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James G. Anderson

James G. Anderson

Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry

Gas-phase kinetics of free radicals; catalytic processes in the atmosphere controlling global change of ozone; high-altitude experiments from balloons and aircraft; development of laser systems for stratospheric and tropospheric studies; development of high-altitude, long-duration unmanned aircraft for studies of global change.

Anderson Research Group
Anderson Group/CCB
Harvard University
12 Oxford Street,
Link Bldg.
Cambridge, MA 01238
anderson@huarp.harvard.edu
p: 617-495-5922
Rebecca A. Fischer

Rebecca A. Fischer

Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Accretion, core formation, and composition of the deep interiors of Earth and other terrestrial planets. She combines high-pressure, high-temperature mineral physics experiments with planetary-scale modeling.

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Current Website
Office location: Geological Museum 204C
Mailing address: 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138
rebeccafischer@g.harvard.edu
p: 617-384-6992
Roger Fu

Roger Fu

Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Research interests include the formation and interior evolution of the Earth and other planetary bodies.  Roger's primary tool is paleomagnetism, which he complements with geodynamical modeling. 

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Fu Group Website
20 Oxford St.
Geo Museum 204B
rogerfu@fas.harvard.edu
p: 617-384-6991
John P. Holdren

John P. Holdren

Professor of Environmental Science and Policy
Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy

John P. Holdren is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Kennedy School of Government; Co-Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy in the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs;  and Professor of Environmental Science and Policy in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. He is also Senior Advisor to the Director at the independent, nonprofit Woods Hole Research Center. From January 2009 to January 2017, he was President Obama’s Science Advisor and the Senate confirmed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), becoming the longest-serving Science Advisor to the President in the history of the position (dating back to World War 2). His responsibilities in that role included advising the President on all S&T issues bearing on the President’s agenda (including economic competitiveness and job creation, biomedicine and public health, energy and climate change, the oceans and the Arctic, the Nation’s space program, and national and homeland security); coordinating R&D strategy and budgets across the Executive Branch departments and agencies; overseeing interagency S&T programs, including the U.S. Global Change Research Program; developing initiatives in STEM education; advancing scientific integrity and openness in government; and representing the U.S. government in interactions with the U.S. and global science and engineering communities.

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Littauer Building 370
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
john_holdren@hks.harvard.edu
Peter Huybers

Peter Huybers

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science and Engineering; Co-Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment

Peter Huybers is a Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University whose research interests lie in developing a better understanding of the climate system and its implications for society.  On-going research involves interactions between volcanism and glaciation, trends and predictability of extreme temperatures, and implication of climate change for food production.

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Peter Huybers' Website
VOICE Website
Office location: Geological Museum 457
Mailing address: 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138
phuybers@fas.harvard.edu
p: (617) 495-4811, f: (617) 384-7396
David Johnston

David Johnston

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and co-Director of Graduate Studies

Isotope geochemistry and historical geobiology. Re-animating ancient ecosystems and ocean chemistry using stable isotope systems, chemical speciation techniques, modern microbial experiments (for calibration) and theoretical considerations.

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The Johnston Lab
EPS
20 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138

Office Location: Geo Mus 363
johnston@eps.harvard.edu
p: 617-496-5024 f: 617-384-7396
Andrew H. Knoll

Andrew H. Knoll

Fisher Professor of Natural History and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Andy Knoll is the Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University. He received his B.A. in Geology from Lehigh University in 1973 and his Ph.D., also in Geology, from Harvard in 1977.... Read more about Andrew H. Knoll

The Knoll Lab
Harvard University Botanical Museum
26 Oxford St.
Cambridge MA 02138

Office location: Botanical Museum Room 50
aknoll@fas.harvard.edu
p: 617-495-9306, f: 617-495-5667