Science, Environment and Development Group

Other SED-related events in CID's Graduate Student Lunch Series

Friday, 5 December 2003
Preliminary Science and Policy Perspectives from the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)
Robert Corell, Senior Fellow, Atmospheric Policy Program, American Meteorological Society
11:45 am - 1:00 pm, Perkins Room (E-415), 4th Floor, Eliot Building, KSG (Map)

Biography:

Dr. Robert Corell is a Senior Fellow in the Atmospheric Policy Program of the American Meteorological Society. Prior to this appointment in January 2000, he was Assistant Director for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation (NSF) where he had oversight for the Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences and the global change programs of the NSF. While at the NSF, Corell also served as the Chair of the National Science and Technology Council’s committee that has oversight of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. Further, he served as chair and principal U.S. delegate to many international bodies with interests in and responsibilities for climate and global change research programs. Corell is currently actively engaged in research concerned both with the sciences of global change and with the interface between science and public policy. He currently serves as the Chair of the steering committee for the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment; an international assessment of the impacts of climate variability, change, and UV increases in the Arctic Region. Prior to joining the NSF, he was a Professor and academic administrator at the University of New Hampshire. Corell is an oceanographer and engineer by background and training, having received the PhD, MS and BS degrees at the Case Institute of Technology and MIT and having held appointments at the Woods Hole Institution of Oceanography, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the University of Washington.

Background document:

Corell, Robert. 2003. "Preliminary Science and Policy Perspectives from the ACIA." Progress report prepared for the Arctic Council’s Senior Arctic Officials Meeting, 23-24 October 2003, Svartsengi, Iceland.

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