CBE Seminar: Douglas MacMartin (Cornell MAE)

Bio:
Douglas MacMartin is an associate professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University. His research focuses on Sunlight Reflection Methods (SRM, also known as climate engineering, solar geoengineering, or climate intervention), with the aim of helping to develop the knowledge base necessary to support informed future societal decisions in this challenging and controversial field. He has published extensively on the subject, and in addition to public and academic presentations has provided briefings to the United Nations Environment Program and testimony to the U.S. Congress and was a member of the U.S. National Academies panel that made recommendations on both research and governance in March 2021. He received his Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT in 1992; previous positions include United Technologies Research Center (1994-2000) and the California Institute of Technology (2000-2015). His research is funded by NSF and by the Cornell Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.