Dr. Deborah Agarwal is a Senior Scientist and the Data Science and Technology Department (http://dst.lbl.gov), Head at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). Dr. Agarwal’s current research focuses on developing computational tools to enable scientists to more effectively organize and use their data to understand and mitigate climate change. The Data Science and Technology Department personnel are involved in data analytics and data management projects across the sciences. Dr. Agarwal is also the lead of the Environmental Systems Science Data Infrastructure for a Virtual Ecosystem (ESS-DIVE) data repository