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Message from Chancellor Fox: One of UCSD’s greatest institutional strengths is the breadth and depth of faculty research on a range of important topics. Each month, Chancellor’s Corner will showcase cross-disciplinary faculty expertise in a specific area. I invite you to learn more about the work of these scholars, and I hope you share my pride in their achievements and their contributions to society.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
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 Clark C. Gibson,
Associate Professor of Political Science
Gibson researches developmental politics, foreign aid, democracy, and the environment in the context of the U.S and also of African and Central and South American countries. He is currently researching and writing on the politics of foreign aid. He has authored books on conservation within communities and wildlife policy in Africa. More…
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 Naomi Oreskes
Associate Professor of History,
Director of Science Studies Program
Oreskes specializes in the history of research methods and practice in earth and environmental sciences. She is interested in issues related to the gathering of consensus in the scientific community on debated subjects in science. She is also researching on the factor of political forces in setting and moving scientific research agenda, especially that of oceanography, geophysics, and global climate and environmental change. More…
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 Keith Pezzoli,
Lecturer in Urban Studies and Planning
Supervisor of Field Research
Pezzoli researches and writes on environmental management, sustainability science and regional information systems. His specific areas of interest include environmental management systems, industrial ecology, sustainability science, and environmental health sciences. More…
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 Kimberly Prather,
Professor of Chemistry
and Biochemistry
Prather is an atmospheric chemist whose research involves the development of new methods for continuously monitoring atmospheric aerosols and particulate matter. Her laboratory has developed analytical methods capable of monitoring particles in a variety of forms—from clouds of ice to smoke from combustion sources—that have impacts on human health, visibility in the atmosphere, and global climate change. More…
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 Veerabhadran Ramanathan,
Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences
Ramanathan is a professor of climate and atmospheric sciences and director of the Center for Clouds, Chemistry and Climate and Center for Atmospheric Sciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His research focuses on global climate dynamics, solar radiation transfer, greenhouse effect, clouds, and satellite remote sensing. More…
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 Wolfram Schlenker,
Assistant Professor of Economics
Schlenker conducts research in the field of applied microeconomics,
specifically in environmental and nature resource economics. His recent
work concentrates on the impacts of climate change on agriculture,
with a special emphasis on the role of irrigation as a mitigation
measure to counterbalance a potential increase in temperature. He
is currently working on several follow-up projects with people at
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and is interested in the economics
of water resources, an area of special interest to California. More…
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 Richard C.J. Somerville,
Professor of
Meteorology
Somerville’s research interests include theoretical dynamical meteorology, particularly climate modeling, numerical weather prediction, and computational geophysical fluid dynamics. He is a general expert on global climate change and is a specialist in computer modeling of the climate system. His research includes the development of mathematical models of large-scale atmospheric circulation and air-sea interactions, along with theoretical studies of the predictability of climate. More... |
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 Mark Thiemens,
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dean, Division of Physical Sciences
Thiemens can discuss solar system evolution, the evolution and origin of the atmosphere and life on Earth, the chemistry of Martian meteorites, climate policy, and global warming. His laboratory has developed the capability to measure slight variations in stable isotopes of sulfur, oxygen and nitrogen high in the atmosphere, allowing him to trace the global-warming impact of molecules such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, ozone and acid rain. The same techniques have allowed him to reveal from the oldest-known rocks the evolution of oxygen and sulfur in Earth’s early atmosphere. More…
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 Jeffrey Vincent,
Professor of Natural Resource and Environmental Economics
Director of Environmental Research, UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
Vincent is an authority on natural resource and environmental policy issues in developing countries, especially those in the Asia-Pacific region. He has particular expertise on issues related to tropical forests, air and water pollution, and green accounting (the incorporation of environmental quality into GNP and other measures of macroeconomic performance). More…
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| ** To learn more about other campus faculty scholars and areas of expertise, please visit the searchable UCSD Faculty Experts Database at: http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/facultyExperts/ |
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