Justin S. Mankin

|Associate Professor
Academic Appointments
  • Associate Professor, Department of Geography

  • Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution, Ecosystems, & Society (EEES)

  • Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

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Mankin's research on climate variability and change is motivated by the risks global warming poses to ecosystems and people. Using observations alongside empirical and process-based models, his efforts are prospective—focused constraining uncertainties in future climate impacts—and retrospective—attributing the climate impacts that have already occured. He is committed to ensuring that climate data are a public good and his hope is that his science can help inform climate adaptation and decision-making. In his previous career, Dr. Mankin worked overseas as an intelligence officer.

Contact

Fairchild, Room 113A
HB 6017

Department(s)

Geography

Education

  • Ph.D. Stanford University
  • M.P.A. Columbia University
  • M.Sc. London School of Economics
  • B.A. Columbia University

Selected Publications

  • Mankin, J. S., N. Siegert (R), J. E. Smerdon, B. I. Cook, R. Seager, A. P. Wiliams, C. Lesk, (P), Z. Li (P), H. Singh (R), E. Martinez (U), Nonlinear carbon feedbacks diminish future freshwater availability, Journal of Climate (2025) 10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0028.1

  • Callahan, C. (G) & J. S. Mankin, Carbon majors and the scientific case for climate liability, Nature (2025) 10.1038/s41586-025-08751-3

  • Lesk, C. (P), J. Winter, & J. S. Mankin, Projected runoff declines from plant physiological effects on precipitation, Nature Water (2025) 10.1038/s44221-024-00361-z

  • Future Earth, The Earth League, WCRP, 10 New Insights in Climate Science 2024/2025, One Earth (2025) 10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101285

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Selected Works & Activities

  • Editor, Earth's Future, a journal of the American Geophysical Union

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Climate, a journal of the American Meteorological Society

  • Member Representative, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

  • Member, American Meteorological Society Climate Variability & Change Commmittee

  • Co-chair, 37th Conference on Climate Variability and Change, American Meteorological Society