Rate Professor Paul Wennberg

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Paul Wennberg earned his AB from Oberlin College in 1985 and his PhD from Harvard University in 1994.

Research Interests: His research focuses on atmospheric chemistry, climate change, and trace gas measurements.

Appointments: R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering at Caltech.

Awards: MacArthur Fellowship (1998), elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

Publications: Key papers on atmospheric carbon dioxide in Science.

Additional Contributions: Wennberg leads NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission.