James Hansen#
| Membership Number: | 1945 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/video.shtml |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013-present Director: Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions, Columbia University
- 1985-present Adjunct Professor: Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
- 1981-2013 Director: NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- 1978-1985 Adjunct Associate Professor: Department of Geological Sciences, Columbia University
- 1972-1981 Staff Member/Space Scientist: Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), Manager of GISS Planetary and Climate Programs
- 1969-1972 Research Associate: Columbia University, NY
- 1969 NSF Postdoctoral Fellow: Leiden Observatory, Netherlands
- 1967-1969 NAS-NRC Resident Research Associate: Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), NY
Fields of Scholarship
- Climatology
- Global warming
- Climate change
Honours and Awards
- 1995 Member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 2001 Heinz Award for environment
- 2001 American Geophysical Union's Roger Revelle Medal
- 2006 World Wildlife Federation’s Conservation Medal from the Duke of Edinburgh
- 2007 Dan David Prize in the field of Quest for Energy
- 2007 Leo Szilard Award of the American Physical Society for Use of Physics for the Benefit of Society
- 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility.
- 2008 Common Wealth Award for Distinguished Service in Science
- 2009 American Meteorological Society’s Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal
- 2010 Sophie Prize
- 2010 Blue Planet Prize
- 2013 NASA Distinguished Service Medal
- 2014 Walker Prize, Museum of Science, Boston
