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Dr. Moore left his longtime position as Director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire to become the founding director of…
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Philip Duffy
Dr. Duffy comes to Climate Central from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he was a physicist for 22 years. He is the founder and director of the University of California…
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Dr. Strauss is a founding board member of Grist.org, the popular and irreverent environmental website, and also helped launch the Environmental Leadership Program, another national…
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Jessica Harrop
Ms. Harrop graduated from Princeton University in the spring of 2008 with a bachelor's degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a Certificate in Theater and Dance. Her senior…
Nicole Heller
Dr. Heller comes to Climate Central from Franklin and Marshall College, where she was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology. Her research addresses the effects…
Eric Larson
Dr. Larson is a research engineer with the Energy Systems Analysis Group at the Princeton Environmental Institute, and is on the affiliated faculty of the Woodrow Wilson School…
Michael D. Lemonick
Mr. Lemonick covered science and the environment for TIME magazine for nearly 21 years, and has also written for Discover, Scientific American, Wired, New Scientist and The Washington…
Claudia Tebaldi
Dr. Tebaldi comes to Climate Central from the Carnegie Institution at Stanford University, where she was a visiting investigator at the Department of Global Ecology. She was previously…
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Remik Ziemlinski
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Andrew Freedman
Freedman is a contributing writer for Climate Central. Prior to working with Climate Central, Freedman was a reporter for Congressional Quarterly and Greenwire/E&E Daily. His…
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Sally Benson
Dr. Benson was appointed to the position of Director of Stanford University’s Global Climate and Energy Project in January 2009 after holding the Executive Director post since…
Jon Krosnick
Dr. Krosnick is the Frederic O. Glover Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, and is a professor of communication, political science and psychology at Stanford University.…
Arthur Lupia
Mr. Lupia is the Hal R. Varian Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan and Research Professor at its Institute for Social Research. His research clarifies how…
Pamela Matson
Dr. Matson is dean of the School of Earth Sciences, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor in the Department of Earth System Science, and a Senior Fellow in the Woods Institute…
Michael Oppenheimer
Michael Oppenheimer is the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University.…
Stephen W. Pacala
Dr. Pacala is Frederick D. Petrie Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and Director of the Princeton Environmental Institute. He also co-directs…
Wendy Schmidt
Wendy Schmidt is President of The Schmidt Family Foundation working to advance clean energy development and supporting the wiser…
Richard Somerville
Dr. Somerville is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He is a theoretical meteorologist and an expert on…
Mary Evelyn Tucker
Dr. Tucker is a Senior Lecturer in Religion and the Environment at Yale University, holding joint appointments in the Divinity School, the School of Forestry & Environmental…
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Jane Lubchenco
Dr. Lubchenco serves as Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Prior to her Senate confirmation in early 2009, she resigned from the Board of Climate…
Stephen W. Pacala
Dr. Pacala is Frederick D. Petrie Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and Director of the Princeton Environmental Institute. He also co-directs…
Wendy Schmidt
Wendy Schmidt is President of The Schmidt Family Foundation working to advance clean energy development and supporting the wiser…
