D. Baldocchi is a Distinguished Professor of Biometeorology and Executive Associate Dean in the Rausser College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on measuring and modeling water, carbon dioxide and methane exchange of ecosystems. He is an AGU and AMS Fellow, recipient of the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Water Prize for Surface Water, the Suomi Technology medal of the AMS, and Doctor Honoris Causa from Wageningen University.