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# Drew Todd Shindell

Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Earth Science
Earth and Climate Sciences
drew.shindell@duke.edu
9 Circuit Dr, PO Box 90328, Grainger Hall, Durham, NC 27708
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## Overview

Drew Shindell is Nicholas Professor of Earth Science at Duke University. From 1995 to 2014 he was at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City and taught at Columbia University. He earned his Bachelor's at UC Berkeley and PhD at Stony Brook University, both in Physics. He studies climate change, air quality, and links between science and policy. He has been an author on >250 peer-reviewed publications, received awards from Scientific American, NASA, the NSF and the EPA, and is a fellow of AGU and AAAS.

He has testified on climate issues before both houses of the US Congress (at the request of both parties), developed a climate change course with the American Museum of Natural History, and made numerous media appearances as part of his outreach efforts. He chaired the 2011 UNEP/WMO Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone, and was a Coordinating Lead Author on the 2013 Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC and on the 2018 IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C. He also chairs the Scientific Advisory Panel to the Climate and Clean Air Coalition of nations and organizations.

## Current Appointments & Affiliations

Nicholas Distinguished Professor of Earth Science · 2016 - Present Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment
Professor of Climate Sciences · 2014 - Present Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment
Affiliate, Duke Global Health Institute · 2017 - Present Duke Global Health Institute, University Institutes and Centers
Associate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society · 2021 - Present Duke Science & Society, Initiatives

## Education, Training & Certifications

State University of New York, Stony Brook · 1995 Ph.D.
University of California, Berkeley · 1988 A.B.

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