Stephen W. Pacala

Stephen W. Pacala
Stephen W. Pacala
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Dartmouth College; Stanford University
	Scientific career
Fields	Ecology
Institutions	University of Connecticut; Princeton University

Stephen W. Pacala is the Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University.^[1] He has worked on climate change, population ecology, and global interactions between the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Since 2021, he has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).^[2]

Education

Pacala received his B.A. in Biology from Dartmouth College in 1978 and his Ph.D. in Biology from Stanford University in 1982.^[3]

He has taught at the University of Connecticut (1982-1992) and Princeton University (1992-Present). He also serves on the boards of the non-profits, Environmental Defense Fund and Climate Central. Pacala was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.^[4] He was a lead author on the climate stabilization wedge project with Robert Socolow.^[5] Pacala was the Acting Director of the Princeton Environmental Institute from 2005 to 2006, and then served as its director from 2006 to 2014.^[6] He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2007.^[7]

^ "Stephen Pacala". Faculty Page, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Princeton University. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^ "President Biden Announces Members of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology". whitehouse.gov. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ "Stephen W. Pacala, Chair, Founding Board Member". climatecentral.org. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ "Stephen W. Pacala". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
^ Pacala, S.; Socolow, R. (2004). "Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies". Science. 305 (5686): 968–972. Bibcode:2004Sci...305..968P. doi:10.1126/science.1100103. PMID 15310891. S2CID 2203046. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^ "Stephen W. Pacala - CV (2020)" (PDF).
^ Bailey, Rebecca; Wickner, Hali (May 14, 2007). "French, Ambros, and Pacala Elected to AAAS, NAS". No. May 14, 2007. Trustees of Dartmouth College. Vox of Dartmouth. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^ "Robert H. MacArthur Award" (PDF). Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America. No. 92:344–345. Ecological Society of America. October 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2017.