Dr. Pamela A. Matson - (Chair)
Stanford University
Pamela
Matson (Chair) (NAS) is the Chester Naramore Dean of Stanford
University's School of Earth Sciences. She is also the Richard and
Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies, a senior fellow of
the Woods Institute for Environment, and co-leader of Stanford's
Initiative on Environment and Sustainability. Her research focuses on
biogeochemical cycling and land/water interactions in tropical forests
and agricultural systems, and on sustainability science. Together with
hydrologists, atmospheric scientists, economists and agronomists, she
analyzes the economic drivers and environmental consequences of land
use and resource use decisions in agricultural systems, with the
objective of identifying practices that are economically and
environmentally sustainable. She and her research team also evaluate
the vulnerability of human-environment systems to climate and other
global changes. Pamela joined the Stanford faculty in 1997, following
positions as professor at UC Berkeley and research scientist at NASA.
She earned her B.S. at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, M.S.
at Indiana University, and Ph.D. at Oregon State University. She was
the founding chair of the National Academies Roundtable on Science and
Technology for Sustainability, is a past President of the Ecological
Society of America, and served on the science committee for the
International Geosphere-Biosphere Program. She currently serves on the
board of trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. She was elected to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 and to the National
Academy of Sciences in 1994. In 1995, Dr. Matson was selected as a
MacArthur Fellow, and in 1997 was elected a Fellow of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2002 she was named the
Burton and Deedee McMurtry University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
at Stanford.
Dr. Thomas Dietz - (Vice Chair)
Michigan State University
Thomas
Dietz (vice chair) is Assistant Vice President for Environmental
Research, Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program, and
Professor of Sociology and Crop and Soil Sciences at Michigan State
University. His current research examines the human driving forces of
environmental change, environmental values and the interplay between
science and democracy in environmental issues. His publications include
11 books and over 100 research papers and book chapters, including
co-authorship of the framework and synthesis documents of the
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. He is a National Associate of the
National Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science and has been awarded the Sustainability
Science Award of the Ecological Society of America, the Distinguished
Contribution Award of the American Sociological Association Section on
Environment, Technology and Society, and the Outstanding Publication
Award, also from the American Sociological Association Section on
Environment, Technology and Society. Dietz has served on numerous
National Academies panels and chaired the Committee on the Human
Dimensions of Global Change and the Panel on Public Participation in
Environmental Assessment and Decision Making. He holds a Bachelor of
General Studies degree from Kent State and a PhD in Ecology from the
University of California at Davis.
Dr. Waleed Abdalati
University of Colorado at Boulder
Waleed
Abdalati is the director of the Center for the Study of Earth from
Space in CIRES at the University of Colorado, where he is also an
associate professor of Geography. He conducts research on high-latitude
glaciers and ice sheets using satellite and airborne instruments. From
2004-2008 he was head of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Cryospheric
Sciences Branch, supervising a group of scientists that work with
satellite and aircraft instruments to understand the Earth's changing
ice cover. From 2000 to the 2006, he managed NASA's Cryospheric
Sciences Program, overseeing NASA-funded research efforts on glaciers,
ice sheets, sea ice, and polar climate. During that time, he also
served as Program Scientist for NASA's Ice Cloud and land Elevation
Satellite (ICESat), which has as its primary objective understanding
changes in the Earth's ice cover. From 1996 through 2000, Dr. Abdalati
was a research scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, and
from 1986-1990 he worked as a mechanical engineer in the aerospace
industry. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Colorado's
Program in Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences in 1996, an M.S. degree in
Aerospace Engineering Sciences from the University of Colorado in 1991,
and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University in 1986.
Dr. Abdalati has led or participated in 9 field expeditions to remote
regions of the Greenland ice sheet and the ice caps in the Canadian
Arctic. He has received numerous awards for his research and service to
NASA, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and
Engineers from the White House in 1999 and the NASA Exceptional Service
Medal in 2004.
Dr. Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr.
University of Maryland, College Park
Antonio
J. Busalacchi, Jr. is Director of the Earth System Science
Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC) and Professor in the Department of
Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at the University of Maryland, College
Park. His research interests include tropical ocean circulation and its
role in the coupled climate system, and climate variability and
predictability. Dr. Busalacchi has been involved in the activities of
the World Climate Research Program for many years and currently is
Chair, of The Joing Scientific Committee (JSC) that oversees the WCRP
and previously was co-chair of the scientific steering group for its
subprogram on Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR). Dr.
Busalacchi has extensive NRC experience as a CHAIR of the Climate
Research Committee and Committee on a Strategy to Mitigate the Impact
of Sensor Descopes and Demanifests on the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft,
and member of the Committee on Earth Studies, the Panel on the Tropical
Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Program, and the Panel on Ocean
Atmosphere Observations Supporting Short-Term Climate Predictions. He
holds a Ph.D. in oceanography from Florida State University.
Dr. Ken Caldeira
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Ken
Caldeira is a scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science's
Department of Global Ecology. His lab investigates ongoing changes to
earth's climate and carbon cycle, climate and carbon-cycle changes in
the ancient past, ocean carbon cycle and biogeochemistry, ocean
acidification, land cover and climate change, carbon-neutral energy for
economic growth and environmental preservation, and geoengineering. Dr.
Caldiera previously worked as an Environmental Scientist and Physicist
at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he researched
long-term evolution of climate and geochemical cycles; ocean carbon
sequestration; numerical simulation of climate, carbon, and
biogeochemistry; marine biogeochemical cycles; and approaches to
supplying energy services with diminished environmental footprint. Dr.
Caldiera received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric Sciences
from the New York University Department of Applied Science.
Dr. Robert W. Corell
H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
Robert
W. Corell is the Global Change Director at the H. John Heinz III Center
for Science, Economics, and the Environment at the American
Meterological Society. Prior to this he worked as a Senior Policy
Fellow at the Policy Program of the American Meteorological Society and
an Affiliate of the Washington Advisory Group. He recently completed an
appointment as a Senior Research Fellow in the Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy
School of Government. He is actively engaged in research concerned with
the sciences of global change and the connection between science and
public policy, particularly research activities that are focused on
global and regional climate change, related environmental issues, and
science to promote understanding of vulnerability and sustainable
development. He was recently honored with a National Conservation Award
for Science, in recognition of his more than four decades of
environmental science work. In addition to his work with the American
Meteorological Society, he co-chairs an international strategic
planning group that is developing a strategy designed to harness
science, technology, and innovation for sustainable development, serves
as the Chair of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, counsels as
Senior Science Advisor to ManyOne.Net, and is Chair of the Board of the
Digital Universe Foundation. He was Assistant Director for Geosciences
at the National Science Foundation where he had oversight for the
Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences and the global change programs
of the National Science Foundation (NSF). He also led the United States
Global Change Research Program from 1987-2000. He was formerly a
professor and academic administrator at the University of New
Hampshire. He is an oceanographer and engineer by background and
training. He received his Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dr. Ruth S. DeFries
Columbia University
Ruth
DeFries (NAS) is Denning Professor of Sustainable Development in
Columbia University's Department of Ecology, Evolution and
Environmental Biology. Her research investigates the relationships
between human activities, the land surface, and the biophysical and
biogeochemical processes that regulate the Earth's habitability. She is
interested in observing land cover and land use change at regional and
global scales with remotely sensed data and exploring the implications
for ecological services such as climate regulation, the carbon cycle,
and biodiversity. Dr. DeFries obtained a Ph.D. in 1980 from the
Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins
University and a Bachelor's degree in 1976 from Washington University
with a major in earth science. Previously, Dr. DeFries worked at the
National Research Council with the Committee on Global Change and
taught at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay. She is a fellow
of the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program.
Dr. George M. Hornberger
Vanderbilt University
George
M. Hornberger (NAE) is a Distinguished University Professor in the
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of
Earth and Environmental Sciences at Vanderbilt University. His research
interests are catchment hydrology and hydrochemistry, as well as the
transport of colloids in geological media. His work centers on the
coupling of field observations with mathematical modelling, with a
focus on understanding how water is routed physically through soils and
rocks to streams and how hydrological processes and geochemical
processes combine to produce observed stream dynamics. This modelling
work allows the extension of work on individual catchments to regional
scales and to the investigation of the impact of meteorological driving
variables on catchment hydrology. Dr. Hornberger is a member of the
American Geophysical Union, the Geological Society of America, the
Society of Sigma Xi, and the American Women in Science. He has served
on numerous NRC studies and is currently a member of the Report Review
Committee. He also chairs the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources.
Dr. Hornberger received his Ph.D. in hydrology from Stanford University.
Dr. Maria Carmen Lemos
University of Michigan
Maria
Carmen Lemos is an associate professor of natural resources and
environment at the University of Michigan and a Senior Policy Analyst
at the Udall Center for Studies of Public Policy at the University of
Arizona. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Her research interests focus on the use of
technical and scientific knowledge in environmental policy making,
especially in less developed countries, the impact of technocratic
decision making on democracy and equity, public participation in policy
making, and the human dimensions of global change. A small part of her
work is funded by CCSP programs in NOAA. Dr. Lemos has contributed to a
number of national and international efforts related to climate change,
including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change fourth
assessment (chapter on industry, settlement, and society), and CCSP
decision support systems on seasonal to interannual forecasts and the
carbon cycle.
Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Oregon State University
Jane
Lubchenco (NAS) is the Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine
Biology and Distinguished Professor of Zoology at Oregon State
University. Dr. Lubchenco is an environmental scientist and marine
ecologist who is actively engaged in teaching, research, synthesis and
communication of scientific knowledge. Her expertise includes
interactions between humans and the environment: biodiversity, climate
change, sustainability science, ecosystem services, marine reserves,
coastal marine ecosystems, the state of the oceans and of the planet.
She leads an interdisciplinary team of scientists who study the marine
ecosystem off the west coast of the U.S. This PISCO team is learning
how the ecosystem works, how it is changing and how humans can modify
their actions to ensure continued benefit from ocean ecosystems. She is
a former President of the International Council for Science and a
former President of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) and the Ecological Society of America. She was a
Presidential appointee to two terms on the National Science Board which
advises the President and Congress and oversees the National Science
Foundation. She often testifies before Congress, addresses the United
Nations, or provides scientific advice to the White House, federal and
international agencies, non-governmental organizations, religious
leaders and leaders of business and industry. She was elected to the
National Academy of Sciences in 1996, as well as the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Royal
Society, and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. Dr.
Lubchenco has received numerous awards including a MacArthur
Fellowship, a Pew Fellowship and the 2005 American Association for the
Advancement of Science's Award for Public Understanding of Science and
Technology. She graduated from Colorado College, received her Ph.D.
from Harvard University in marine ecology, taught at Harvard for two
years, and has been on the faculty at Oregon State University since
1978.
Dr. Susanne C. Moser
Susanne Moser Research & Consulting
Susanne
C. Moser is Director and Principal Researcher of Susanne Moser Research
and Consulting and Associate Researcher at the University of
California-Santa Cruz' Institute of Marine Sciences. Previously, she
was a Research Scientist at the Institute for the Study of Society and
Environment at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and served
as staff scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists, a visiting
assistant professor at Clark University, and a fellow in the Global
Environmental Assessment Project at Harvard University. Her research
interests include the impacts of global environmental change,
especially in the coastal, public health, and forest sectors, societal
responses to environmental hazards in the face of uncertainty, the use
of science to support policy- and decision-making, and the effective
communication of climate change to facilitate social change. Current
work focuses on developing adaptation strategies to climate change at
local and state levels, identifying ways to promote community
resilience, and building decision support systems. She is a fellow of
the Aldo Leopold and Donella Meadows Leadership Programs and received a
diploma in Applied Physical Geography from the University of Trier and
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Geography from Clark University.
Dr. Richard H. Moss
World Wildlife Fund
Richard
H. Moss is Vice President and Managing Director for Climate Change at
the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Dr. Moss is at the forefront of WWF's
efforts to develop conservation plans that account for changing climate
and contribute to rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. He
ensures that the best science and information is used in WWF's
planning, and that solutions to climate change are a global priority.
As a science-driven, global thinker, Dr. Moss is shaping WWF's
leadership role to focus on adapting to climate changes that can no
longer be avoided and reducing reductions. Among his many
accomplishments in the climate field, Dr. Moss has played an
influential role as a member of the 2007 Nobel Prize-winning
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) team. He served as
head of the technical staff of the impacts-adaptation-mitigation
working group from 1993-1999 and edited or co-authored a number of IPCC
reports including the Panel's first examination of The Regional Impacts
of Climate Change (1998). He also co-authored IPCC's first methodology
on consistently evaluating and communicating scientific uncertainty in
assessments, used by authors of the IPCC's Third Assessment Report.. He
presently serves as co-chair of the IPCC Task Group on Data and
Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis. From 2000 to 2006, he
served as director of the coordination office for the United States
Climate Change Science Program, where he led preparation of the
program's ten-year Strategic Plan (2003) focusing on development and
application of research to support decision making. Dr. Moss earned his
Ph.D. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs, his MPA from Princeton University, and his B.A.
from Carleton College.
Dr. Edward A. Parson
University of Michigan
Edward
A. Parson is at the Centre for Global Studies at the University of
Victoria in Canada. He was previously a Professor in the School of Law
at the University of Michigan and an Associate Professor at the John F.
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He received his
Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard. Dr. Parson's research interests
lie in the fields of environmental policy, particularly its
international aspects, and negotiations. His recent environmental
research has included projects on scientific and technical assessment
in international policy-making; policy implications of carbon-cycle
management; design of international market-based policy instruments;
and development of policy exercises, simulation-gaming, and related
novel methods for assessment and policy analysis. He is the author of a
series of simulated multi-party negotiation exercises that are used for
policy research and executive training in ten countries. He has worked
and consulted for the International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis (IIASA), the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the
Commission of the European Union, The White House Office of Science and
Technology Policy (OSTP), the Office of Technology Assessment of the
U.S. Congress (OTA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
Environment Canada, and the Privy Council Office of the Government of
Canada. Dr. Parson was a member of the National Assessment Synthesis
Team.
Dr. A. R. Ravishankara
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Akkihebbal
"Ravi" Ravishankara (NAS) is an atmospheric chemist at the U.S.
Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
in Boulder, Colorado. He is Director of the Chemical Sciences Division
of the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory. Ravishankara's research
has contributed fundamental studies of the gas-phase and surface
chemistry of Earth's atmosphere. His investigations have advanced the
understanding of basic chemical processes and reaction rates related to
several major environmental issues, including ozone-layer depletion,
climate change, and air pollution. For example, his results have led to
a better understanding of the chemistry that causes the Antarctic ozone
hole, identified new processes that affect ozone pollution in the lower
atmosphere, and elucidated the role of aerosols and clouds in climate.
In addition, he has led the evaluation of the "ozone-friendliness" and
"climate friendliness" of many substances that have been proposed for
use in commercial and industrial applications. Ravishankara has played
leading roles in national and international reports assessing the
state-of-the-science understanding of ozone-layer depletion and other
issues. He is a Cochair of the Scientific Assessment Panel of the U.N.
Montreal Protocol that protects the stratospheric ozone layer. He is
currently co-leading an effort within NOAA to establish an integrated
program linking climate change and air quality. A research scientist
with NOAA since 1984, Ravishankara has also been an Adjunct Professor
of Chemistry at the University of Colorado in Boulder since 1989. He is
a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Awards include his
election as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, Fellow of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow of the
United Kingdom Royal Society of Chemistry, recipient of the Polanyi
Medal and Centenary lectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Stratospheric Ozone Protection
Award, the Department of Commerce Silver Medal, and the U.S.
Presidential Rank Award. Ravishankara received his doctorate in
physical chemistry from the University of Florida in 1975. He has
authored or coauthored over 300 scientific publications.
Dr. B. L. Turner, II
Arizona State University
B.
L. (Billie Lee) Turner II (NAS) is Gilbert F. White Professor of
Environment and Society in Arizona State University's School of
Geographical Sciences. For most of his career (1980-2008) he taught at
Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, where is served as the
Alice C. Higgins and Milton P. Professor of Environment and Society,
and Director of the Graduate School of Geography. He received his BA
and MA degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 1968 and 1969,
respectively and his PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in
1974. Turner's research interests center on human-environment
relationships, specifically dealing with land change science,
sustainability, tropical forests, and the ancient Maya. He is currently
engaged in a long-term study on deforestation and sustainability in the
southern Yucatán. Dr. Turner is associated with the development of Land
Use/Cover Change studies exemplified in the international programs
sponsored by the IGBP and IHDP. He has also promoted the emerging field
of 'Sustainability Science', a major focus at Arizona State University.
He is a former Guggenheim Fellow and Fellow of the Center for Advanced
Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, recipient of research honors from
various geographical associations. He was elected to the National
Academy of Sciences in 1995, and the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences in 1998.
Dr. Warren M. Washington
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Warren
M. Washington (NAE) is a senior scientist and head of the Climate
Change Research Section in the Climate and Global Dynamics Division at
the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). After completing
his doctorate in meteorology at Pennsylvania State University, he
joined NCAR in 1963 as a research scientist. Dr. Washington's areas of
expertise are atmospheric science and climate research, and he
specializes in computer modeling of the Earth's climate. He serves as a
consultant and advisor to a number of government officials and
committees on climate-system modeling. From 1978 to 1984, he served on
the President's National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere.
In 1998, he was appointed to NOAA's Science Advisory Board. In 2002, he
was appointed to the Science Advisory Panel of the U.S. Commission on
Ocean Policy and the National Academies' Coordinating Committee on
Global Change. Dr. Washington's NRC service is extensive and includes
membership on the Board on Sustainable Development, the Commission on
Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, the Board on Atmospheric
Sciences and Climate, and the Panel on Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
(chair). He is past chair of the National Science Board.
Dr. John P. Weyant
Stanford University
John
P. Weyant is Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Director
of the Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) and Deputy Director of the Precourt
Institute for Energy Efficiency at Stanford University. He is also a
Senior Fellow of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
and the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford. Prof. Weyant
earned a B.S./M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering and Astronautics, M.S.
degrees in Engineering Management and in Operations Research and
Statistics all from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a Ph.D. in
Management Science with minors in Economics, Operations Research, and
Organization Theory from University of California at Berkeley. He also
was also a National Science Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow at
Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. His current research focuses on
analysis of global climate change policy options, energy efficiency
analysis, energy technology assessment, and models for strategic
planning. Weyant has been a convening lead author or lead author for
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for chapters on
integrated assessment, greenhouse gas mitigation, integrated climate
impacts, and sustainable development, and most recently served as a
review editor for the climate change mitigation working group of the
IPCC's forth assessment report. He has been active in the U.S. debate
on climate change policy through the Department of State, the
Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency. In
California, he is a member of the California Air Resources Board's
Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee (ETAAC) which is
charged with making recommendations for technology policies to help
implement AB 32, The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Weyant was
awarded the US Association for Energy Economics' 2008 Adelmann-Frankel
award for unique and enduring contributions to the field of energy
economics. Weyant was honored in 2007 as a major contributor to the
Nobel Peace prize awarded to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change and in 2008 by Chairman Mary Nichols for contributions to the to
the California Air Resources Board's Economic and Technology
Advancement Advisory Committee on AB 32.
Dr. David A. Whelan
The Boeing Company
David
A. Whelan (NAE) is Vice President and Deputy General Manager of
Boeing's Advanced Systems and Chief Scientist, Integrated Defense
Systems. Prior to joining Boeing in 2001, Dr. Whelan was Director of
the Tactical Technology Office at the Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA), where he led the development of enabling
technologies, such as unmanned vehicles and space-based radar systems.
Prior to his position with DARPA, Dr. Whelan held several positions of
increasing responsibility with Hughes Aircraft in the development and
application of Radar Systems. His high-technology development
experience also includes positions as research physicist for Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, as well as one of four lead engineers
assigned for the design and development of the B-2 Stealth Bomber
Program at Northrop Grumman. Dr. Whelan is Vice Chairman of the NRC
Naval Studies Board and a member of the NRC USSOCOM Standing Committee.
He is a Director of the HRL (former Hughes Research Laboratory) and
serves on the LLNL Directors Review Committee for the Physics
Department. Dr. Whelan is the recipient of Secretary of Defense Medal
for Meritorious Civilian Service (2001), Secretary of Defense Medal for
Outstanding Public Service (1998) and the US Air Force Medal for
Meritorious Civilian Service (2008).
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