Robert Corell (Robert W.)

North Olmsted

Class of 1952

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Robert W. - Class of 1952 - North Olmsted

First Name	Robert
Last Name	Corell
Maiden Name	W.
Graduation Year	Class of 1952
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	MD
Country	United States
Occupation	Scientific Research and Former College Professor
Married	Divorced
Favorite School Memory	The many friends, the working together on numerous academic and extracurricular activities, and the incredible teachers
About Me	Dr. Robert W. Corell is a Principal for the Global Environment Technology Foundation and its Center for Energy and Climate Solutions, an Ambassador for ClimateWorks, Professor II at the University of the Arcticâ€™s new Institute of Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry and a Professor II at the University of Tromso. He is a Partner of C-ROADS Climate Interactive Initiative, Head of the U.S. Office for the Global Energy Assessment and Chair of the Global Climate Action Initiative established to assist international negotiators in the COP 15 and beyond processes. In 2010, Dr. Corell founded the non-profit Global Science Associates, an interdisciplinary nucleus for the worldâ€™s best science experts and collaboratories. In 1996, he was awarded the Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit by the President of Brazil. In 2003, a Mountain region in Antarctic was named the â€œCorell Cirqueâ€ in his honor. Further, he was recognized with the other scientists for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments and in 2010, Dr. Corell was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Veterinarian Medicine by the Norges VeterinÃ¦rhÃ¸gskole (Norwegian School of Veterinarian Science) He was Vice President for Programs and Policy at the Heinz Center from 2006 to 2009 and recently, he completed an appointment that began in January 2000 as a Senior Research Fellow in the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Universityâ€™s Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Corell is also a Senior Policy Fellow at the Policy Program of the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Robert Corell has been quoted in The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Golf Digest, CBS Newsâ€™ 60 Minutes, and many additional public media outlets. Dr. Corell is actively engaged in research concerned with the sciences of global change and the interface between science and public policy, particularly research activities that are focused on global and regional climate change, related environmental issues, and science to facilitate understanding of vulnerability and sustainable development. He co-chairs an international strategic planning group that is developing a strategy designed to harness science, technology, and innovation for sustainable development; serves as the Chair of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment; counsels as Senior Science Advisor to ManyOne.Net; and is Chair of the Board of the Digital Universe Foundation. Dr. Corell was Assistant Director for Geosciences at the National Science Foundation where he had oversight for the Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences and the global change programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF). He was also a professor and academic administrator at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Corell is an oceanographer and engineer by background and training, having received Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees at Case Western Reserve University and MIT. He has also held appointments at the Woods Hole Institution of Oceanography, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the University o...(read more)