Faculty, Option Representative (GP)

Christian Frankenberg

Christian Frankenberg

Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist

Degrees and Appointments

B.S., University of Bayreuth, 2002; Ph.D., Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg, 2005. Associate Professor, Caltech, 2015-18; Professor, 2018-; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist, 2015-.


Research Group Website

Research Overview

Professor Frankenberg's research interests include remote sensing of atmospheric trace gases, biogeochemical cycles, hydrological cycle and distribution of water isotopes, inverse methods, and applied spectroscopy.

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