George Burba
Born
George G. Burba
Alma materUniversity of Nebraska
Moscow State University
Scientific career
Fields
InstitutionsLI-COR Biosciences
Battery Ventures
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute
University of Nebraska
Moscow State University
Doctoral advisorShashi Verma

George Burba is an American bio-atmospheric scientist, author, and inventor.

Burba is a Science & Strategy Fellow at LI-COR Biosciences of the Battery Ventures Group,[1] a Global Fellow[2] at Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute, and a Graduate Adjunct Professor[3] at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a co-founder of CarbonDew, a non-profit Community of Practice developing novel climate solutions across economic sectors.

Burba is a leading figure[4][5][6] in micrometeorology, surface-to-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gasses, water vapor, heat and momentum, and the direct real-time measurements of carbon emission and sequestration, evaporation and transpiration, and turbulent transport within the atmospheric boundary layer. He is an author of multiple books[7][8][9][10][11][12][13] on these subjects, used by universities and teaching institutions across the globe,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] as well as numerous other publications.[5][21]

Research and career

Burba is an expert on the in-situ measurement methods: an author of instrument surface heating concept,[22][23] related equations known as “Burba corrections”,[24][25][26][27][28] an inventor[29] of two new types of gas analyzers known as “enclosed-path”[30][31] and “semi-open-path”,[32] a multi-method flux emissions station,[33] and new methods for computing gas fluxes from the open-path high-speed laser-based analyzers,[34][35][36][37][38] and from the multiple types of low-speed gas analyzers.[39][40] He is an elected Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors.[41]

After his PhD, Burba worked as a graduate faculty at the University of Nebraska and as a scientist at the LI-COR Biosciences. In 2016, he was appointed Global Fellow at Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute. At LI-COR Biosciences, he was appointed to the position of Science Fellow in 2017, and to the position of Science & Strategy Fellow in 2019. The same year he was elected a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors. In 2023, he was inducted as a Full Member of SigmaXi, the Scientific Research Honor Society.[42]

Education

Burba was educated at Lomonosov Moscow State University and at the University of Nebraska where he received a PhD in 2005[43] in Bio-Atmospheric Sciences for the study of water, light and energy transport in the natural and agricultural systems, supervised by Professor Shashi Verma.

Personal life

George Burba is a son of ru:George A. Burba and a grandson of Aleksandr A. Burba.

References

  1. ↑ "Battery Ventures Acquires Analytical-Instrumentation Pioneer LI-COR Biosciences". Bloomberg.com. 8 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Global Fellows". waterforfood.nebraska.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  3. ↑ Network, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Web Developer. "George Burba at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln". directory.unl.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  4. ↑ "Google Scholar List of Scientific Citations of works by Burba". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  5. 1 2 "ORCID Worldwide Infrastructure List of Publications by George Burba (0000-0003-2095-0057)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  6. ↑ "WorldCat International Library Catalog List of books and articles by Burba". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  7. ↑ Burba, George (2022-09-06). Eddy Covariance Method For Scientific, Regulatory, and Commercial Applications. LI-COR Biosciences. ISBN 978-0-578-97714-0.
  8. ↑ . Burba, G; Kurbatova, Y; Kuricheva, O; Avilov, V; Mamkin, V (2016). Handbook for the Method of Turbulent Pulsations (Метод Турбулентных Пульсаций: Краткое Практическое Руководство). LI-COR Biosciences & IPEE Russian National Academy of Sciences. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-692-57831-5.
  9. ↑ Burba, George (2013). Eddy Covariance Method for Scientific, Industrial, Agricultural and Regulatory Applications: a Field Book on Measuring Ecosystem Gas Exchange and Areal Emission Rates. LI-COR Biosciences. p. 331. ISBN 978-0-61576827-4.
  10. ↑ Burba, George; Anderson, Dan (2010). A Brief Practical Guide to Eddy Covariance Flux Measurements: Principles and Workflow Examples for Scientific and Industrial Applications. LI-COR Biosciences. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-61543013-3.
  11. ↑ Burba, George (2011). Wetland Ecosystems: Water & Energy Exchange. Evapotranspiration and Energy Flux Components in Three Wetland Communities. VDM. p. 108. ISBN 978-3-63935864-3.
  12. ↑ Burba, George (2009). Water, Light and Energy in Ecosystems: A Case Study of Fluxes and Efficiencies in Native Grassland and Cultivated Wheat. VDM. p. 80. ISBN 978-3-63916967-6.
  13. ↑ Burba, George (2001). "Illustration of Flux Footprint Estimates Affected by Measurement Height, Surface Roughness and Thermal Stability". In Hubbard, K; Sivakumar, M (eds.). Big Automated Weather Stations for Applications in Agriculture and Water Resources Management. World Meteorological Organization, WMO-PUB-1074. p. 248.
  14. ↑ "Princeton University Library: Author: Burba, G." catalog.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  15. ↑ "Stanford University Library: Author George Burba". searchworks.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  16. ↑ "University of Oxford Library: Author G. Burba". solo-prd.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  17. ↑ Yale University Library: George Burba. LI-COR Biosciences. 2013. ISBN 9780615768274. OCLC 870524144.
  18. ↑ "Cornell University Library: List of books and articles by Burba, G." cornell.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  19. ↑ "German National Library (Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek): Author George Burba". portal.dnb.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  20. ↑ "Lomonosov Moscow State University: Burba G. - сотрудник | ИСТИНА – Интеллектуальная Система Тематического Исследования Нaукометрических данных". istina.msu.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  21. ↑ "Burba Interview with Nebraska Farmer Magazine". Nebraska Farmer. 2017-04-07. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  22. ↑ "Citations of Instrument Surface Heating Concept on Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  23. ↑ Burba G, McDermitt D, Grelle A, Anderson D, Xu L (2008). "Addressing the influence of instrument surface heat exchange on the measurements of CO2 flux from open‐path gas analyzers". Global Change Biology. 14 (8): 1854–1876. Bibcode:2008GCBio..14.1854B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2008.01606.x. S2CID 85841670.
  24. ↑ "Google Scholar List of Citations of Burba Heating Corrections". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  25. ↑ "Google Scholar List of Citations of Burba Corrections". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  26. ↑ Rocha AV, Shaver GR (2011). "Burn severity influences postfire CO2 exchange in arctic tundra" (PDF). Ecological Applications. 21 (2): 477–489. doi:10.1890/10-0255.1. hdl:1912/4703. PMID 21563578.
  27. ↑ Amiro B (2010). "Estimating annual carbon dioxide eddy fluxes using open-path analysers for cold forest sites". Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 150 (10): 1366–1372. Bibcode:2010AgFM..150.1366A. doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2010.06.007.
  28. ↑ Reverter BR, Sanchez-Canete EP, Resco V, Serrano-Ortiz P, Oyonarte C, Kowalski AS (2010). "Analyzing the major drivers of NEE in a Mediterranean alpine shrubland" (PDF). Biogeosciences. 7 (9): 2601–2611. Bibcode:2010BGeo....7.2601R. doi:10.5194/bg-7-2601-2010.
  29. ↑ "World Intellectual Property Organisation List of Burba's inventions". patentscope.wipo.int. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  30. ↑ Burba G, Schmidt A, Scott R, Nakai T, Kathilankal J, Fratini G, Hanson C, Law B, McDermitt D, Eckles B, Furtaw M, Velgersdyk M (2012). "Calculating CO2 and H2O eddy covariance fluxes from an enclosed gas analyzer using an instantaneous mixing ratio". Global Change Biology. 18 (1): 385–399. Bibcode:2012GCBio..18..385B. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02536.x. S2CID 5032291.
  31. ↑ US Patent, Active 8130379, Burba, G; Furtaw, M & Eckles, R et al., "Gas analyzer", issued 2012
  32. ↑ US Patent, Active 9121793, Burba, G, "Semi-open-path gas analysis systems and methods", issued 2015
  33. ↑ US Patent, Active 11561324 Burba, G, "Methods and Apparatus for Measuring Gas Flux", issued 2023
  34. ↑ "2010 R&D100 Award Winner for Methane Analyzer". www.rd100conference.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  35. ↑ "Burba Interview with Environmental Monitor Magazine". www.fondriest.com. 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  36. ↑ "Burba Interview with RICHARD PIERSOL / Lincoln Journal Star Newspaper". JournalStar.com. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
  37. ↑ "EU Patent. "Gas analysis data handling device for computing a gas flux and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium"".
  38. ↑ "US Patent. "Method and apparatus for determining gas flux"".
  39. ↑ "EU Patent. "Methods and apparatus for measuring gas flux"".
  40. ↑ "US Patent. "Methods and apparatus for measuring gas flux"".
  41. ↑ "National Academy of Inventors Senior Member Elections". National Academy of Inventors. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  42. ↑ "Member Directory". www.sigmaxi.org. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  43. ↑ G, Burba, George (2005). Water and energy fluxes in native tallgrass prairie and cultivated wheat ecosystems (Thesis). University of Nebraska - Lincoln.{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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