses, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 121 (7) e2306775121, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306775121 (2024).

2023

Neal T. Graham, Gokul Iyer, Thomas B. Wild, Flannery Dolan, Jonathan Lamontagne, Katherine Calvin, et al. Agricultural market integration preserves future global water resources. One Earth, Volume 6, Issue 9, 2023, Pages 1235-1245, ISSN 2590-3322, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.08.003.

2022

Neal T. Graham, Nikhil Gakkhar, Akash Deep Singh, Meredydd Evans, Tanner Stelmach, Siddarth Durga, Rakesh Godara, Bhautik Gajera, Marshall Wise, Anil K. Sarma, et al. Integrated analysis of increased bioenergy futures in India. Energy Policy, Volume 168, 2022, 113125, ISSN 0301-4215, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2022.113125.

2021

Neal T Graham, Gokul Iyer, Marshall Wise, Mohamad Hejazi and Thomas B Wild, et al. (2021). Future evolution of virtual water trading in the United States electricity sector. Environ. Res. Lett. 16 124010. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ac3289.

Page Kyle, Mohamad Hejazi, Son Kim, Pralit Patel, Neal Graham and Yaling Liu et al. (2021). Assessing the future of global energy-for-water. Environ. Res. Lett. 16 024031. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/abd8a9.

2020

Neal T Graham, Mohamad I Hejazi, Min Chen, Evan G R Davies, James A Edmonds, Son H Kim, Sean W D Turner, Xinya Li, Chris R Vernon, Katherine Calvin, et al. (2020) Humans drive future water scarcity changes across all Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Environ. Res. Lett. 15 014007. Environmental Research Letters, Volume 15, Number 1. DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ab639b.

Graham, N.T., Hejazi, M.I., Kim, S.H. et al. Future changes in the trading of virtual water. Nat Commun 11, 3632 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17400-4.

2018

Graham, N. T., Davies, E. G. R., Hejazi, M. I., Calvin, K., Kim, S. H., Helinski, L., et al. (2018). Water sector assumptions for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways in an integrated modeling framework. Water Resources Research, 54, 6423–6440. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR023452.