Julie Lundquist is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor (BDP) of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy with primary appointments in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the Whiting School of Engineering and in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. Lundquist will also be part of the Sustainable Transformations and Energy BDP cluster. She also holds a joint appointment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Lundquist is an esteemed atmospheric scientist who uses observational and computational approaches to understand the atmospheric boundary layer, with an emphasis on atmosphere-wind energy interactions. Her research engages in both the atmospheric influences on wind energy production as well as the atmospheric consequences of wind energy deployment.
Much of Lundquist’s work has focused on turbulence dissipation rate and its impact on atmospheric dynamics. The turbulence dissipation rate gives indication of how quickly turbulence will erode, as well as how far away from the source turbulence will persist. This information is crucial for optimizing wind farms with multiple wind turbines as well as for predicting pollution dispersion and flow in urban areas.
Lundquist received her master’s and PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder.