DON wuebbles
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Donald J. Wuebbles is the Harry E. Preble Professor of Atmospheric
Science at the University of Illinois. He is a professor in the
Department of Atmospheric Sciences as well as an affiliate professor
in the Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in
Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was the first Director of the
School of Earth, Society, and Environment at Illinois, was the first
Director of the Environmental Council at the University, and was Head
of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences for many years. Dr. Wuebbles
is an expert in numerical modeling of atmospheric physics and
chemistry. He has authored over 400 scientific articles, relating
mostly to atmospheric chemistry and climate issues. He has been a lead
author on a number of national and international assessments related
to concerns about climate change. He has also been a lead author on
national and international assessments relating to atmospheric
chemistry and the effects of human activities on stratospheric and
tropospheric ozone. Dr. Wuebbles and colleagues received the 2005
Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency. He has been honored by being selected a Fellow of
three major professional science societies, the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, and
the American Meteorological Society. He is the Chair of the Global
Environmental Change Focus Group for the American Geophysical
Union. He shares in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the
international Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He was a
member of a federal advisory committee that assessed and in 2009
published a report on the potential impacts of climate change on the
United States. Professor Wuebbles is a Coordinating Lead Author for
the next major international IPCC assessment of climate change that
will be published in 2013 and is a leader in the next U.S. National
Climate Assessment, being a member of the Executive Secretariat and
the Federal Advisory Committee. Don and his wife, Barbara, have been
married for 42 years and have three sons and two grandsons. Don grew
up on a farm near Carlyle, Illinois. He has two degrees in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Atmospheric
Sciences from the University of California, Davis.
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Harry E. Preble Endowed Professor
Office: 212 Atmospheric Sciences
Phone: (217) 244-1568
E-mail: wuebbles at illinois.edu
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Education:
- Ph.D. Atmospheric Sciences, University of California at Davis, 1983
- M.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1972
- B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1970
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