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==Personal life== |
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Dessler is an avid [[Glider aircraft|glider]] pilot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/electricpower-sf6/documents/conf06_bios.pdf |title=4th International Conference on SF6 and the Environment: Speaker Biographies |publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency |year=2006 |accessdate=2012-08-30}}</ref> |
Dessler is an avid [[Glider aircraft|glider]] pilot.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/electricpower-sf6/documents/conf06_bios.pdf |title=4th International Conference on SF6 and the Environment: Speaker Biographies |publisher=United States Environmental Protection Agency |year=2006 |accessdate=2012-08-30}}</ref> |
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===Climate Change=== |
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In an interview to ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'', Dessler stated, "I'm convinced that the risks of climate change are severe. I view it as a moral responsibility to communicate those risks in the same way that if a train is heading for a small child, I've got to run and pull the child off the tracks. I'm not one to chain myself to a bulldozer, but I'm doing as much as I can with my personality and constitution."<ref name=interview/> |
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==Awards and honors== |
==Awards and honors== |
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Revision as of 22:21, 5 September 2012
Andrew E. Dessler | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Rice University, Harvard University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Atmospheric Science, Climatology |
| Institutions | University of Maryland, Texas A&M University |
| Thesis | In situ stratospheric ozone measurements (1994) |
Andrew Emory Dessler (born 1964) is a climate scientist and Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University.[1][2] His research subject areas are atmospheric chemistry, climate change and climate change policy.[1]
Early life and education
Dessler was born in Texas.[3] He received a B.A. in physics from Rice University in 1986 and an M.A. and Ph.D in chemistry from Harvard University in 1990 and 1994.[1][2][4] His doctorial thesis was titled, In situ stratospheric ozone measurements.[5]
Career
Dessler worked in the energy group at The First Boston Corporation doing mergers and acquisitions analysis in the mid-1980s.[2] He left his job as an investment banker on Wall Street in 1988 to go to graduate school in chemistry.[3] After receiving his Ph.D. in 1994, Dessler did two years of Postdoctoral research at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and then spent nine years on the research faculty of the University of Maryland from 1996 to 2005.[2][4] Dessler went on to become an Associate Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at Texas A&M University from 2005 to 2007 and has been a tenured Professor of Atmospheric Sciences there since 2007.[1][2][4]
He served as an editor for the American Geophysical Union Books Board from 1997 to 2002, and an associate editor for the Journal of Geophysical Research in 2002.[6]
Dessler also served as a Senior Policy Analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for the last year of the Clinton administration.[2] Based on that experience, he co-authored a book, The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: a Guide to the Debate.[2][7]
He also published a blog for Grist magazine from 2006 to 2009.[8][9]
Dessler was named a Google Science Communication Fellow in 2011.[8][10]
Personal life
Dessler is an avid glider pilot.[11]
Awards and honors
- 1991-1994 - NASA Graduate Student Fellowship in Global Change Research [4]
- 1993 - AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section Outstanding Student Paper Award [4]
- 1994-1996 - National Research Council Research Associateship [4]
- 1999 - NASA New Investigator Award Recipient [4]
- 1999 - NASA Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres Best Senior Author Publication Award [4]
- 2006 - Aldo Leopold Leadership Program Fellowship [4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Profile: Dr. Andrew Dessler". Texas A&M University. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g Dessler, Andrew (2011). Introduction to Modern Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. p. Introduction. ISBN 0521173159. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ a b Dessler, Andrew (September 2, 2011). "Perry shoots the messenger on climate change". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "2009 Academic Program Review" (PDF). Texas A&M University. 2009. p. 85. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ Dessler, Andrew Emory (1994). "In situ stratospheric ozone measurements". Harvard University. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ 2009 Academic Program Review, p. 86
- ^ The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate. Cambridge University Press. 2006, revised 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
{{cite book}}: Check date values in:|year=(help); Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ a b Dessler, Andrew (March 9, 2011). "Turning point: Andrew Dessler" (Interview). Interviewed by Virginia Gewin. Nature. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ "Andrew Dessler's Posts". Grist Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ Riedel, Karen (2011). "Andrew Dessler named Google Science Communication Fellow". Texas A&M University. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ^ "4th International Conference on SF6 and the Environment: Speaker Biographies" (PDF). United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2006. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
Publications
- Dessler, A.E., and E.A. Parson. 2006. The Science and Politics of Global Climate Change: A guide to the debate. Cambridge University Press.
- Wong, S., and A.E. Dessler. 2005. Suppression of Deep Convection over the Tropical North Atlantic by the Saharan Air Layer. Geophysical Research Letters 32, L09808, doi:10.1029/2004GL022295.
- Dessler, A.E., and S.C. Sherwood. 2004. The effect of convection on the summertime extratropical lower stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 109(D23), D23301, doi:10.1029/2004JD005209.
- Minschwaner, K., and A.E. Dessler. 2004. Water vapor feedback in the tropical upper troposphere: Model results and observations. Journal of Climate 17:1272-1282.
- Sherwood, S.C., and A.E. Dessler. 2001. A model for transport across the tropical tropopause. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 58:765-779.
- Sherwood, S.C., and A.E. Dessler. 2000. On the control of stratospheric humidity. Geophysical Research Letters 27:2513-2516.
- Dessler, A.E. 2000. The Chemistry and Physics of Stratospheric Ozone. Academic Press.