Jonathan Overpeck | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 67–68) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Time series analysis of Holocene pollen data: paleoclimatological and paleoecological applications |
| Doctoral advisor | Thompson Webb |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Michigan |
Jonathan Taylor Overpeck (born 1957) is an American climate scientist. [1] Since 2017,he has served as the Samuel A. Graham Dean of the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. [2] Overpeck has authored more than 220 scientific publications. In 2007,he was a coordinating lead author on a report for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,which was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. [3]
Overpeck obtained an undergraduate degree in geology from Hamilton College in Clinton,New York. [4] He has an MSc and PhD in Geological Sciences (1981 and 1985) from Brown University in Rhode Island and then became a Post-doctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University jointly with the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. [5]
Prior to joining the University of Michigan,Overpeck was faculty at the University of Arizona,where he was the director of Institute for the Study of Planet Earth. [1] [3] He became the Samuel A. Graham Dean of the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability in 2017. [2] He has been active in university, [6] city [7] and state [8] efforts to mitigate climate change. In 2015,Overpeck was elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union. [9]
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