2014 Annual Dinner: Guest Speaker, Prof. Michael McElroy
We are very pleased to announce that Michael B. McElroy, the Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, will be the speaker at our 2014 Annual Dinner.
May 21, 2014
We are thrilled to announce our guest of honor for the
2014 Harvard Club of New Jersey's Annual Dinner:
Michael B. McElroy
- Gilbert Butler Professor of Environmental Studies
The atmosphere is an important resource, an indispensable component of the global life support system. Human activity can change its composition, altering climate, air quality, and radiation reaching us from the sun.
Michael McElroy studies changes in the composition of the atmosphere with an emphasis on the impact of human activity. His research includes investigations of processes affecting the abundance of ozone in the stratosphere and factors influencing the chemical composition of the troposphere. It explores the manner in which changes in the composition of the atmosphere affect climate.
It seeks to place the impact of
contemporary human activity in a larger context by studying large-scale
changes in the environment that occurred in the past. His research
addresses also challenges for public policy posed by the rapid pace of
industrialization in developing countries such as China and India while
exploring alternative strategies for more sustainable development in
mature economies such as the United States.
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