Canada Research Chair in Applied Mathematics and Global Change
Professor, at the University of British Columbia:
Institute for Resources Environment & Sustainability, and
Liu Institute for Global Issues
Adjunct Professor, at Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Engineering & Public Policy, Pittsburgh PA.
University Fellow, Resources for the Future, Inc. Washington DC
I am honoured to be a Canada Research Chair & Prof in Applied Mathematics and Global Change, at the University of British Columbia. I am similarly fortunate in being elected a University Fellow at Resources for the Future, a Washington DC think tank and serve as Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon University’s Department of Engineering & Public Policy.
I received my BSc in Physics (focussing on quantum optics) from Edinburgh University (1980) and my PhD in physics (focussing on integrated energy systems) from the Cavendish Laboratories at the University of Cambridge (1984). My research has focused on the interface of technology, energy, the environment, public health and public policy.
I have had a wide range of publications ranging from how to choose electricity generation technologies under technological and regulatory uncertainty to different determinants of malaria in the world. I have been a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and also on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. I am very pleased to have been able to have helped 35 PhDs complete their theses.
Non-Academic summary:
In 1989 I was awarded a Warren Weaver Fellowship by the Rockefeller Foundation where I co-designed the program for global environmental leadership (www.lead.org) with Tim Weiskel.
James Tansey and I co-founded (2004) the non-profit Offsetters Climate Neutral Society (www.offsetters.org).
Farrokh Elmieh, Mehran Farmanara and I co-founded (2007) of Green-Erg Technologies Ltd (www.green-erg.com) where we try to promote technologies that reduce energy and GHGs by >50%.
I am a founding Director (2005) of Canadian Bioenergy Corporation (www.canadianbioenergy.com) and senior advisor to a leading Canadian electric vehicle company (www.rapidelectricvehicles.com).
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