John P. Holdren

John P. Holdren is the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He earned a bachelor's degree from MIT in 1965 and a PhD from Stanford in 1970. His work has focused on global environmental change, energy technologies and policies, nuclear proliferation, and science and technology policy. Dr. Holdren currently (2007) serves as the chairman of the board of directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and is director of the prestigious Woods Hole Research Center.

Some of his major achievements and awards include: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

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).

External links

* [http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/John_Holdren Holdren's Faculty page] at Harvard University
* [http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/experts/140/john_p_holdren.html Read Publications by John Holdren] at Harvard University
* [http://www.whrc.org/about_us/whos_who/CV/jholdren.htm Holdren's CV] at Woods Hole Research Center
* [http://www.pugwash.org/award.htm] ]