ParticipantBiographies

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ASILOMARINTERNATIONALCONFERENCEONCLIMATEINTERVENTION

MARCH2226,2010-PacificGrove,CA

ConferenceAttendeeBiographiesTomAckerman

ProfessorofAtmosphericSciences,UniversityofWashington

Bio:ProfessorofAtmosphericSciencesandDirectoroftheJointInstitutefortheStudyofthe

AtmosphereandOcean(JISAO),UniversityofWashington;formerpositions:DOEARMChiefScientist

andProfessor,PennStateUniversity

RogerAines

CarbonFuelCycleProgramLeader

Bio:RogerAinesleadstheCarbonFuelCycleProgramatLawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratory

wherehehasbeeninvolvedindevelopmentofnewcarbondioxidecapturemethods.Hehasstudiedthefeasibilityoflarge-scalecapturefromatmosphericsourcesbyconsideringtheoverallenergyand

footprintissuesassociatedwithsuchanendeavor,focusingonresearchneedsforcapturemethods

andenergysources.RogerhasaPhDinGeochemistryfromCaltech.

PaolaAlpresa

AerospaceEngineer.CEOofspinoffLYNZOSS.L.

Bio:BorninAlgeciras,Spain(20-Oct.-1983).ReceivedMasterinAerospaceEngineeringinNov-2007,

andMasterinAstrophysicsin7-Jul-2009.IamcurrentlyCEOofaspin-offfromtheUniversityofSevilla,

LYNZOSS.L.

JimAmonette

SeniorResearchScientist,GeochemistryGroup

Bio:PhDSoilChemistry1988(IowaStateUniversity);JoinedPNNLasgeochemistin1986;TerrestrialC

sequestrationinsoilssince2000;Biocharchemistryandglobalclimatechangemitigationpotential

since2005.

IvelisseAviles

SeniorGeneralEngineer,GAO

Bio:Ph.D.-IndustrialEngineering&ManagementSciences,NorthwesternUniversity.ResearchatNIST

focusedonstatisticalexperimentaldesignandmixed-effectsmodels.ScientificAdvisortoHouse-

Member,110thCongress.CurrentlymanagingGAOsGeoengineeringTechnologyAssessment.

GovindasamyBala

AssociateProfessor

Bio:Dr.BalaispresentlyanAssociateProfessorattheIndianInstituteofScience,Bangalore,India.Dr.

Balasmainresearchinterestsaremodelingclimatechange,geoengineering,globalcarboncycle,and

landcoverchange.Hehaspublishedabout50researchpapersonclimatechange.


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ScottBarrett

Professor

Bio:ScottBarrettisLenfest-EarthInstituteProfessorofNaturalResourceEconomicsatColumbia

University.HislatestbookisWhyCooperate?TheIncentivetoSupplyGlobalPublicGoods(Oxford

UniversityPress).

RogerBarry

DistinguishedProfessor

Bio:RogermovedtoBoulderin1968andfrom1976-2008wasDirectoroftheNationalSnow&Ice

DataCenter.HefocusesonArcticandmountainclimatesandcryosphericscience.

RichardBenedick

Ambassador,ret.;President,NationalCouncilforScienceandtheEnvironmentBio:BenedickplayedamajorroleinglobalenvironmentalaffairsaschiefUSnegotiatorandaprincipal

architectofthe1987MontrealProtocol,andasSeniorAdvisortomajorUNconferencesandPacific

NorthwestNationalLaboratory.McGraw-HillselectedhisOzoneDiplomacyforananthologyof

twentieth-centuryenvironmentalclassics.

GregoryBenford

ProfessorofPhysics

Bio:GregoryBenfordisaprofessorofphysicsattheUniversityofCalifornia,Irvine.In1995hereceived

theLordPrizeforcontributionstoscience.Hisresearchinbothastrophysicsandplasmaphysicshas

beensupportedbyNSF,NASA,AFOSR,DOEandotheragencies.HeisanongoingadvisortoNASA,

DARPA(DefenseAdvancedResearchProjectsAgency)andotheragencies.

RobertJ.Berg

Trustee,WorldAcademyofArtandScienceBio:Privatesector,governmentofficial,thinktankseniorfellow,NGOCEO,senioradvisortofourparts

oftheUN.Cross-cuttingtheme:publicadministrationimplicationsofcopingwithclimatechange,

particularlygeo-engineering.

RobertBindschadler

EmeritusScientist

Bio:Expertinthedynamicsofglaciersandicesheetsincludingtheirimpactonglobalsealevel.

Experiencedintheoretical,remotesensingandfieldworkmethodstomonitor,studyandpredictice

sheetbehavior.

JasonBlackstock

Fellow,CentreforInternationalGovernanceInnovation

ResearchScholar,InternationalInstituteforAppliedSystemsAnalysis

Bio:Jasonsresearchexplorestheintersectionofscienceandinternationalaffairs,currentlyfocusing

onscientificandsocio-politicalimplicationsofgeoengineering.HeisaResearchScholaratIIASAand

FellowatCIGI.

DanielBodansky


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Professor

Bio:DanielBodanskyistheWoodruffProfessorofInternationalLawattheUniversityofGeorgiaSchool

ofLaw.HeservedasClimateChangeCoordinator,USDepartmentofState,from1999-2001.

PeterBoyd

DirectorofOperations,CarbonWarRoom,Inc.

Bio:PeterjoinedasDirectorofOperationsafterservingasLaunchProjectDirectorfortheCarbonWar

RoomsinceFebruary2009,followingovertenyearsintheVirginGroup,servinghislasttwoasCEOof

VirginMobileSouthAfrica.

MaxwellBoykoff

AssistantProfessor,EnvironmentalStudiesProgram

Fellow,CooperativeInstituteforResearchinEnvironmentalScience(CIRES)

Bio:BoykoffisanAssistantProfessorintheCenterforScienceandTechnologyPolicy,withinthe

CooperativeInstituteforResearchinEnvironmentalScience(CIRES)attheUniversityofColorado-

Boulder,teachinginEnvironmentalStudies.

StewartBrand

Co-founder,GlobalBusinessNetwork;author,WholeEarthDiscipline

Bio:StewartBrandispresidentofTheLongNowFoundationandco-founderofGlobalBusiness

Network.HecreatedandeditedtheWholeEarthCatalog(NationalBookAward),andco-foundedthe

HackersConferenceandTheWELL.HisbooksincludeTheClockoftheLongNow;HowBuildingsLearn;

andTheMediaLab.Hisnewbook,titledWholeEarthDiscipline:AnEcopragmatistManifesto,is

publishedbyVikingintheUSandAtlanticintheUK.HegraduatedinBiologyfromStanfordandserved

asanInfantryofficer.

PeterBrewerSeniorScientist,MontereyBayAquariumResearchInstitute(MBARI)

Bio:Dr.Brewerisanoceanchemistwhosecurrentinterestsincludethegeochemistryofgashydrates,

thebio-geochemicalimpactsofthegrowingoceanicfossilfuelCO2signalandthemultipleimpactsof

oceanacidification.Heservedasco-ChairoftheNSFDecadalReportOceanSciencesattheNew

Millennium,ontheIPCCCarbonCaptureandStoragespecialreport,andontheUSNationalMethane

HydratesAdvisoryCommittee.

MarkBrown

AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofGovernment

Bio:MarkBrownstudiespoliticaltheory,researchethics,sciencepolicy,andthepoliticsofexpertise.

HeistheauthorofScienceinDemocracy:Expertise,Institutions,andRepresentation(MITPress,2009).

LopaBrunjes

ExecutiveVP,BiocharEngineering;BiocharProjectManager,CarbonWarRoom,Consultant,Global

Cooling

Bio:Lopahasbeendeeplyinvolvedinlaunchingthebiocharindustryforthelast2years,andis

interestedinexploringbiocharasabridgetootherclimateinterventionmethods.


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MartinBunzl

ProfessorofPhilosophy,Director,RutgersInitiativeonClimateandSocialPolicy

Bio:MartinBunzlisaphilosopherofscienceanddirectstheRutgersInitiativeonClimateandSocial

Policy.Hisclimatepolicyworkhasfocusedthreeareas:geoengineering,Chinesedevelopmentplans,

andcitizenattitudestowardgovernmentpolicy.

WilBurns

Co-Chair,InternationalEnvironmentalLawCommittee,AmericanBranch,InternationalLawAssociationBio:Dr.WilBurnsisEditor-in-ChiefoftheJournalofInternationalWildlifeLaw&Policy,aswellasCo-

ChairoftheInternationalEnvironmentalLawCommitteeoftheInternationalLawAssociation.Heis

alsotheformerChairoftheInternationalEnvironmentalLawsectionoftheAmericanSocietyof

InternationalLaw.

AntonioJBusalacchiJr.

DirectorandProfessor,EarthSystemScienceInterdisciplinaryCenter

Bio:AntonioBusalacchiistheDirectorofESSICandaProfessorintheDepartmentofAtmospheric&

OceanicScience.TonycametotheUniversityofMarylandin2000,afterservingasChiefoftheNASA/GoddardLaboratoryforHydrosphericProcesses.TonyreceivedhisPh.D.degreein

oceanographyfromFloridaStateUniversityin1982.Hehasstudiedtropicaloceancirculationandits

roleinthecoupledclimatesystem.Hisinterestsincludethestudyofclimatevariabilityandprediction,

tropicaloceanmodeling,oceanremotesensing,anddataassimilation.Hisresearchintheseareashas

supportedarangeofinternationalandnationalresearchprogramsdealingwithglobalchangeand

climate,particularlyasaffectedbytheoceans.Presently,heservesasChairmanoftheJointScientific

CommitteefortheWorldClimateResearchProgrammeandChairmanoftheNAS/NRCBoardon

AtmosphericSciencesandClimate.HeisaFellowoftheAmericanMeteorologicalSociety(AMS),

AmericanGeophysicalUnion,andin2006wasselectedbytheAMStobetheWalterOrrRoberts

InterdisciplinaryScienceLecturer.

ChristianoCampos

EnvironmentalEngineer

Bio:MasteranddoctorateonClimateChange.EnvironmentalengineeratPetrobrasR&DCenter.

Coordinatingaresearchprojectaboutclimatechangeimpacts,VulnerabilityandAdaptationof

Petrobras.

FeiChai

ProfessorofOceanographyandClimateChange

Bio:Dr.Chaiisanoceanographerwithinterestsintheroleofironinregulatingbiologicalproductivity

andcarboncycleandimpactofclimatechangeonmarineecosystems.

ElizabethChalecki

VisitingProfessor,InternationalStudiesProgram,BostonCollege

Bio:ElizabethChaleckiisaVisitingProfessorinInternationalStudiesatBostonCollege.Herexpertise

liesintheareasofclimatechangeandsecurity,internationalenvironmentalpolicy,andnon-traditional

securitythreatanalysis.


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ArtCharo

SeniorProgramOfficer,SpaceStudiesBoard,NationalResearchCouncil

Bio:ArtCharo(Ph.D.Physics,1981)directsstudiesattheNationalResearchCouncilrelatedtoNASA

andNOAAresearchandoperationalEarthobservationprograms.HealsoorganizedarecentNRC

workshopongeoengineering.

FranciscoChavez

SeniorScientist,MBARIBio:FranciscoChavezisabiologicaloceanographerinterestedinclimatechangeandvariability

regulationofoceanecosystemsandaFellowofAAAS;honoredfordistinguishedresearchonglobal

carboncycling.

FrederickChilders

SeniorPhysicalScientistatGAO

Bio:MSPhysics,UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoandSBPhysics,MIT.Over40yearsofindustrial

R&DinteraWattpulsedpowerengineeringandpulsedintenserelativisticelectronbeamphysics.

HelpedsetuptheDepartmentofHomelandSecuritysillicitnuclearmaterialdetectionoffice.

RitaColwell

UniversityofMaine

GarryCook

PrincipalResearchScientist

Bio:Dr.Cookisanecologistworkingonthemanagementoftropicalsavannas.Hisresearchis

concernedwiththeimpactsoffiremanagementongeochemicalcycling.Withcolleagueshequantified

theemissionsofgreenhousegasesfromAustraliansavannaburningandshowedthattheyproduceas

muchCO2peryearasallAustralianfossilfuelburningandthroughemissionsofmethaneandnitrousoxidecontributetoabout35%ofAustraliasaccountableemissions.Heidentifiedthepotentialto

managesavannastoreducetheiremissions.WorkingwithIndigenouspartnershehelpedprovidethe

sciencebehindtheestablishmentland-basedgreenhousegasabatementprogramsacrossthe

extensiveIndigenouslandsofnorthernAustralia.Hehasdevelopedacomputersimulationmodelto

tracksignificanceofsavannamanagementregimesonemissionsandcarbonstocks.

PaulCraig

ProfessorEmeritus,Engineering,UCDavis,MemberSierraClubNationalEnergyCommittee

Bio:Physics,CalTech:EngineeringProfEmeritusatUCDspecializinginenvironmentalpolicy.Member

andpastchairofvariousSierraClubNationalEnergyCommitteesppcraig@ucdavis.edu

KimCranston

CEO,TransparentDemocracy.org

Bio:KimCranstonisC.E.O.ofTransparentDemocracy;ChairoftheBoardoftheGlobalSecurity

Institute;BoardMember:ClimateResponseFund&LosAltosCommunityFoundation;aninvestor;and

awriter.

PaulCrutzen


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DirectorEmeritus

Bio:BorninAmsterdamin1933,PaulJ.Crutzenwastrainedasacivilengineer.In1959hejoined

StockholmUniversitytostudymathematics,mathematicalstatistics,andmeteorology.Hisresearchis

especiallyconcernedwiththenaturalandanthropogenicallydisturbedphotochemistryofozone.He

wasDirectorofResearchattheNationalCenterofAtmosphericResearchinBoulder,Colorado,1977-

1980,andthereafteruntilhisretirementin2000,attheMaxPlanckInstituteforChemistryinMainz.

HealsoconductedresearchatScrippsInstitutionofOceanography.CrutzenreceivedtheNobelPrize

forChemistryin1995.

DuaneDale

DFDAssociates

DavidDean

SeniorAdvisor

Bio:DavidDeanisSeniorAdvisortoUnderSecretaryStevenKooninattheDepartmentofEnergy.

KennethDenmanSeniorScientistandAdjunctProfessor

Bio:Dr.DenmanisaseniorscientistwithFisheriesandOceansCanada,locatedattheCanadianCentre

forClimateModelingandAnalysis.HewasaCoordinatingLeadAuthorinWorkingGroup1oftheIPCC

Second(SAR)andFourth(AR4)assessmentreports.Hestudieshowoceanecosystemsand

biogeochemicalcyclesarerespondingtoclimatechange.

FloydDesChamps

USDirector,GLOBEInternational

Mr.FloydDesChampsistheUSDirectorforGLOBE(GlobalLegislatorsOrganisation)International.He

hasspentoveradecadedevelopinglegislationonclimatechange,science,andtechnologyintheUSSenate.Healsohasextensiveexperienceinthedesignanddevelopmentofenergytechnologies.

LisaDilling

AssistantProfessor,EnvironmentalStudiesandmemberoftheCenterforScienceandTechnology

Policy,UniversityofColorado,Boulder

Bio:LisaDillingisAssistantProfessorofEnvironmentalStudiesattheUniversityofColorado,Boulder.

Hercurrentresearchfocusesontheuseofinformationindecisionmakingrelatedtoclimatechange.

JudyDroitcour

AssistantDirector,CenterforEvaluationMethodsandIssues,AppliedResearchandMethods,U.S.

GovernmentAccountabilityOffice2004TestDriveUserBio:Sociology,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity.Currentfocus:technology/foresight.Priorresearch:

developingmethods(i.e.crossdesignsynthesis);analyzingrecordlinkageandprivacy;identifyingbias

inrandomizedstudies;estimatinghiddenpopulations.

MelanieFitzpatrick

ClimateScientist,UnionofConcernedScientists


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Bio:MelanieFitzpatrick,aglaciologistwithover15yearsofpolarexperienceandadoctoratein

GeophysicsfromtheUniversityofWashingtoninSeattle,isaclimatescientistwiththeUnionof

ConcernedScientistsinCambridge,MA.

JamesFleming

ProfessorofScience,TechnologyandSociety,ColbyCollege

Bio:JamesFlemingslatestbookisFixingtheSky:TheCheckeredHistoryofWeatherandClimate

Control(ColumbiaUniversityPress,2010);hisfullprofileisavailableat

http://www.colby.edu/profile/jfleming

JamesFournier

President,BiocharEngineering

Bio:JimFournier,presidentBiocharEngineeringCorp;developingtechnologyinColorado;former

industrialdesigner,softwaredeveloper,industrialecologist,serialentrepreneur;studiedarchitecture,

physics&chemistry;leftMITtofoundfirstcompany.

EdFriemanScripps

WilliamFulkerson

SeniorFellowatInstituteforaSecureandSustainableEnvironment,TheUniversityofTennessee

Bio:MyprofessionalcareerwasatOakRidgeNationalLabinvolvedenergyandenvironmentalR&D.I

retiredasanAssociateLabDirectoin1994.SinceretirementIhavechairedtheLaboratoryEnergyR&D

WorkingGrouporLERDWGoftheDOENationalLabs.Iorganize5onedaymeetingsinD.C.todiscuss

energyR&DPolicyandthelatestdevelopmentsinenergyscienceandtechnology.Thegrouphashada

continuinginterestingeoengineeringthankstoMikeMacCracken,EhsanKhanandothers.PhDRicein

ChemicalEngineering,62.

AlanGadian

SeniorResearchScientist,NCAS

Bio:ResearchscientistwithparticularinterestintheCloudWhiteningGeoengineeringScheme.My

researchbackgroundisinatmosphericmodeling,fromclimatetomicroscalemeteorologicalscales,

withparticularinterestinclouddynamicsandmicrophysics.

AlfonsoGanan-Calvo

Professor,ChairofFluidMechanics

Bio:BorninCordoba,Spain(11-Aug.-1962).ReceivedPhDinMechanicalEngineeringin1989atthe

UniversityofSevilla.IamProfessorandChairofFluidMechanicsattheDepartmentofAerospaceEngineeringandFluidMechanics.Authorofmorethan75papersinSCIjournalswithmorethan1700

citations(H=21),andinventorinmorethan140patentfilesworldwide(about50currentlyallowed).

Presidentandco-founderofIngeniatrics,OneNebandothers.NationalPrizeofResearchJuandeLa

Cierva2009.

JohnGibbons

S&TAdvisortoPres.Clinton(1993-8)Ret.Nowsemi-retired


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Bio:Physics,energy,environment,population,publicpolicy,technologyassessment.Duke;OakRidge,

OTA,W.H.OfficeofEnergyConservation;OSTP(Dir),Asst.toPresforS&T,ComptonFellow(MIT),

SeniorFellowNAE.

JosephGolden

Seniormeteorologist,NOAA/CIRES-retired

Bio:JosephH.GoldenhadservedNOAAinanumberofprogressivelymoreresponsiblepositions

duringhis42yearsofFederalservice.HisearlycareerbeganinMiamiinthemid1960's,asaHurricane

SpecialistattheNationalHurricaneCenter(hurricaneforecastinginsummer,andPublicandMarine

Forecasterduringremainderofyear),andhealsoworkedasaresearchmeteorologistattheNational

HurricaneResearchLaboratory.HeparticipatedactivelyinNOAAshurricanemodificationexperiments

duringProjectSTORMFURY.In1991,hewasaskedtoassumetheroleofDirector,NOAAAtmospheric

ModificationProgram(AMP)inNOAA'sOfficeofOceanicandAtmosphericResearch.Dr.Golden

managedtheAMPProgramwithsixStatesandtheNavajoNationuntilitsterminationbytheCongress

in1995.HemovedtoNOAAsForecastSystemsLabinJanuary,2000asaSeniorMeteorologist.

DanielleGuttmanKleinPresident,GuttmanInitiatives

Bio:DanielleGuttmanKleinisthePresidentofGuttmanInitiatives.InsupportoftheClimateResponse

Fund,Ms.Guttmanhelpedtodesign,developandimplementtheInternationalConferenceOnClimate

InterventionTechnologies.

ChuckHakkarinen

Retired(previously,researchmanageratElectricPowerResearchInstitute)

Bio:RetiredfromEPRIin2002after28yearsmanaginggeosciencesresearchspanningallscalesfrom

buildingdownwashtoglobalclimatechange.CurrentlychairstheNSFClimateSimulationLaboratory

AllocationPanel.

StevenHamburg

ChiefScientist

Bio:StevenHamburg,EDFsChiefScientist,isresponsibleforthescientificintegrityofEDFspositions

andprograms.HisresearchfocusesontheterrestrialCcycleandtheimpactsofdisturbanceon

ecosystemstructureandfunction.

DanielHarrison

VisitingScholar,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia

Bio:DanielHarrisonhasadegreeinengineeringfromtheuniversityofSydney.Hehasworkedasan

oceanengineerbothinindustryandacademia.Hisprimaryresearchinterestsareinoceanenrichmentforenhancedfoodproductionandgreenhousegasmitigation,andinGISapplicationstofisheries

management.

JenniferHaverkamp

ManagingDirectorforInternationalPolicyandNegotiations,EnvironmentalDefenseFund


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Bio:JenniferisaformerU.S.tradenegotiatorandanexpertininternationalenvironmentalandtrade

law.SheleadsEDFsinternationalclimatepolicyteamandadvisesourdomesticexpertsonthe

internationalaspectsofU.S.climatelegislation.

DavidHawkins

Director,ClimatePrograms

Bio:StaffAttorney,NaturalResourcesDefenseCouncil(NRDC)1971-1976;AssistantAdministratorAir,

Noise,andRadiation,USEPA,1977-January1981;Co-directorAirProgram,NRDC,1981-1990;Director,

AirandEnergyProgram,NRDC,1990-2000;DirectorNRDCClimateCenter2000-2008;DirectorNRDC

ClimatePrograms,2008-present.

E.DanHirleman

Head,SchoolofMechanicalEngineering,PurdueUniversity

Bio:E.DanHirlemanisProfessorandWilliamE.andFlorenceE.PerryHeadoftheSchoolof

MechanicalEngineeringatPurdueUniversity.Hisresearchinvolvesopticaldiagnosticsofparticlesand

sprays.

MartinHoffert

ProfessorEmeritusofPhysics(EarthSystemsGroup)NewYorkUniversity

Bio:FormerChair,Dept.AppliedScience,NYU.Fellow,AAAS;PresentlyChiefScientist,Versatility

Energy;SeniorFellow,BreakthoughInstitute;COB,AspenGlobalChangeInstitute.Education:B.S.60,

U.ofMichigan,M.S,64;Ph.D,68,Polytech.Inst.ofBklyn,M.A.69NewSchoolSoc.Res.;Forty+year

careerinaerospace,geophysics,climatemodeling,terrestrialandspace-basedsolarandwindpower&

policiesenablingtransformativehigh-techtomitigateadverseglobalwarming.

AndreasFelixHofmann

PostdoctoralResearcheratMBARIBio:BorninBavaria,studiesofbiologyandbioinformaticsgavemetheopportunitytoconductmarine

chemicalPhDresearchattheNetherlandsInstituteofEcology,whichfinallybroughtmetoMBARI.

DeborahIglesias-Rodriguez

NationalOceanographyCentre

RobertJackson

NicholasProfessorofGlobalEnvironmentalChangeandProfessorofBiology,DukeUniversity

Bio:RobJacksonsresearchexamineshowpeopleaffecttheearth,includingstudiesoftheglobal

carbonandwatercycles,biosphere/atmosphereinteractions,andglobalchange.HedirectsDuke's

CenteronGlobalChange.

DaleJamieson

DirectorofEnvironmentalStudies;ProfessorofEnvironmentalStudiesandPhilosophy,NewYork

University

Bio:DaleJamiesonisaphilosopherbydiscipline,authorofEthicsandIntentionalClimateChange

(1996),co-editorofClimateEthics(2010),andnowwritingabookonethicsandclimatechange.


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VladimirJankovic

Lecturer

Bio:VladimirJankovicisaclimatehistorianwhosepublicationsincludeReadingtheSkies(2000),

ConfrontingtheClimate(2010)andarticlesonthepoliticsofenvironmentalknowledge,sociologyof

atmosphericsciencesandmedicalclimatology.

DavidKeith

CanadaResearchChairinEnergyandtheEnvironment,Director,ISEEEEnergyandEnvironmental

SystemsGroup

Bio:ProfessorKeithhasworkedneartheinterfacebetweenclimatescience,energytechnologyand

publicpolicyfortwentyyears.Hisworkintechnologyandpolicyassessmenthascenteredonthe

captureandstorageofCO2,thetechnologyandimplicationsofglobalclimateengineering,the

economicsandclimaticimpactsoflarge-scalewindpowerandtheprospectsforhydrogenfuel.Asa

technologist,Davidhasbuiltahigh-accuracyinfraredspectrometerforNASA'sER-2anddeveloped

newmethodsforreservoirengineeringincreasethesafetyofstoredCO2.Henowleadsateamof

engineersdevelopingtechnologytocaptureofCO2fromambientairatanindustrialscale.

RobertN.KleinII

PresidentandCEO,KleinFinancialCorporation;ChairmanoftheICOC.CaliforniaInstituteof

RegenerativeMedicine

Bio:RobertKlein,J.D.Pres.KleinFinancialCorporation;authorandChairmanGoverningBoard

CaliforniaStemCellInitiative;BoardJDRFInternational;TimeMagazineWorlds100MostInfluential

2005;ScientificAmerican50leadersshapingscience.

GernotKlepper

SeniorScientist

Bio:GernotKlepperisseniorscientistandexpertinthefieldofenvironmentalandresourceeconomicsattheKielInstitutefortheWorldEconomy,Germany.Hisresearchinterestsareinclimatechangeand

globalchangeaspectsofresourceeconomics.HeisCo-DirectoroftheKielEarthInstitute,Chairmanof

theGermanNationalCommitteeonGlobalChangeResearch,andamemberoftheScientific

CommitteeofIHDP.Allinstitutionshaveaspecialfocusininterdisciplinary,integrativeresearch.

TimKruger

Founder,CquestrateandDirector,OxfordGeoengineering

Bio:FounderofCquestrateaddingalkalinitytoenhancethecarbonsinkcapacityoftheoceans.

DirectorofOxfordGeoengineeringaddressingthetechnicalandsocialaspectsofallgeoengineering

concepts.

KellyKryc

ProgramOfficer,GordonandBettyMooreFoundation

Bio:KellyKrycispaleoceanographerwithexpertiseinmajorandtraceelementsedimentchemistry.

SheiscurrentlyaProgramOfficerfortheMarineMicrobiologyInitiativeattheGordonandBetty

MooreFoundation.

KlausLackner


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Professor

Bio:KlausLackneristheEwingWorzelProfessorofGeophysicsatColumbiaUniversity,theChairofthe

DepartmentofEarthandEnvironmentalEngineering,andtheDirectoroftheLenfestCenterfor

SustainableEnergyattheEarthInstitute.

RichardLampitt

ResearchScientist

Bio:Iamanobservationalbiogeochemistwithamainfocusonthefactorsthatcontrolthedownward

fluxofmaterialfromthetopoftheoceanintotheinterior.

LeeLane

ResidentFellow,AmericanEnterpriseforPublicPolicyResearch

Bio:LeeLaneisaresidentfellowattheAmericanEnterpriseInstituteandco-directoroftheAEI

GeoengineeringProject.HehaspreviouslyservedasexecutivedirectoroftheClimatePolicyCenter.

JohnLatham

SeniorResearchAssociate,NCAR,Boulder,CO,USA,ProfessorEmeritus,UniversityofManchester,UKBio:WorkingwithothersontheCloudWhiteninggeoengineeringidea,whichIfirstproposedin

Nature1990.FormerlyHeadofAtmosphericSciences,UniversityofManchester.Severalawards

fromRoyalMeteorologicalSociety.

AnthonyLeiserowitz

Director,YaleProjectonClimateChange

Bio:AnthonyLeiserowitz,Ph.D.isDirectoroftheYaleProjectonClimateChange.Hisresearch

investigatesthepsychological,cultural,andpoliticalfactorsunderlyingpublicclimatechangerisk

perceptions,policypreferences,andbehavior.

ChrisLennard

PostDoctoralFellowinClimatology,UniversityofCapeTown

Bio:ChrisLennard'sresearchcentersaroundunderstandingSouthernAfricanclimateandtheimpact

ofclimatechangeintheregionthroughproducinghighresolution,regional-scaleinformationusing

numericalandstatisticaldownscalingtechniques.

AndrewLenton

ResearchScientist,CSIRODivisionofMarineandAtmosphericResearch

Bio:Iamaoceanbiogeochemicalmodeler,myfocushasbeenonthehistoricalandfutureevolutions

oftheglobalandregioncarbonsinksanddevelopmentofsamplingstrategies.

EliLewine

Analyst

Bio:ElijoinedtheGovernmentAccountabilityOfficein2009andiscurrentlyamemberoftheNatural

ResourcesandEnvironmentTeam.HereceivedhisMPPfromAmericanUniversity.

AlbertLin

ProfessorofLaw,UniversityofCalifornia,Davis


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Bio:AlLinhasresearchinterestsinenvironmentallaw.FormerlyatrialattorneyfortheU.S.

DepartmentofJustice,AlreceivedaM.P.P.fromtheKennedySchoolofGovernmentandaJ.D.from

theUCBerkeleySchoolofLaw.

DianaLiverman

Director,InstituteoftheEnvironment,UniversityofArizonaandSeniorResearchFellow,Environmental

ChangeInstitute,OxfordUniversity

Bio:DianaLivermanisageographerwithattheUniversityofArizona(directingtheInstituteofthe

Environment)andOxfordUniversity.Herresearchfocusesonthehumandimensionsofglobal

environmentalchangeincludingclimateimpactsandpolicy.

AndrewLockley

Environmentalist

Bio:Longstandingenvironmentalcampaigner,notablywithFriendsoftheEarth(formerboard

member).Currentlywritingpaperonmethanegeoengineering,withtheintentionofstartingaPhDat

Leeds.

JaneLong

PrincipleAssociateDirectoratLargeforLawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratory

Bio:Dr.LongiscurrentlythePrincipalAssociateDirectoratLargeforLawrenceLivermoreNational

Laboratoryworkingonenergyandclimate.SheisalsoaFellowintheLLNLCenterforGlobalSecurity

Research.Hercurrentinterestsareinreinventionoftheenergysystemandadaptationinresponseto

climatechange.

ThomasE.Lovejoy

BiodiversityChair

Bio:BiodiversityChairattheHeinzCenterforScience,Economics,andtheEnvironmentbasedinWashington,DCandwasPresident2002-2008.Beforeassumingthisposition,LovejoywastheWorld

BanksChiefBiodiversityAdvisorandLeadSpecialistforEnvironmentforLatinAmericaandthe

CaribbeanaswellasSeniorAdvisortothePresidentoftheUnitedNationsFoundation.In2010hewas

electedProfessorintheDepartmentofEnvironmentalScienceandPolicyatGeorgeMasonUniversity

(initiallyhewilldevote50%ofhistimetotheHeinzCenter).Lovejoyalsodevelopedthenow

ubiquitousdebt-for-natureswapprogramsandledtheMinimumCriticalSizeofEcosystemsproject.

HealsofoundedtheseriesNature,thepopularlong-termseriesonpublictelevision.In2001,Lovejoy

wasawardedtheprestigiousTylerPrizeforEnvironmentalAchievement.In2009hewasthewinnerof

BBVAFoundationFrontiersofKnowledgeAwardintheEcologyandConservationBiologyCategory.In

2009hewasappointedConservationFellowbytheNationalGeographic.LovejoyholdsB.S.andPh.D

(biology)degreesfromYaleUniversity.

MichaelMacCracken

ChiefScientistforClimateChangePrograms,ClimateInstitute

Bio:Modelingairqualityandnaturalandhuman-inducedclimatechange(1968-1993);climatechange

andimpactassessmentswhileseniorscientistwithUSGCRPOffice(1993-2002);recently,importance

ofnon-CO2GHGsandregionallyfocusedgeoengineering.


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DouglasMacMynowski

SeniorResearchAssociateinControlandDynamicalSystems

Bio:DouglasMacMynowskireceivedhisPhDatMITin1992,spent6yearsmanagingindustrial

researchatUTRC,andhasbeenatCaltechfor9yearsworkingondynamicsandcontrolinvariousfields

includingclimate.

BryanMartel

EnvironmentalCapitalGroup

AndrewMatthews

Assistantprofessor,Anthropology,UCSantaCruz

Bio:Iamaforesterturnedenvironmentalanthropologist,andamnowworkingoncarbonmarketsand

forestsinMexico.Ihaveaninterestinhowscientificknowledgeofbiogeochemicalcyclesisentering

policyandproposedtechnologiesofclimateintervention.

KatelinMcQueen

ExecutiveAssistant,GuttmanInitiatives

LuizGylvanMeiraFilho

VisitingResearcher,InstituteforAdvancedStudies,UniversityofSoPaulo

Bio:Ph.D.UniversityofColorado,Dept.ofAstro-geophysics,1970.Co-chairofIPCCWGI,1991-1995,

vicepresidentofIPCC,1995-2001,PresidentofBrazilianSpaceAgency,1994-2001.

JerryMelillo

SeniorScientist

Bio:JerryMelillo,anecologistfocusingonbiogeochemistry,isaSeniorScientistandDirectorEmeritus,

TheEcosystemsCenteroftheMBL,WoodsHole,MassachusettsandaProfessorofBiology,BrownUniversity.

JanotMendlerdeSuarez

InternationalExpertinGEF-IWProjectProcessing,InterimGuineaCurrentCommission;Steering

Committee,GlobalForumonOceans,CoastsandIslandsandleader,WorkingGrouponClimate,

OceansandSecurity

Bio:JanotMendlerdeSuarezhasservedfortenyearswiththeGEF(GlobalEnvironmentFacility)

InternationalWatersportfoliotostrengthenparticipative,equitableandsustainablewatergovernance

throughtransboundarycooperationinknowledge-sharingandexperientiallearningforadaptive

ecosystem-basedmanagement,incooperationwithgovernmentsanddevelopmentorganizationsin

over180countries,SheisaformermemberoftheCentreforDevelopingAreasResearch,DepartmentofGeography,RoyalHolloway,UniversityofLondon,withcurrentresearchinterestinclimateequity.

JuanMoreno-Cruz

PostdoctoralFellowintheEnergyandEnvironmentalSystemsgroup,UniversityofCalgary

Bio:Moreno-CruzhasaPhDinEconomicsfromtheUniversityofCalgaryandaB.Sc.andM.Sc.in

ElectricalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofLosAndes,inBogota,Colombia.Moreno-Cruzsresearch

focusesontheinteractionofclimatechange,technologicalchangeandeconomicgrowth.Hiswork


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analyzestherolegeoengineeringtechnologiesplayinachievingsustainableeconomicdevelopment;

consideringuncertainty,strategicbehaviorandtransitionaldynamics.

M.GrangerMorgan

DepartmentHeadandProfessor

Bio:M.GrangerMorganisHeadoftheDepartmentofEngineeringandPublicPolicyatCarnegie

MellonUniversity.Hisresearchaddressesproblemsinscience,technologyandpublicpolicyincluding

climatechange.

DavidMorrow

Candidate,A.M.inPublicPolicy,UniversityofChicago,HarrisSchoolofPublicPolicyStudies

Bio:DavidMorrowholdsaPh.D.inPhilosophyfromTheCityUniversityofNewYork.Herecentlyco-

authoredapaperonresearchethicsforgeoengineeringwithBobKoppandMichaelOppenheimer.

SusanneMoser

Director,SusanneMoserResearch&Consulting

Bio:usanneMoser,Ph.D.(Geography,1997,ClarkU.)isDirectorofSusanneMoserResearch&ConsultinginSantaCruz,CA;previously,sheservedasaResearchScientistatNCAR.Herworkfocuses

onadaptationtoclimatechange,resilience,decisionsupport,andcommunicationofclimatechange

risks.

ArmandNeukermans

Consultant

Bio:ArmandNeukermansleadsagroupofscientistsandengineersthatseekstodemonstrate

feasibilityofthetoolsneededformarinecloudwhiteningwithseawaternuclei(Latham-SalterCloud

Albedomodification).HeholdsanMSEEandMSMEfromLouvainUniversityandaPhDinapplied

physicsfromStanford.

JohnOrcutt

DistinguishedProfessorofGeophysics/Director,NAFOceanObservatoriesInitiativeCyberinfrastructure

Bio:JohnOrcuttisatScrippsandreceivedtheEwingMedalfromUSN&AmericanGeophysicalUnion

in1994.HeChairsMEDEAsOceanPanelandwaselectedtotheAmericanPhilosophicalSocietyin

2004.

AndreasOschlies

Professor,MarineBiogeochemicalModelling,IFM-GEOMAR,UniversityofKiel,Germany

Bio:Studiedtheoreticalphysicsandphysicaloceanography(Cambridge(UK),Kiel,PhDin1994),moved

ontomarinebiogeochemicalmodeling(Toulouse,Kiel),thenchairinphysicaloceanography(NOCSSouthampton),since2004professorofmarinebiogeochemicalmodelingatIFM-GEOMAR.

AndyParker

SeniorPolicyAdviser

Bio:AndyworksintheRoyalSocietysSciencePolicyCentre,focusingonclimatechange,energyand

environment.HeleadsontheSocietysgeoengineeringwork,includingthe2009study

GeoengineeringtheClimate.


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EdwardParson

JosephL.SaxCollegiateProfessorofLaw,ProfessorofEnvironment&NaturalResources,Universityof

Michigan

Bio:Parsonstudiesinternationalenvironmentallawandpolicy,theroleofscienceandtechnologyin

policy-making,andthepoliticaleconomyofregulation.Inadditiontohisresearchagenda,hehas

servedinmultiplepolicyandadvisorypositionsintheUnitedStates,Canada,andinternationally.

ShobitaParthasarathy

AssistantProfessorandCo-Director,Science,Technology,andPublicPolicyProgram,FordSchoolof

PublicPolicy,UniversityofMichigan

Bio:Parthasarathysresearchfocusesonthegovernanceofcontroversialscienceandtechnologyin

comparativeandinternationalperspective.Sheistheauthorofmultiplearticlesandabook,entitled:

BuildingGeneticMedicine:BreastCancer,Technology,andtheComparativePoliticsofHealthCare

(Cambridge,MA:MITPress,2007).

GraemePearmanDirector,GraemePearmanConsultingPtyLtd,formallyChiefCSIRODivisionofAtmosphericResearch

Bio:DrGraemeIPearmanAM,FAA,ATSE,FRoySocVic,BSc(Hon),PhD.GraemeChiefoftheCSIRO

AtmosphericResearch,19922002.Hecontributedover150journalpapersprimarilyonaspectsofthe

globalcarbonbudget;isnowaconsultanttoprivateandpublicsectororganisationsandAdjunctSenior

ResearchFellow,SchoolofGeographyandEnvironmentalScience,MonashUniversity.Current

interestsincludeholisticstrategiesforresilientenergyfuturesandemissionsreductions;transport

technologies/fuels;dimensionsofhumanbehaviourintheclimate-changeissue.

SethPerlman

AttorneyBio:SethPerlmanistheseniorpartneratPerlman&Perlman,LLP,aleadingnonprofitlawfirm.Mr.

Perlmanhaslitigatedinseveralstateandfederaljurisdictionsonissuesrelevanttothephilanthropic

community.

TimothyPersons

ChiefScientist,U.S.GovernmentAccountabilityOffice

Bio:Dr.PersonsleadstheproductionofTechnologyAssessmentsforandservesasanexpertscience

andtechnologyadvisortotheU.S.CongressandtheGAO(e.g.,keyhighly-specializednationaland

internationalsystems,engineeringpolicies,bestpractices,andoriginalresearchstudiesinthefieldsof

engineering,computer,andthephysicalandbiologicalsciencestoensureefficient,effective,and

economicaluseofS&Tingovernmentprograms).

VictorPerton

VictorianCommissionertotheAmericas

ArthurPetersen


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ProgramDirector,MethodologyandModelingProgram,NetherlandsEnvironmentalAssesmentAgency

(PBL);VisitingProfessor,LondonSchoolofEconomicsandPoliticalScience(LSE);ResearchAffiliate,

MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)

Bio:ArthurPetersenholdsPhDsinatmosphericphysics&chemistryandphilosophyofscience.Atthe

NetherlandsEnvironmentalAssessmentAgencyheleadsresearchprojectsonuncertaintyassessment

andsustainabilityassessment.

VenkatachalamRamaswamy

Director,NOAA/GFDL,andLecturerwithrankofProfessor,DepartmentofGeosciencesandPrinceton

EnvironmentalInstitute,PrincetonUniversity

Bio:Principalresearchareas:Numericalmodelingoftheglobalclimatesystem;radiativeandclimatic

influencesoftracegases,aerosolsandclouds;diagnosesofclimatechangethroughsynthesisof

observationsandmodeling.

PhilRasch

ChiefScientistforClimateScience,PNNLAtmosphericSciencesandGlobalChangeDivision

Bio:Dr.PhilipRaschservesastheChiefScientistforClimateScienceatthePacificNorthwestNationalLaboratory(PNNL),aDepartmentofEnergyOfficeofScienceresearchlaboratory.Dr.Raschisknown

forhisworkingeneralcirculation,atmosphericchemistryandclimatemodeling.Heisparticularly

interestedintheroleofaerosolsandcloudsintheatmosphere,andhasworkedontheprocessesthat

describethesecomponentsoftheatmosphere,thecomputationaldetailsthatareneededtodescribe

themincomputermodels,andontheirimpactonclimate.

GregRau

SeniorResearchScientist

Bio:Thirtyyearsexperienceincarboncyclingandmitigationresearch.Twenty+yearswithInstituteof

MarineSciences,UC-SantaCruz;alsowithCarbonManagementProgram,LawrenceLivermoreNationalLaboratory.

SteveRayner

JamesMartinProfessorofScienceandCivilization,DirectoroftheInstituteforScienceInnovationand

Society,UniversityofOxford

Bio:FormerlyamemberofIPCCWGIII,UKRoyalCommissiononEnvironmentalPollution,andRoyal

SocietyWorkingGrouponClimateGeoengineering.WithElizabethMaloneheco-editedthefour

volumeworkHumanChoiceandClimateChange.

CatherineRedgwell

ProfessorofInternationalLaw,UniversityCollegeLondonBio:Catherineisaninternationallawyerspecialisingininternationalenergyandenvironmentallaw.

ShewasamemberoftheRoyalSocietyWorkingGrouponGeoengineeringtheClimate.

JennieRice

SeniorAnalyst,StrategicPlanning,PacificNorthwestNationalLaboratory


17/27

Bio:JennieRicehastwentyyearsofexperienceintegratingeconomicsandmanagementscience

techniquestoprovideinsights,recommendations,anddecisionsupporttoolsfordecisionscomplicated

byuncertainty,risk,andmultipleobjectives.

JamesRhodes

PostGraduateResearcher,ScrippsInstituteofOceanography,UCSD

Bio:JamesRhodesconductsresearchontechnical,economic,andpolicydimensionsofenergyand

environmentalissueswithparticularemphasisonbio-energy,climatechange,andassociatedpolicy

frameworks.

AllisonRobertshaw

Director,ZennstrmPhilanthropies

Bio:AllisonjoinedZennstrmPhilanthropiesin2008andbringswithherovertenyearsexperiencein

climateandenergyissuesfromtheNGO,business,governmentandphilanthropicsectorsinboth

EuropeandtheUnitedStates.AllisonholdsaBSFSinEconomicsfromtheSchoolofForeignServiceat

GeorgetownUniversity,andanMScintheHistoryofEconomicDevelopmentfromtheLondonSchool

ofEconomics.

AlanRobock

ProfessorII(DistinguishedProfessor)

Bio:Ph.D.inMeteorology,MIT;Professor,UniversityofMaryland,1977-1997;StateClimatologistof

Maryland,1991-1997;Professor,Rutgers1998-present;Fellow,AmericanMeteorologicalSocietyand

AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience(AAAS);President,AtmosphericSciences

Section,AmericanGeophysicalUnion;Chair-Elect,AtmosphericandHydrosphericSciencesSection,

AAAS.

DanielRosenfeldProfessor

Bio:Myspecialtyiscloud-aerosolinteractionsimpactsoncloudmicrostructure,precipitationand

climate,focusingontheissueaircraft,satelliteandmeasurementsandmodelsimulations,aswellas

experimentingwithcloudseeding.IamtheChairoftheAMScommitteeforplannedandinadvertent

weathermodification,andthechairofAtmosphericScienceprogramattheHebrewUniversityof

Jerusalem.

LewRothstein

ProfessorofOceanography,UniversityofRhodeIslandBio:LewRothsteindesignsmodelsofthefundamentalprocessesassociatedwiththeoceancirculation,

ecologyandbiogeochemistryonscalesrelevanttoglobalandregionalclimatedynamicsandextremeweatherevents.

LynnRussell

Professor

Bio:LynnM.RussellisaProfessorofAtmosphericChemistryatScrippsInstitutionofOceanography.

Herresearchinterestsareinaerosolevolutioncomposition,anddynamicsinthetroposphere.Dr.


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RussellreceivedherB.S.inchemicalengineeringandA.B.ininternationalrelationsfromStanford

University.ShereceivedherPh.D.fromtheCaliforniaInstituteofTechnology.

StephenSalter

EmeritusProfessorofEngineeringDesign;DirectorArtemisIntelligentPower

Bio:Mechanicselectronicsinvention.CambridgeUniversityPhysics.EdinburghUniversityAIrobotics.

Renewableenergy,wave,windtidal-stream.Mineclearance,explosionsuppression,wavetankstraffic

congestion,floodprevention,digitalhydraulics,cloudalbedogeoengineering.

StephenSchneider

MelvinandJoanLaneProfessorforInterdisciplinaryEnvironmentalStudies,Professor,Departmentof

BiologyandSeniorFellow,WoodsInstitutefortheEnvironment

JerrySchubel

President&CEO,AquariumofthePacificBio:Dr.JerryR.SchubelispresidentandCEOoftheAquariumofthePacific.SchubelholdsaPh.D.in

oceanographyfromJohnsHopkinsUniversity.HeisamemberofNOAAScienceAdvisoryBoard.

StephenSeidel

Vice-PresidentforPolicyAnalysisandGeneralCounsel

Bio:SteveSeidelhasbeeninvolvedinglobalenvironmentalissuesforover25years.WhileattheUS

EPA,heplayedaleadingroleinthedevelopmentandimplementationoftheMontrealProtocolandat

theCouncilonEnvironmentalQuality,hesupportedeffortsthatresultedintheKyotoProtocol.

RussellSeitz

FellowoftheDepartmentofPhysics,HarvardUniversity

Bio:PhysicistRussellSeitzfocusedondiplomaticperceptionsofmodelswhileatHarvardsCenterForInternationalAffairs.Henowworksonconservingwaterandreducingclimateforcingwithbright

waterhydrosols.

SybilSeitzinger

ExecutiveDirector,InternationalGeosphere-BiosphereProgramme(IGBP)

Bio:SybilSeitzingerisExecutiveDirectorofIGBP,aresearchprogrammethatstudiesthephenomenon

ofGlobalChangeincludingtheinteractivephysical/chemical/biologicalprocessesthatdefineEarth

Systemdynamics,andtheroleofhumanactivitiesonthesechanges.

JohnShepherd

ProfessorialResearchFellowinEarthSystemScience,SchoolofOcean&EarthScience,UniversityofSouthampton

Bio:JohnShepherdisanoceanographerandEarthsystemscientistwithaspecialinterestintheroleof

theoceansinclimatechange,especiallyinpastnaturalchangesofclimate.Hewasafoundermember

oftheGENIEmodelingprojectandoftheTyndallCentreforClimateChangeResearch,andrecently

chairedtheRoyalSocietystudyonGeoengineeringtheClimate:Science,Governanceand

Uncertainty


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StevenSmith

SeniorScientist,JointGlobalChangeResearchInstitute

Bio:Smithsresearchfocusesonlong-termsocio-economicscenariosandtheinterfacebetweensocio-

economicsystemsandtheclimatesystemintheareasofaerosols/pollutants/greenhousegases,

historicalsulfurdioxideemissions,energyefficiency,renewableenergy,andthecarbon-cycle.

RobertSocolow

Professor,MechanicalandAerospaceEngineering,PrincetonUniversity

Bio:RobertH.SocolowteachesinboththeSchoolofEngineeringandAppliedScienceandthe

WoodrowWilsonSchoolofPublicandInternationalAffairs.WithecologistStephenPacala,Socolow

leadstheUniversity'sCarbonMitigationInitiative.Hisresearchfocusesontechnologyandpolicyfor

fossilfuelsunderclimateconstraints.Hewasawardedthe2003LeoSzilardLectureshipAwardbythe

AmericanPhysicalSociety:Forleadershipinestablishingenergyandenvironmentalproblemsas

legitimateresearchfieldsforphysicists,andfordemonstratingthatthesebroadlydefinedproblems

canbeaddressedwiththehighestscientificstandards.SocolowearnedaB.A.inl959(summacum

laude)andPh.D.intheoreticalhighenergyphysicsinl964fromHarvardUniversity.

RichardSomerville

DistinguishedProfessorEmeritusandResearchProfessor,ScrippsInstitutionofOceanography,

UniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego

Bio:RichardSomerville,professoratScrippsInstitutionofOceanographysince1979,isaCoordinating

LeadAuthoroftheIPCCFourthAssessmentReportandaco-authorofthe2009Copenhagen

Diagnosis(www.copenhagendiagnosis.org).

JayaramanSrinivasan

Chairman,DivechacentreforClimateChange,IndianInstituteofScience,Bangalore,India

Bio:Iaminterestedinunderstandingtheimpactofclimatechangeonmonsoons.IwasaleadauthorinthesecondandfourthassessmentofIPCC(WG1)

CourtneySt.John

OutreachCoordinatorforNavysTaskForceClimateChange,OfficeoftheOceanographeroftheNavy

Bio:CourtneySt.JohnreceivedamastersdegreeinenvironmentalplanningfromClemsonUniversity

andpriortohercurrentpositionwasaJohnA.KnaussMarinePolicyFellowintheOfficeofthe

OceanographeroftheNavy.

StuartStrand

ResearchProfessorinDepartmentofCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering,UniversityofWashingtonBio:Dr.Strandhasbeenapioneerinresearchonbiotreatmentofwastewaters,bioremediation,and

phytoremediation.Recentworkincludesacarbonbalanceofsequestrationofcropresiduesinthe

deepocean.

PabloSuarez

Associatedirectorofprograms,RedCross/RedCrescentClimateCentre;ResearchScholar,

InternationalInstituteforAppliedSystemsAnalysis(IIASA)


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Bio:Dr.PabloSuarezisaresearcherandpractitioneronclimateriskmanagement,addressing

institutionalintegrationacrossdisciplinesandgeographicscales.Hehasworkedwithhumanitarianand

developmentorganizationsinover40countries.

MasahiroSugiyama

Researcher,CentralResearchInstituteofElectricPowerIndustry,Socio-EconomicResearchCenter

Bio:ResearcheratCIREPIinJapan(electricutilitiesresearchinstitute)withabackgroundofclimate

scienceandtechnologypolicy.Currentworkingonbothmitigation(withelectrictechnologies)and

geoengineering.

JudithSwift

Director,CoastalInstitute&ProfessorofCommunicationStudies,UniversityofRhodeIsland(URI)

Bio:Swiftsresearchfocusesonthecommunicationofsciencetothepublicincludingtrainingdoctoral

studentsintechniquesfortranslation.Shealsodevelopstheatricalworkstopromotescienceliteracy

throughemotionallearning.

SamThernstromResidentFellowandCo-Director,AEIGeoengineeringProject,AmericanEnterpriseInstitute

Bio:IamaresidentfellowattheAmericanEnterpriseInstitute,whereIco-directaprojectexploring

thepolicyimplicationsof,andquestionsrelatedto,geoengineering.

BobThronson

VicePresident,GryphonCapitalManagement

Bio:Businessexecutivefocusedonturningpotentialclimatechangesolutionsintoreality.Involvedin

energyefficiencyandcarbonsequestrationprojects,andeffortstoeducatethegeneralpublicabout

oceanacidification

SimoneTilmes

ProjectScientist

Bio:SimoneTilmesisinterestedstratosphericchemistryanddynamics,UpperTroposphereLower

Stratosphere,long-rangeimpactoftropospherepollutions,theevaluationofChemistryClimate

models,andtheimpactofgeo-engineeringonstratosphericchemistryandclimate.

DennisTirpak

SeniorFellow,WorldResourcesInstitute

Bio:DennisTirpakhasworkedonclimatechangesince1985.HehasheldpositionswithTexacoand

Alcoa,theUSEPA;theUNSecretariatfortheUNFCCCandOECD.HeiscurrentlyaSeniorFellowatthe

WRIinWashingtonD.C,advisingbusinesses,governments,andinternationalorganizations.

ClaireTomkins

DirectorofResearch,CarbonWarRoom

Bio:ClaireDanielleTomkinsisanexpertinresourcemarketsandenvironmentalmanagement,with10

yearsexperienceworkingonabroadrangeofenvironmentalissuesand,recently,assessingenergy

technologies.SheholdsaPhDfromStanfordUniversityinMS&E.


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WilliamTravis

Director,CenterforScienceandTechnologyPolicyResearch,CooperativeInstituteforResearchin

EnvironmentalScience(CIRES);AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofGeography

Bio:BillTravisstudiesthehumandimensionsofclimatechange,landuseandnaturalhazards,with

projectsonsocialresponsetoextremeclimatechangeandpotentialearlywarningsofabruptchange.

LisaVanArsdale

SeniorAnalystintheNaturalResourcesandEnvironmentDivision,USGovernmentAccountabilityOffice

Bio:LisaiscurrentlyleadingaGAOprojectexamininggeoengineeringfortheChairoftheHouse

CommitteeonScienceandTechnology.Education:Undergraduatedegreeingeology,graduatedegree

inpublicadministration.

NaomiVaughan

SeniorResearchAssociate

Bio:IrecentlycompletedmyPhDthesis,ClimateChangeMitigationandGeoengineeringandnow

haveathree-yearpostattheTyndallCentreasaResearchFellowtopursuemyresearchinterests.

DavidVictor

Professor/DirectoroftheLaboratoryonInternationalLawandRegulation

Bio:DavidVictorisaprofessorattheSchoolofInternationalRelationsandPacificStudiesanddirector

oftheSchoolsLaboratoryonInternationalLawandRegulation,whichexploreswhen(andwhy)

internationallawswork.

ChrisVivian

PrincipalScientificAdvisor

Bio:ChrisadvisesUKgovernmentonissuesrelatingtothemarineenvironmentalimpactsofhuman

activities.HeiscurrentlytheChairmanoftheScientificGroupsoftheLondonConventionandProtocol.

GernotWagner

Economist,EnvironmentalDefenseFund

Bio:GernotWagnerisaneconomistintheClimateandAirProgram.Hespecializesonglobal

greenhousegasemissionreductionpathwaysandworksondevelopingandapplyingeconomically

soundclimatepolicyintheU.S.andinternationally.

JamesWang

Scientist,EnvironmentalDefenseFund

Bio:AnatmosphericscientistwithaPh.D.fromHarvard,Iconductresearchandeducatethepublicon

scientificandpolicyaspectsofglobalwarming,airquality,andanthropogenicperturbationofthe

nitrogencycle.

GregWannier

Editor,StanfordJournalofLaw,ScienceandPolicy

KellyWanser

eCert,Inc


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AndrewWatson

RoyalSocietyResearchProfessor,UniversityofEastAnglia

Bio:Fieldsofresearch:TheEarthsystem,inparticularthemarinecarboncycleandair-sea

interactions,andcontrolsonatmosphericandoceaniccompositionthroughtime.

NaomiWebber

DeputyDirector,RCUKOfficeintheUS

Bio:NaomiWebberistheDeputyDirectorfortheResearchCouncilsUK(RCUK)OfficeintheUS.RCUK

invests$4.2billionperyearintheUKinbasicresearch,trainingandinnovationactivities.

A.JoshuaWest

AssistantProfessor(ZinsmeyerEarlyCareerChairinGeochemistry),USCEarthSciences

VisitingResearcher,UniversityofOxfordEarthSciences

Bio:Anearly-careerresearcherwhofocusesonchemicalweatheringandtheglobalcarboncycle,with

interestindevelopingtechnologiesandmethodsforusingaccelerated/enhancedweatheringto

removeCO2fromtheatmosphere.

JamesonWetmore

AssistantProfessor,ConsortiumforScience,Policy&Outcomes,ArizonaStateUniversity

Bio:JamesonWetmorestudiesthehistory,sociology,politics,andethicsoftechnologytobetter

understandhowtoreflecton,shape,anddirectsocialandtechnologicalchange.Heco-edited

Technology&Society:BuildingourSociotechnicalFuture(MITPress,2008)

DanielWhaley

CEO,Climos

Bio:DanWhaleyistheCEOofClimos,aSanFranciscobasedresearchservicescompanyfoundedtoadvanceearlystagetrialsofclimateinterventiontechniques.Previouslyhestartedthefirstonline

travelcompany.

KevinWhilden

Climos

RoyWhitehurst

USGovernmentAnalyst

LeslieWickman

ResearchScientistBio:LeslieWickmancurrentlyworksasaSeniorEngineeringSpecialistatTheAerospaceCorporation,

aswellasdirectoroftheCenterforResearchinScience(CRIS)atAzusaPacificUniversity(APU).Sheis

aninternationallyrespectedresearchscientistandengineeringconsultant.Hercurrentprojectsinclude

researchonglobalclimatechangeandnationalsecurityissues,assessmentoffuturespacemission

technologies,humanfactorsissuesinextremeenvironments,andsustainablewaterreclamation

systems.


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TomWigley

Retired

Bio:WigleytrainedasameteorologistinAustralia.HewasDirectoroftheClimaticResearchUnit,

UniversityofEastAngliafrom1979to1993,beforemovingtoNCAR,Boulder,COasaSeniorScientist.

JamesWilsdon

Director,RoyalSocietySciencePolicyCentre

Bio:JamesbecameDirectoroftheSciencePolicyCentreinSeptember2008.Heisresponsibleforthe

developmentofthecentre,andfortheSociety'sUKandinternationalpolicywork.

OliverWingenter

AssociateProfessorofAtmosphericChemistry;Co-DirectorGeophysicalResearchCenter

Bio:Wingenterworksonatmospheric,oceanandclimateresearchandsolutionsusingvarious

empiricalandtheoreticalapproaches.

DavidWinickoff

AssistantProfessorofBioethicsandSociety,DepartmentofEnvironmentalScience,PolicyandManagement,UCBerkeley

Bio:AnassistantprofessoratUCBerkeleyandaHarvardtrainedlawyer,Winickoffwritesandteaches

onthegovernanceofscienceandtechnology,sitsonanumberofethicsadvisoryboardsatAcademic

MedicalCenters,andhasbeeninvolvedinlitigationattheWorldTradeOrganizationonGMO

regulation.

OranYoung

Professor,UniversityofCaliforniaatSantaBarbara

Bio:OranYoungisarenownedArcticexpertandworldleaderinthefieldsofinternationalgovernance

andenvironmentalinstitutions.Hisresearchfocusincludescollectivechoice,socialinstitutionsandinternationalregimes.

FrankZeman

AssistantProfessorNewYorkInstituteofTechnology

Bio:Dr.ZemanisthedirectoroftheCenterforMetropolitanSustainabilityattheNewYorkInstituteof

Technology.HealsoteachesgraduatelevelcoursesinEnergyManagementandEnvironmental

Technology

CharlieZender

ProfessorofEarthSystemScience,UCIrvine

Bio:Mygroupstudiesdust,snow,fire,wind,andtheirinteractionswithclimateandhealth.Ialsoteachundergraduatesaboutgeoengineering.Wediscussscientific,technical,economic,andethicalissues.

It'sprovocative!

RAPPORTEURS

BidishaBanerjee


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M.E.M.candidateatYaleForestry&EnvironmentSchool

Bio:BidishaBanerjeestudiesfast-trackclimatemitigationstrategies(includingblackcarboncontrol

andbiocharproduction),geo-engineeringgovernance,andclimatepolicyinChina,Indiaandsmall

islandstates.

NoahBonnheim

B.A.candidateatColbyCollege;B.E.candidateatDartmouthCollege

Bio:IamacurrentlypursuingaB.A.inScience,Technology,&SocietyatColbyCollegeandaB.E.in

mechanicalengineeringatDartmouthCollege.Ihavewrittenanarticleonthehistoryof

geoengineeringforWileyInterdisciplinaryReview:ClimateChangewhichhasbeenacceptedfor

publicationin2010.

GeorgeCollins

J.D.candidateatYaleLawSchool;M.E.M.candidateatYaleForestry&EnvironmentSchool

Bio:GeorgeCollinsstudiesthelawandsocioecologyofclimatechange,examiningquestionsofrisk,

responsibility,andeconomicsinlightofactuallyexistingworldwideflowsofmaterials,energy,and

greenhousegases.

RachelHauser

Sciencewriter/MSccandidateinEnvironmentalSciencesatCUasofFall2010

Bio:Asciencewriterforthepast12years,RachelworksattheNationalCenterforAtmospheric

Research.ShewillbeginamastersdegreeinsciencepolicyattheUniversityofColoradoinFall2010.

BenjaminKravitz

Graduateassistantinatmosphericsciencesprogram,RutgersUniversity

Bio:Benisa3rdPh.D.studentintheatmosphericsciencesprogramatRutgersUniversity.Hisresearch

involvesclimatemodelsimulationsofgeoengineeringwithstratosphericsulfateaerosols.

AshleyMercer

GraduateStudent,UniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleyBio:MyPh.D.researchisfocusedonhowemergingscienceintersectswithpublicpolicyandmanaging

uncertainty.IhaveanMPAinenvironmentalscienceandworkedasaregulatorofscientificresearch

intheCanadianArctic.

AmandaReynolds

Student,ColbyCollege

Bio:IstudyScience,TechnologyandSociety.IaminterestedinEnvironmentalScienceandthe

historicalaspectsthatsurroundgeoengineering.

JesseReynolds

Graduatestudent,UniversityofTilburgInstituteforLaw,Technology,andSociety

Bio:JessewillsoonbeginaPh.D.-trackprojectexamingthedevelopmentandimplementationofthe

oversightofgeoengineering.Hehasstudiedtheimpactsandgovernanceofemergingtechnologies

academicallyandprofessionally.


25/27

KateRicke

PhDstudent

Bio:KateRickeisadoctoralstudentintheDepartmentofEngineeringandPublicPolicyatCarnegie

MellonUniversity.Herdissertationresearchfocusesonlarge-ensemblemodelingofstratospheric

SRM.

GabrielleWong-Parodi

PhDCandidateintheEnergyandResourcesGroupatUCBerkeley

Bio:GabrielleisaPhDcandidateintheEnergyandResourcesGroupatUCBerkeley.Herworkfocuses

onevaluatingthequalitydecisionsmadefrompublicparticipationapproachesdesignedtohelpnon-

expertsmakethoughtfulchoicesaboutclimatechangemitigationtechnologies.

MEDIA

ChrisAikenhead

AudioVisualSupportBio:IwillbeworkingwiththeCBCtelevisioncrewwhichisfilmingadocumentaryaboutGeo-

Engineering.

LeeBuric

IndependentFilmmaker

PatrickBrereton

TelevisionDocumentarySoundRecordist

Bio:IamtheSoundRecordistfortheCBCtelevisiondocumentaryaboutGeo-Engineering.

ChristopherCokinos

AssociateProfessorofEnglish/Writer

Bio:TheauthorofTheFallenSky:AnIntimateHistoryofShootingStars(Tarcher/Penguin),I'vehad

workrecentlyintheL.A.TimesandamwritingaboutgeoengineeringforTheAmericanScholar.

JohnCollins

TelevisionDocumentaryDirectorofPhotography

Bio:IamtheDirectorofPhotography(cameraman)oftheCBCtelevisiondocumentaryaboutGeo-

Engineering.

GwynethCravens

Writer

Bio:PowertoSavetheWorld:TheTruthAboutNuclearEnergy(Knopf,2007;Vintage2008).Articles

onscience,othertopicsforTheNewYorker,NewYorkTimes,WashingtonPost,otherperiodicals.

GwynneDyer

FreelanceJournalist


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Bio:PhDhistoryKingsCollegeLondon.Twice-weeklycolumn:175papersin45countries.VariousTV

series(War,PBS1985;TheHumanRace,CBC/ABC1996).Lastbook:ClimateWars

ErikaEngelhaupt

DeputyNewsEditor

Bio:ErikaEngelhaupteditsnewsandfeaturesasScienceNewsmagazinesdeputynewseditor.Shehas

reportedonscienceandenvironmentforEnvironmentalScience&Technology,thePhiladelphia

InquirerandNPR.

JeffGoodell

Writer

Bio:JeffGoodellisabest-sellingauthorandjournalist.Hislatestbook,HowtoCoolthePlanet:

GeoengineeringandtheAudaciousQuesttoFixEarthsClimatewillbepublishedinAprilbyHoughton

MifflinHarcourt.HeisaContributingEditoratRollingStone,andhisworkhasappearedinmany

publications,includingTheNewRepublic,TheWashingtonPost,andTheNewYorkTimesMagazine.

CherylHogueSeniorcorrespondent,Chemical&EngineeringNewsBio:BasedinWashington,D.C.,CherylHoguereportsonclimatechangepolicyforChemical&

EngineeringNews.SheisontheboardofdirectorsoftheSocietyofEnvironmentalJournalists.

BenKalina

IndependentFilmProducer

Bio:Iproducedocumentariesaboutsubjectsrelatedtoscienceandtheenvironment.Iamcurrently

producingadocumentaryaboutgeo-engineeringandclimateinterventions,whichiswhyI'm

interestedinattendingtheconferenceatAsilomar.

EliKintisch

Reporter,Sciencemagazine

Bio:OutinApril,mynewbookongeoengineering,HackthePlanetwillbepublishedbyWileyand

Sons.IcoverclimateandenergypolicyforScience.

OliverMorton

EnergyandEnvironmentEditor,TheEconomist

Bio:FormerChiefNewsandFeaturesEditor,Nature,EditorinChief,WiredUK,Scienceand

Technology.Editor,TheEconomist.AuthorofMappingMarsandEatingtheSun.

JimRendon

FreelancewriterwithMotherJonesmagazine

Bio:JimRendonisafreelancejournalistbasedinBrooklyn,NY.HeswrittenforTheNewYorkTimes

Magazine,theTimesnewspaper,SmartMoney,Metropolis,MensJournalandotherpublications.

ShannonService

JournalistBio:ShannonServicehas10yearsofmediaexperienceonprojectsforHBO,PBSandsatellite


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television.Herworkhasrangedfromwarreportingtolive-streamingvideoonMountEverest.Sheis

nowaMasterscandidateatUCBerkeley.

JeffTollefson

Journalist

Bio:JeffTollefsonisaWashingtoncorrespondentforNaturemagazine.Hecoversenergyand

environmentalissues,includingscienceandtheinternationalclimatepolicy.

BetteThompson

DocumentaryFilmProducer

Bio:IamtheproduceroftheCBCtelevisiondocumentaryaboutGeo-Engineering.

JerryThompson

DocumentaryFilmmakerBio:IamthedirectorandwriteroftheCBCtelevisiondocumentaryaboutGeo-Engineering.

CLIMATERESPONSEFUNDandCLIMATEINSTITUTESTAFF

BillBennett

Marketing/communicationsconsultant

Bio:BillBennettisawriterandissuesmanagementconsultantbasedintheSanFranciscoBayarea.

CathyCook

CommunicationsforClimateResponseFund

Bio:Forover20years,CathyCookhasbeenacommunicationandstrategicplanningconsultant

focusedonthehightechindustry.

John-MichaelCross

ResearchAssociate,ClimateInstitute

CorinneKisner

DirectorofOperations,ClimateInstitute

BillKohrs

VP.FinanceandAdministration

Bio:FinancialadvisortoClimateResponseFund

EdwardSullivan

CleanTechnologyMarketingandCommunicationsConsultant

Bio:EdwardSullivanhelpscleantechandrenewableenergycompaniesbringinnovative,carbon

reducingtechnologiestomarketthroughtargetedmarketingandstrategiccommunicationscampaigns.

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