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Science Team | Paul Wennberg

Paul Wennberg

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Caltech

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Paul Wennberg is Professor of Environmental Sciences & Engineering (ESE) at Caltech and works on atmospheric chemistry and the global carbon cycle.

Education

  • PhD in Chemistry | Harvard University | 1994
  • BA in Chemistry | Oberlin College | 1985

Professional Experience

  • 2016 – 2017 Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Copenhagen University, Denmark
  • 2016 – 2023 Division Executive Council, Engineering and Applied Science, Caltech
  • 2014 – 2023 Director, The Linde Center for Global Environmental Science, Caltech
  • 2012 – 2023 Executive Officer for Environmental Science and Engineering
  • 2008 – 2011 Director, The Linde Center for Global Environmental Science, Caltech
  • 2005 Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • 2005 – 2006 Secretary of the Atmospheric Sciences Section, American Geophysical Union
  • 2004 – R. Stanton Avery Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology
  • 2001 – 2004 Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology
  • 1998 – 2001 Associate Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology

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