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Appendix B: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
Pages 179-186

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... He also cochairs an international planning group that is developing a strategy designed to harness science, technology, and innovation for sustainable development; serves as the chair of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment; is a senior science advisor to ManyOne.Net; and is chair of the board of the Digital Universe Foundation. Previously, he was a professor and academic administrator at the University of New Hampshire, served as assistant director for geosciences at the National Science Foundation, and led the U.S.
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From page 180...
... He was appointed by His Majesty the King of Sweden to be the King Carl XVI Gustaf professor of environmental sciences at the Royal Institute of Technology. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy and the World Academy of Art and Science.
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From page 181...
... Her recent research investigates models of environmental governance in fisheries management, including common property, market-based, and spatial approaches. She has worked with governments, nongovernmental organizations, and private industry in marine policy and international voluntary service.
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... During mid-1990s he was on loan for 2 years to the Atmosphere Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme and for 1 year to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group II Technical Support Unit. At DuPont, he has received a C&P Flagship Award, an Environmental Respect Award, and an Environmental Excellence Award, and he is also a recipient of an individual Climate Protection Award by the U.S.
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... National Assessment on Climate Variability and Change Health Sector Expert Panel and convening lead author for the United Nations/World Bank Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.
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... is a senior program officer at the National Research Council and director of its standing Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change. His research interests include the determinants of environmentally significant behavior, particularly at the individual level; participatory processes for informing environmental decision making; and the governance of environmental resources and risks.
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... He also serves on advisory boards for the Risk Management and Decision Processes Center of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy of the RAND Corporation, and the College of Mathematics and Physical Sciences at the University of Maryland. He has advised the U.S.
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