John P. Holdren

John P. Holdren
Director
Woods Hole Research Center
149 Woods Hole Road
Falmouth, MA 02540-1644
Phone: 508-540-9900 x133
Fax: 508-540-9700

Education

Ph.D. - Stanford University
1970

S.M. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1966

S.B. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1965

Professional Experience

Harvard University, 1996 - Present

  • John F. Kennedy School of Government: Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy and Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Public Policy.
  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences: Professor of Environmental Science and Public Policy.
  • Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Science and Public Policy Major:
    Member of the Board of Tutors

University of California, Berkeley

  • 1996 - Present: Professor of Energy and Resources Emeritus
  • 1991 - 1996: Class of 1935 Professor of Energy
  • 1978 - 1996: Professor of Energy and Resources
  • 1988 - 1996: Chair of Graduate Advisors, Energy and Resources Group
  • 1983 - 1996 (on leave 1987 - 1988): Vice Chair, Energy and Resources Group
  • 1982 - 1983, Fall 1990: Acting Chair, Energy and Resources Group
  • 1975 - 1978: Associate Professor of Energy and Resources
  • 1973 - 1975: Assistant Professor of Energy and Resources

California Institute of Technology

  • 1972 - 1973: Senior Research Fellow, Division of Humanities & Social Sciences and Environmental Quality Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

  • 1970 - 1973 (on leave 1/72 - 6/73): Physicist, Theory Group, Magnetic Fusion Energy Division

Stanford University

  • 1969 - 1970: Research Assistant, Institute for Plasma Research

Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Sunnyvale, California

  • 1966 - 1967: Consultant in Re-Entry Physics
  • Summer, 1966: Associate Engineer, Senior, Re Entry Aerodynamics
  • Summer, 1965: Associate Engineer, Performance Analysis

Recent Concurrent and Visiting Appointments

Woods Hole Research Center: Woods Hole, Massachusetts:

  • 1992 - 1994: Visiting Scholar
  • 1994 - 2005: Distinguished Visiting Scientist
  • 1994 - 2005: Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
  • 2004 - 2005: Director-Designate
  • June 2005: Assumed office as Director

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory:

  • 1973 - Present: Faculty Consultant, Magnetic Fusion Energy (subsequently Energy) Division
  • Fall 1986: Visiting Physicist, Theory Group, Magnetic Fusion Energy Division
  • 1994 - Present: Faculty Consultant, Laser & Environmental Directorate

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

  • 2005: President-elect
  • 2006: President
  • 2007: To serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors

Research Interests

Dr. Holdren's work has focused on causes and consequences of global environmental change, analysis of energy technologies and policies, ways to reduce the dangers from nuclear weapons and materials, and the interaction of content and process in science and technology policy.

Recent publications

Dr. Holdren is the author of some 300 articles and papers, and he has co-authored and co-edited some 20 books and book-length reports, such as Energy (1971), Human Ecology (1973), Ecoscience (1977), Energy in Transition (1980), Earth and the Human Future (1986), Strategic Defences and the Future of the Arms Race (1987), Building Global Security Through Cooperation (1990), Conversion of Military R&D (1998), and Ending the Energy Stalemate (2004).

Byers, Stephen (Co-chair), Olympia Snowe (Co-chair), Bob Carr, John P. Holdren, Martin Khor Kok-Peng, Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, Claude Martin, Tony McMichael, Jonathon Porritt, Adair Turner, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Ni Weidou, Timothy E. Wirth, and Cathy Zoi. 2005. Meeting the Climate Challenge: Recommendations of the International Climate Change Task Force. Institute for Public Policy Research, Center for American Progress, and Australia Institute. January.

Holdren, John P. (Co-chair), William K. Reilly (Co-chair), John W. Rowe (Co-chair), Philip R. Sharp (Congressional Chair), Jason Grumet (Executive Director), et al. 2004. Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America's Energy Challenges. Washington, DC: National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP), 128 pp. December.

Holdren, John P. 2003. U.S. Climate Policy Post Kyoto. Paper presented at The Convergence of U.S. National Security and the Global Environment, The Aspen Institute Congressional Program, 18(3)7-24.

Holdren, John P. 2003. Environmental Change and the Human Condition. Lecture. 1864th Stated Meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, November 2002. Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fall 24-31.

Holdren, John P. 2001. The Energy-Climate Challenge. Environment 43(5)8-21.

Holdren, John P., and Kirk R. Smith. 2000. Energy, the Environment, and Health. In The World Energy Assessment: Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability, ed. Jose Goldemberg, 61-110. UN Development Programme, New York.

Holdren, John P. 1996. Arms Limitation and Peace Building in the Post-Cold-War World (Nobel Peace Prize acceptance lecture on behalf of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs). In Les Prix Nobel 1995. Nobel Foundation, Stockholm. Also in Pugwash Newsletter January 33(3)123-128; and The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 52 (2)29-32.

Holdren, John P., Gretchen C. Daily, and Paul R. Ehrlich. 1995. The Meaning of Sustainability: Biogeophysical Aspects. In Defining and Measuring Sustainability: The Biogeophysical Foundations, ed. M. Munasinghe and W. Shearer. World Bank, Washington, DC, 3-17.

Holdren, J.P., and R.K. Pachauri. 1992. Energy. In An Agenda of Science for Environment and Development into the 21st Century, ed. Dooge, J.C.I., G. Goodman, and J.W.M. Riviere, et al. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 103 118.

Holdren, John P. 1981. Renewables in the U.S. Energy Future: How Much, How Fast? Energy The International Journal 6(9)901 916.

Ehrlich, Paul R., Anne H. Ehrlich, and John P. Holdren. 1977. Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman.

Holdren, John P., and Paul R. Ehrlich. 1974. Human Population and the Global Environment. American Scientist 62(3) 282 292.

Achievements and awards

  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences
  • MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship, 1981
  • Member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), 1994-2001
  • Chair of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1993-2004
  • Volvo Environment Prize of 1993 (with Paul Ehrlich)
  • Nobel Peace Prize acceptance lecture on behalf of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, December 1995
  • Chair of the Executive Committee of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, 1987-1997
  • Kaul Foundation Award in Science and Environmental Policy, 1999
  • Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 2000
  • Heinz Prize in Public Policy, 2001
  • President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006
  • Several honorary degrees