Schneider, Stephen H.

Professor of Biological Sciences
Stanford University

Education:
PhD, Columbia
 

Honors:
Member, National Academy of Sciences (NAS)  2002
 

Stephen H. Schneider is professor of biological sciences and, by courtesy, of civil and environmental engineering, and senior fellow at the Institute for International Studies. Schneider received his doctoral degree in mechanical engineering and plasma physics from Columbia University. Since joining the Stanford faculty a decade ago, he has done pioneering modeling work in the fields of atmospheric science and global climatology. He has initiated new research and policy directions in environmental issues through disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, popular publications, legislative testimony, media appearances, and scientific and public policy forums. His current research interests include climatic change, global warming and climatic modeling of paleoclimates and of human impacts on climate. In addition to serving as a presidential science adviser, Schneider was a coordinating lead author of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program and the World Meteorological Organization), and a lead author of Working Group I. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and recipient of numerous awards and honor ­ including a MacArthur Fellowship and the AAAS/ Westinghouse Award for furthering public understanding of science and technology. In 1998 he became a foreign member of the Academia Europaea, Earth and Cosmic Sciences Section.