Faculty Expert Profile
Image caption: Benjamin Zaitchik is a professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University.
Credit: Johns Hopkins University
Benjamin Zaitchik
- Professor
- zaitchik@jhu.edu
- Office phone
- 410-516-4223
Media Representatives
- Name
- Hannah Robbins
- hlrobbins@jhu.edu
- Cell phone
- 667-232-9047
- Name
- Jill Rosen
- jrosen@jhu.edu
- Office phone
- 443-997-9906
- Cell phone
- 443-547-8805
Benjamin Zaitchik
- Professor
Expertise
Languages spoken
- English
Benjamin Zaitchik's research is directed at understanding, managing and coping with variability of climate and the Earth's water cycle. He is heading up an international effort to support research into finding whether climatic patterns are connected to the spread of the coronavirus.
Managing climatic variability relates to the ability to control the influences of human systems, such as their pollutants, on climate and hydrology at the local, regional, and global scales. Coping with variability includes improved forecast systems and methods of risk assessment.
His lab, the Hydroclimate Research Group, seeks to develop tools to help preserve biodiversity, protect food and water systems and improve human health.
