Pete Raymond to Succeed Liza Comita as YCNCC Co-Director

Pete Raymond, Oastler Professor of Biogeochemistry at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE), has been appointed co-director of the Yale Center for Natural Carbon Capture (YCNCC). He will begin his new role on July 1, succeeding current inaugural co-director Liza Comita, Davis-Denkmann Professor of Tropical Forest Ecology at YSE, when she steps down at the end of her term on June 30. 

Raymond will join inaugural co-director Dave Bercovici, Frederick William Beinecke Professor of Geophysics, in leading the center’s strategic direction and research initiatives aimed at advancing natural solutions to climate change.

“Liza has been instrumental in helping build the YCNCC from scratch and at record pace, and especially instrumental in shaping its mission and impact. It has been a privilege to work alongside her,” said Bercovici. “I look forward to continuing this work with Pete, whose depth of expertise will be a tremendous asset as we advance the center’s goals.” 

“I am grateful to have had the opportunity to help foster innovative research to inform and advance urgently needed climate solutions,” Comita said. “It has been a privilege to work with Dave and the YCNCC team over the past 4 years to build up the center, and I look forward to seeing the center grow and evolve with Pete’s leadership as the new co-director.”