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Name
  
Alan Robock

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Education
  
University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Alan Robock (born 1949) is an American climatologist.

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He is currently Professor II in the Department of Environmental Sciences at Rutgers University, New Jersey. He advocates nuclear disarmament and has met with Fidel Castro during a lecture trip to Cuba discuss the dangers of nuclear weapons. He is an IPCC lead author, and was a member of the organisation when it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Education

  • B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1970 - Meteorology, Advisor: Lyle H. Horn
  • S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974 - Meteorology, Advisor: Norman A. Phillips
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977 - Meteorology, Advisor: Edward N. Lorenz
  • Research

    Robock has researched nuclear winter, the Toba catastrophe theory, the little ice age, the effect of volcanic eruptions on climate, soil moisture, human impacts of climate change, regional atmosphere-hydrology modeling, and geoengineering.

    IPCC

    Robock is lead author in Working Group I for the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

    Honors

  • Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, 1998.
  • Listed in Who's Who in America, 1999.
  • Antarctic Service Medal of the United States of America, 2006.
  • Participant in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, 2007.
  • American Meteorological Society Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, 2008-2009.
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2008.
  • Fellow of the American Geophysical Union,
  • References

    Alan Robock Wikipedia


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