
David Lobell, PhD
Center FellowEnergy and Environment Building
473 Via Ortega
Stanford CA 94305
David Lobell is an Assistant Professor at Stanford University in Environmental Earth System Science, and a Center Fellow in Stanford's Program on Food Security and the Environment. His research focuses on identifying opportunities to raise crop yields in major agricultural regions, with a particular emphasis on adaptation to climate change. His current projects span Africa, South Asia, Mexico, and the United States, and involve a range of tools including remote sensing, GIS, and crop and climate models.
Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Lobell was a Senior Research Scholar at FSE from 2008-2009 and a Lawrence Post-doctoral Fellow at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from 2005-2007. He received a PhD in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University in 2005, and a Sc.B. in Applied Mathematics, Magna Cum Laude from Brown University in 2000.
Publications
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Climate Change and Food Security: Adapting Agriculture to a Warmer World
David Lobell, Marshall Burke
Springer vol. 37 (2010)
Warming Increases Risk of Civil War in Africa
Marshall Burke, Edward Miguel, Shanker Satyanath, John Dykema, David Lobell
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)

Potential Impact of U.S. Biofuels on Regional Climate
Matei Georgescu, David Lobell, Christopher Field
Geophysical Research Letters vol. 36, L21806 (2009)
Crop Yield Gaps: Their Importance, Magnitudes, and Causes
David Lobell, Kenneth Cassman, Christopher Field
Annual Review of Environment and Resources vol. 34 (2009)
Climate Extremes and Crop Adaptation
David Lobell
(2009)
Research Programs & Projects
Biomass Energy: The climate protective domain
Project
Climate Change and Conflict: What are the links and where is the evidence?
Project
Prioritizing Investments in Food Security Under a Changing Climate
Project




