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Robert W. Kates - Curriculum Vitae#

Date and Place of Birth: January 31, 1929, Brooklyn, New York

PROFESSIONAL AND CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:

The sustainability transition, global and local climate change, the prevalence and persistence of hunger; long-term population dynamics, theory of the human environment, sustainability science.

EDUCATION:

New York University, 1946-48, Economics
Indiana University (Gary), 1957, Geography
University of Chicago M.A., Ph.D., 1958-62, Geography

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, HONORARY MEMBERSHIPS:

1970-71 Honorary Research Professor, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
1975 Member, National Academy of Sciences
1976 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1979 Association of American Geographers, Honors Award
1979 Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
1980 Phi Beta Kappa, Lambda Chapter of Massachusetts, Honorary Membership
1981-85 MacArthur Prize Fellowship
1984-85 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer
1985 Fellow, Distinguished Scholar Exchange, Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China
1987 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1988 Member, Sigma Xi
1991 U.S. National Medal of Science
1993 Foreign Member, Academia Europaea
1993 Honorary Doctor of Sciences, Clark University
1994-5 Thomas F. and William J. Gilbane Presidential Fellow, Brown University
2004 Honorary Doctor of Sciences, University of Maine
2005 Laureat d’Honneur, International Geographical Union

2008 Presidential Professor of Sustainability Science, University of Maine

COLLEGE TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1962-65 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
1965-67 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
1966 Staff member of AAG Summer Geography Institute for Small Southern Colleges
1967-68 Lecturer, Department of Geography, University College, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1968-87 Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
1974-80 University Professor, Clark University
1976 Visiting Scholar, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
1984-85 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Lecturer
1986-91 University Professor, Brown University
1988- Affiliate Professor of Geography, Clark University
1991- Faculty Associate, College of the Atlantic
1992- University Professor (emeritus] Brown University

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

1960-62 Research Assistant to Gilbert F. White, Department of Geography, University of Chicago in studies of agricultural flood plains and urban flood damages.
1961-62 Doctoral research under Resources for the Future Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
1963-64 Consultant to C.W. Thornthwaite Associates and Co- Principal Investigator in study of the relation between storm hazard and coastal occupance on the east coast of the United States.
1963-65 Principal Investigator in a study of flood damage evaluation in the Lehigh Valley under contract with Harvard Water Resources Program.
1966-67 Principal Investigator in study of drought impact on the provision and planning of public water supplies in Massachusetts under a grant from Resources of the Future, Inc..
1966-67 Member of the Task Group on Human Dimensions of the Atmosphere of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Principal Investigator in pilot studies related to the economic and social impacts of weather modification, under contract with the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
1966-67 Associate in study of methods of environmental perception and behavior analysis under a grant to Harvard University and the American Geographical Society by Resources for the Future, Inc..
1967-74 Co-Principal Investigator in Collaborative Research on Natural Hazards (with University of Chicago, later University of Colorado, and the University of Toronto) under a grant from the National Science Foundation.
1967-69 Director, Bureau of Resource Assessment and Land Use Planning, University College, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
1970 Consultant to UNESCO, Interdisciplinary Symposium on Man's Role in Changing the Environment: Architecture and Urbanism for Growth and Change.
1970-71 Honorary Research Professor, University of Dar es Salaam, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
1971-73 Member, Study Group on the Societal Consequences of Weather Modification, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
1972-74 Consultant, Natural Hazard Research Assessment, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado.
1973-76 Associate Investigator, Disaster Reconstruction Policy Issues Study, under a grant from NSFRANN to the University of Colorado.
1974-77 Senior Consultant, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) Study of Environmental Risk Assessment in an International Context under a contract from the United Nations Environmental Programme and with support from the Electric Power Research Institute.
1974-77 Associate Investigator, Study of Risk Assessment of Rare Events in Nuclear Power Generation under a grant to Clark University by the Ford Foundation.
1974-77 Co-Principal Investigator, Study of Alternative Approaches to Rural Development in Least Developed Countries under a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation and with support from the Johnson Foundation.
1975-76 Co-Principal Investigator, Study of the Perceptions of the Hydrologic Cycle by Small Children, Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education.
1975-76 Co-Principal Investigator, Review of Population, Society and Desertification under a contract from the United Nations Environmental Programme.
1976-77 Principal Investigator, Workshop on Risk Assessment and Societal Management of Technological Hazards under a grant from NSF-RANN to Clark University.
1977-79 Co-Principal Investigator, Study on Improving the Societal Management of Technological Hazards under a grant from NSF-RANN to Clark University.
1977-80 Co-Principal Investigator, Locus and Legacy: Equity Issues in Radioactive Waste Management under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
1978-82 Co-Principal Investigator, The Effect of Climate Fluctuation on Human Populations under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
1979-80 Principal Investigator, Report on the Comparative Impact of the 1910-15 and 1968-74 Drought in the Sahelian- Sudanic Zone of West Africa under a contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development.
1979-82 Co-Principal Investigator, Improving Public Policy for Technological Hazard Management under a grant from the National Science Foundation, Division of Policy Research and Analysis, to Clark University.
1979-82 Consultant, Study of Environmental Hazards of Small Children under a grant from the National Library of Medicine to the Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education, Inc..
1979 Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Study of Nature, Society and Technology: Towards a Theory of the Human Environment.
1980-81 Co-Principal Investigator, Assessing Vulnerability to Volcanic Ashfall in East Central Washington: Decision-making and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sector under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
1981-83 Co-Principal Investigator, Labor and Laity: Equity Issues in the Differential Exposure of Workers and Publics to Technological Hazards under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
1980-85 Review Coordinator, Project on Improving the Science of Climate Impact Assessment, International Council of Scientific Unions, Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (SCOPE) with support from the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences- National Research Council, and the United Nations Environment Program.
1981-87 Research Professor, Center for Technology, Environment, and Development, Clark University.
1982-85 Co-Principal Investigator, Industry as Hazard Manager, under a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to Clark University.
1983-87 Co-Principal Investigator, Perception and Management of Pests and Pesticides, under a grant from the General Service Foundation to Clark University.
1985-87 Co-Principal Investigator, Climate Impacts, Perception, and Adjustment Experiment (CLIMPAX) under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
1985-87 Co-Principal Investigator, Millennial Long Waves in Human Occupance: Exploring the Dynamics of Population Growth and Decline, under a grant from the National Science Foundation to Clark University.
1985-87 Co-Principal Investigator, The Global Century Scenario of Sustainable Development of the Biosphere in cooperation with the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis.
1985 Fellow, Distinguished Scholar Exchange, Committee on Scholarly Communication with the People's Republic of China.
1986-1992 Director, Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program, Brown University, Emeritus 1993–.
1993- Distinguished Scientist, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University
1995-2003 Co-Principal Investigator, Global Change in Local Places, under a grant from NASA to the Association of American Geographers
1996-9 Senior Fellow, (emeritus 2000-) The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
1998-2003 Associate, Visiting Scholar, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
2000-3 Visiting Scholar, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
2000-3 Co-Investigator, Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability, under a grant from the National Science Foundation with contributions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Global Programs.
2000-2 Member, Global Scenario Group
2000-4 Co-Principal Investigator, Review of Values, Attitudes and Behavior for Sustainable Development
2004-5 Visiting Scholar, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
2005-8 Co-Principal Investigator, Recovery in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina
2006- Senior Research Associate, Center for International Development, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
2007- Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Community and Regional Resilience Initiative
2008- Presidential Professor of Sustainability Science, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Environmental and Watershed Research and Climate Change Institute, University of Maine,
2009 U. Of Colorado, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (Research Affiliate)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES:

Member: Academia Europaea, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Association of American Geographers, National Academy of Sciences, Sigma Xi, Tanzania Society.
1962-63 Chairman, Committee on the National Inventory of Soil and Water Conservation Needs, Association of American Geographers.
1963-65 Member, Committee on Utilization of Stored Data Systems; Member of Program Committee, Association of American Geographers.
1963-64 Assistant Editor, Economic Geography.
1964-73 Member, Committee on the Alaska Earthquake, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, and Chairman of the Geography Panel (1964-67).
1965-67 Member, Committee on Geographic Information Systems, Association of American Geographers.
1965 Member, Subcommittee on Spatial Behavior, Committee on Areas for Social and Economic Analysis, Social Science Research Council.
1965-66 Vice-President, Clark Chapter, American Association of University Professors.
1966 Member, Technical Advisory Committee, Natural Disaster Studies, U.S. Home and Housing Finance Agency.
1966 Vice-President, New England Section, Regional Science Association.
1966-67 President, Clark Chapter, American Association of University Professors.
1970-76 Corresponding Member, Commission on Man and Environment, International Geographical Union
1972-73 Member, Human Resources Task Force, State of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs
1972-82 Treasurer, (1972-78), Clerk (1979-82), Honorary Director (1986-), Elm Park Center for Early Childhood Education, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts
1973 Member, Science Advisory Group, Connecticut River Basin Program, New England River Basin Commission
1973 Member, Panel on Amplitude of Coastal Surges, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
1973-79 Vice-Chairman (1973), Chairman (1974-76), Member (1977-79), Directorate on Perception of Environmental Quality, Project 13, U.S. National Committee for the Man and Biosphere Program
1973-77 Member, Assembly of Behavioral and Social Sciences, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
1973-75 Member, Advisory Panel on Arid Lands of Sub-Saharan Africa, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
1974-75 Member, Energy Task Force, City of Worcester, Massachusetts
1974-76 Co-Convenor, Working Group on Man-Environment Theory, Commission on Man and Environment, International Geographical Union
1974-76 Member, U.S. National Committee for the Man and Biosphere Program
1976-77 Member, Advisory Committee on Appropriate Technology, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1976-77 Member, Advisory Committee on Desertification, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1976-79 Member, Committee on Atmospheric Sciences, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
1976-79 Member, Committee for International Environmental Programs, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council (U.S. National Committee for the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment/SCOPE)
1976-85 Chairman, (1976-79), member (1979-85), Committee on Human Rights, National Academy of Sciences
1976-78 Member, Editorial Board, Geographical Review
1977-79 Member, Report Review Panel, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council
1979-80 Member, Climate Research Board's Panel on Effective Use of Climate Information in Government Decision- making, National Academy of Sciences
1979-82 Member, Climate Research Board, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
1979-85 Member, Committee on Climate, American Association for the Advancement of Science
1979-81 Chairman, Governing Board Study Group on Assessment of Risk, National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council
1980 Member, Expert Group on Climate Impact Studies, United Nations Environmental Program.
1980-82 Member, Advisory Board for Futures of New England Series, The University Press of New England
1980-90 Member, Editorial Board, Climate Change
1981-82 Member, Scientific Program Evaluation Committee, University Consortium on Atmospheric Research
1982-88 Member, Social Science Research Council, Board of Directors, Committee on Problems and Policy
1982-84 Member, Board of Atmospheric Science and Climate, National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council.
1982-1993 Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Committee for the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis
1983-85 Member, Advisory Committee, Clark University Study of Safety and Sensitivity: Ethical Issues in Identifying and Protecting High-Risk Persons in the Workplace
1983- Member, Association of American Geographers, Committee on Scientific Freedom and Responsibility
1984-85 Member, Federal Emergency Management Agency, N.E. Earthquake Organization Workshop Steering Committee
1984-85 Chairman, Center for Technology, Environment and Development, Clark University
1984-85 Co-chairman, National Academy of Engineering Symposium, Hazards: Technology and Fairness
1985-87 Member, Governing Council, Perception and Management of Pests and Pesticides Research and Development Network
1985-87 Member, Organizing Committee, Clark University, Centennial Symposium, Earth as Transformed by Human Action
1985-86 Member, Social Sciences Research Council, International Peace and Security Fellowship Committee
1986-90 Member, National Council, The Federation of American Scientists.
1986-89 Member, Board of Science and Technology in Development, National Research Council
1987 Member, United Nations Association of the U.S.A., National Steering Committee; Food on the Table: Seeking Global Solutions to Chronic Hunger
1988-1993 Member, Editorial Board, Annals of Association of American Geographers
1988-1992 Member, Committee of Advisors, International Geographical Congress, 1992
1988 Member, Panel on Food Aid Requirements for the 1990s, National Research Council
1988-1992 Member, Commitee on Global Change (U.S. National Commitee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program), National Research Council, and Chair, Working Group on Human Interactions
1989-1992 Member, Advisory Committee, Clark University Study on Critical Environmental Zones
1990-1992 Member, Task Force on U.S. Government Organization and Participation in Science and Technology for Development, Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government
1989-1999 Coordinator (1989-91), Co-Chair (1992-) Overcoming Hunger in the 1990s
1992-1995 Vice-President (1992-3), President 1993-4), Past President [1994-5 Association of American Geographers
1993-2008 Executive Editor, Environment magazine
1993-1995 Member, Rediscovering Geography Committee, National Research Council
1994-2000 Member, Editorial Board, Food Policy
1994-1996 Co-chair, AAG Committee on Global Change Research
1994-1999 Member, Scientific Editorial Board, Consequences
1995-1999 Member (1995) Vice-Chair (1996-9) Board on Sustainable Development, National Research Council
1995-2003 Member, Science Editorial Board, Conservation Ecology
1995-2000 Member, Scientific Advisory Board Human Environment
1996-1999 Member, Advisory Board Forces of Change Exhibit, National Museum of Natural History
1998-2001 Review editor, Working Group II, Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
1996-1999 Member, Board of Advisory Editors, Encylopedia of Global Change
1997-1999 Member, Maine Climate Change Task Force
1998-1999 Member, Planning Committee, Maine Global Climate Change Conference
1999-2003 Member, Advisory Committee, University of Maine, Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy
1999- Member, Executive Committee, Maine Global Climate Change Inc.
2000-2005 Member, Advisory Board, Society for Amateur Scientists
2000- 2009 Trenton, ME representative, Acadia Disposal District
2000 Chair, Coordinating Committee for a Transition to Sustainability, National Academy Of Science, National Research Council.
2000 Member, Organizing Committee, Friibergh Workshop on Sustainability Science
2001- Co-Convenor, Initiative for Science and Technology for Sustainability
2003-4 Review Editor, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
2003-4 Member, National Academies, Committee on Facilitating Interdisciplianry Research
2003-6 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Ecology and Society
2003-4 Co-Chair, Science and Econoomic Policy Resource Panel, Stakeholder Advisory Group, Maine Greenhouse Gas Action Plan
2004- Member, Great Transition Initiative
2004-7 Review Editor, Working Group II, Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
2005- Member, Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2006- Member, Advisory Board, Social Science Research council, Task Force on Katrina
2007- Member, Board of Global Institute on Sustainability, Arizona State University,
2007- Member, National Advisory Board. Long Term Ecological Research Systems
2008- Contributing Editor, Environment Magazine
2008- Member, Trenton, ME Solid Waste Committee
2009 Member, National Academies, Committee on America’s Climate Choices, Adaptation Panel
2009 Chair, Advisory Board, Sustainability Solutions Initiative, University of Maine
2009 Member, Planning Committee, National Climate Adaptation Summit

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