Lorenzo Rosa

Lorenzo Rosa is a Principal Investigator in the Department of Global Ecology at Carnegie Institution for Science and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth System Science at Stanford University. Prior to joining Carnegie, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Energy and Process Engineering at ETH Zurich. He holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science from the University of California Berkeley, and a B.S. and M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. Lorenzo grew up in the lush mountainous pre-alpine region around Lake Como in Italy, his childhood past-time was exploring the landscape with his younger brother discovering new paths to reach the top of the mountains.

His research aims to assess the potential benefits and unintended climate and environmental consequences of innovations engineered to satisfy the increasing global demands for energy, water, and food. He studies climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions to food, energy, and water systems. His current work is focusing on solutions to water and food security under global warming, solutions to achieve net-zero emissions in agriculture, and environmental implications of climate mitigation technologies.

Dr. Rosa was awarded the 2019 AGU Horton Hydrology Research grant and the 2021 AGU Science for Solutions Award. He was also listed among the most influential young leaders in Science and Technology of 2020 by Forbes 30 Under 30.