Peter Huybers
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and of Environmental Science and Engineering
Profile
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Profile
Peter’s group focuses on the causes and effects of climate change. A primary focus is on how climate change influences water and agriculture, and other topics include analyzing changes in Earth’s climate over geological timescales, calibrating the instrumental record of climate change, and exploring how extreme events are changing and their implications for human wellbeing.
Peter is the chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Professor Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University, and Interim Faculty Dean of Kirkland House. He received a B.S. in physics from the United States Military Academy at West Point, a Ph.D. in climate physics from MIT, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. In 2012, Peter was a senior climate advisor in the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. He is the recipient of the Alpha Iota Prize for Excellence in Teaching, AGU’s James B. Macelwane Medal, and a MacArthur Grant.
Contact
Email: phuybers@fas.harvard.edu
Phone: 617.495.4811
Additional Website: https://eps.harvard.edu/people/peter-huybers/
Outside professional activities
Outside Professional Activities
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Outside Professional Activities For Peter Huybers
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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The Salata institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so.