Daniel Kammen

Daniel Kammen
Born
Daniel Merson Kammen
EducationCornell University (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
WebsiteOfficial website

Daniel Merson Kammen (b. 1962)[1] is an American scientist, renewable energy expert, and former government figure. He currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley, and holds a dual appointment at the university's Energy and Resources Group (part of the College of Natural Resources) and the Goldman School of Public Policy.

Kammen is noted as a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for their report, Climate Change 2007, assessing man-made global warming.[2] In 1998, Kammen was elected a permanent fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, and in 2007 received the Distinguished Citizen Award from the Commonwealth Club of California.[2]

Early life and education

Originally from Ithaca, New York, Kammen is the son of Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Cornell University professor Michael Kammen.[3] He received his bachelor's degree in physics from Cornell University (1984) and his master's degree (1986) and PhD (1988) in physics from Harvard University.[4] As a postdoctoral researcher at Caltech, Kammen began to transition to energy research, with a focus on the role of energy in developing economies.[5]

Career in government

On September 15, 2007, Kammen was appointed chief technical specialist for renewable energy and energy efficiency at the World Bank.[6]

In 2016, he was selected as a U.S. Science Envoy by the United States State Department.[7] He resigned from this position in 2017, citing what he believed to be President Trump's failure to denounce white supremacists and neo-Nazis.[8] His August 23, 2017, resignation letter went viral, as netizens noticed that the first letter of each paragraph spelled out I-M-P-E-A-C-H.[9]

Kammen has been mentioned as a potential Secretary of Energy in a Joe Biden administration.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://search.library.cooper.edu/permalink/01NYU_CU/1c53fbr/alma990062385540107874
  2. ^ a b "Daniel M. Kammen - Copenhagen Climate Council". Copenhagen Climate Council. Archived from the original on 2009-01-05. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  3. ^ Schudel, Matt (December 4, 2013). "Michael Kammen, Pulitzer-winning historian, dies at 77". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
  4. ^ Kammen, Daniel. "Kammen CV" (PDF). Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  5. ^ Raphael, Chris. "Dan Kammen's race against climate change". Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  6. ^ Kessler, Richard A. (2010-09-10). "World Bank names California professor as clean energy chief". ReCharge. NHST Media Group. Retrieved 2010-09-11.
  7. ^ "Announcement of U.S. Science Envoys". United States Department of State. February 26, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2017.
  8. ^ "Prominent UC professor resigns post in Trump administration". The Sacramento Bee. August 23, 2017.
  9. ^ Amy B Wang (August 23, 2017). "Trump's science envoy quits in scathing letter with an embedded message: I-M-P-E-A-C-H". The Washington Post.
  10. ^ "POLITICS: Who would run Biden's DOE?". www.eenews.net. Retrieved 2020-10-08.
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