A physiologist would have been better,, but this guy will do. Obviously understands science better than you do. Major weakness appears to be the Stanferd blot, but people with less talent have overcome that handicap.
John P. Holdren
Director
Woods Hole Research Center
149 Woods Hole Road
Falmouth, MA 02540-1644
Education
Ph.D. - Stanford University
1970
S.M. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1966
S.B. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1965
Professional Experience
Harvard University, 1996 - Present
John F. Kennedy School of Government: Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences: Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Science and Public Policy Major:
Member of the Board of Tutors
University of California, Berkeley
1996 - Present: Professor of Energy and Resources Emeritus
1991 - 1996: Class of 1935 Professor of Energy
1978 - 1996: Professor of Energy and Resources
1988 - 1996: Chair of Graduate Advisors, Energy and Resources Group
1983 - 1996 (on leave 1987 - 1988): Vice Chair, Energy and Resources Group
1982 - 1983, Fall 1990: Acting Chair, Energy and Resources Group
1975 - 1978: Associate Professor of Energy and Resources
1973 - 1975: Assistant Professor of Energy and Resources
California Institute of Technology
1972 - 1973: Senior Research Fellow, Division of Humanities & Social Sciences and Environmental Quality Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1970 - 1973 (on leave 1/72 - 6/73): Physicist, Theory Group, Magnetic Fusion Energy Division
Stanford University
1969 - 1970: Research Assistant, Institute for Plasma Research
Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, California
1966 - 1967: Consultant in Re-Entry Physics
Summer, 1966: Associate Engineer, Senior, Re Entry Aerodynamics
Summer, 1965: Associate Engineer, Performance Analysis
Recent Concurrent and Visiting Appointments
Woods Hole Research Center: Woods Hole, Massachusetts:
1992 - 1994: Visiting Scholar
1994 - 2005: Distinguished Visiting Scientist
1994 - 2005: Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
2004 - 2005: Director-Designate
June 2005 - Present: Director
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory:
1973 - Present: Faculty Consultant, Magnetic Fusion Energy (subsequently Energy) Division
Fall 1986: Visiting Physicist, Theory Group, Magnetic Fusion Energy Division
1994 - Present: Faculty Consultant, Laser & Environmental Directorate
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2005: President-elect
2006: President
2007: Served as Chairman of the Board of Directors
Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
May 2008: Appointed Guest Professor
Research Interests
Dr. Holdren's work has focused on causes and consequences of global environmental change, analysis of energy technologies and policies, ways to reduce the dangers from nuclear weapons and materials, and the interaction of content and process in science and technology policy.
Recent publications
Dr. Holdren is the author of some 300 articles and papers, and he has co-authored and co-edited some 20 books and book-length reports, such as Energy (1971), Human Ecology (1973), Ecoscience (1977), Energy in Transition (1980), Earth and the Human Future (1986), Strategic Defences and the Future of the Arms Race (1987), Building Global Security Through Cooperation (1990), Conversion of Military R&D (1998), and Ending the Energy Stalemate (2004).
Byers, Stephen (Co-chair), Olympia Snowe (Co-chair), Bob Carr, John P. Holdren, Martin Khor Kok-Peng, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Claude Martin, Tony McMichael, Jonathon Porritt, Adair Turner, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Ni Weidou, Timothy E. Wirth, and Cathy Zoi. 2005. Meeting the Climate Challenge: Recommendations of the International Climate Change Task Force. Institute for Public Policy Research, Center for American Progress, and Australia Institute. January.
Holdren, John P. (Co-chair), William K. Reilly (Co-chair), John W. Rowe (Co-chair), Philip R. Sharp (Congressional Chair), Jason Grumet (Executive Director), et al. 2004. Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America's Energy Challenges. Washington, DC: National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), 128 pp. December.
Holdren, John P. 2003. U.S. Climate Policy Post Kyoto. Paper presented at The Convergence of U.S. National Security and the Global Environment, The Aspen Institute Congressional Program, 18(3)7-24.
Holdren, John P. 2003. Environmental Change and the Human Condition. Lecture. 1864th Stated Meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, November 2002. Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fall 24-31.
Holdren, John P. 2001. The Energy-Climate Challenge. Environment 43(5)8-21.
Holdren, John P., and Kirk R. Smith. 2000. Energy, the Environment, and Health. In The World Energy Assessment: Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability, ed. Jose Goldemberg, 61-110. UN Development Programme, New York.
Holdren, John P. 1996. Arms Limitation and Peace Building in the Post-Cold-War World (Nobel Peace Prize acceptance lecture on behalf of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs). In Les Prix Nobel 1995. Nobel Foundation, Stockholm. Also in Pugwash Newsletter January 33(3)123-128; and The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 52 (2)29-32.
Holdren, John P., Gretchen C. Daily, and Paul R. Ehrlich. 1995. The Meaning of Sustainability: Biogeophysical Aspects. In Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations, ed. M. Munasinghe and W. Shearer. World Bank, Washington, DC, 3-17.
Holdren, J.P., and R.K. Pachauri. 1992. Energy. In An Agenda of Science for Environment and Development into the 21st Century, ed. Dooge, J.C.I., G. Goodman, and J.W.M. Riviere, et al. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 103 118.
Holdren, John P. 1981. Renewables in the U.S. Energy Future: How Much, How Fast? Energy The International Journal 6(9)901 916.
Ehrlich, Paul R., Anne H. Ehrlich, and John P. Holdren. 1977. Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman.
Holdren, John P., and Paul R. Ehrlich. 1974. Human Population and the Global Environment. American Scientist 62(3) 282 292.
Achievements and awards
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Member, National Academy of Engineering
Member, National Academy of Sciences
MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship, 1981
Member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), 1994-2001
Chair of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1993-2004
Volvo Environment Prize of 1993 (with Paul Ehrlich)
Nobel Peace Prize acceptance lecture on behalf of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, December 1995
Chair of the Executive Committee of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, 1987-1997
Kaul Foundation Award in Science and Environmental Policy, 1999
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 2000
Heinz Prize in Public Policy, 2001
President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006
Several honorary degrees
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