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Mark G. Lawrence

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Mark G. Lawrence
Born (1969-02-05) 5 February 1969 (age 55)
New Jersey, United States
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materGeorgia Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric Sciences, Sustainability
InstitutionsInstitute for Advanced Sustainability Studies
University of Potsdam
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
Websitehttps://www.iass-potsdam.de/en/people/mark-lawrence

Mark G. Lawrence is an American atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on a range of sustainable development topics at the science policy and science-society interface. He is scientific director at the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) in Potsdam (former Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam.[1]

Education and academic career

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Mark Lawrence received his Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences in 1996 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA, after which he moved to Germany to work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) in Mainz, working closely with Paul J. Crutzen.[2] From 2000, he was a research group leader at MPIC and went on to lead the working group Atmospheric Modeling at MPIC. In the same year he completed his habilitation in physics at the University of Mainz. In 2009 and 2010 he served as an interim professor of meteorology at the University of Mainz and received the State Teaching Award of Rhineland-Palatinate.[3] On October 15, 2011, Lawrence was appointed to be a scientific director at the IASS Potsdam.[1][4] In 2023, he is appointed as a member of German Council for Sustainable Development by the chancellor of Germany.[5]

Research

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As an atmospheric scientist, Lawrence works particularly on topics within the field of air quality and climate change. At the IASS he helped the organization partner with the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology to fight Climate Change.[6][7][8] At the IASS he was coordinator of the EU project 'European Transdisciplinary Analysis of Climate Engineering (EuTRACE)',[9] in which 14 partner organizations investigated the potentials and risks of climate geoengineering (2012–2015).[10][11]

Professional service

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  • Member of the International Advisory Board for "REACH: Resilience to Environmental Change and Emerging Health Threats" (since 2021)
  • Deputy Chairman of the German Climate Consortium (DKK) (since 2021)[12]
  • Chairman of the advisory board for the Climate Engineering Conferences 2014, 2017, and 2020 (CEC14, CEC17, CEC20), (since 2013)[13]
  • Journal One Earth, Advisory Board (since 2019)[14]
  • Journal Advanced Sustainable Systems, Executive Advisory Board (since 2016)[15]
  • Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment - Advisory Board (since 2016)[16]
  • Journal Climanosco, Editorial board and founding member (since 2015)[17]
  • Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project GeoMIP, Steering Committee (since 2014)[18]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Dr. Mark Lawrence appointed scientific director at IASS | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies". www.iass-potsdam.de. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  2. ^ Bell, Alexandra (May 22, 2012). "Turning point: Mark Lawrence". Nature. 485 (7398): 407. doi:10.1038/nj7398-407a.
  3. ^ "Zwei Dozenten des Fachbereichs Physik, Mathematik und Informatik mit Lehrpreis Rheinland-Pfalz ausgezeichnet". Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Luftverschmutzung und Klimawandel". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 2022-04-21.
  5. ^ "German Chancellor appoints new Council for Sustainable Development". 20 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Network for Investigating Clean Air Solutions - Himalaya | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies". www.iass-potsdam.de. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  7. ^ "Nepal and Germany to cooperate on climate change science". Climate & Clean Air Coalition.
  8. ^ Magazine, New Spolight. ""It Is Important To Measure Air Pollution" Dr. Lawrence". SpotlightNepal.
  9. ^ "European Transdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Engineering (EuTRACE) | Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies". www.iass-potsdam.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  10. ^ "European scientists slam geoengineering". www.imeche.org.
  11. ^ EU Trace report 2015 pure.ed.ac.uk
  12. ^ "Organisational structure | Deutsches Klima Konsortium". German Climate Consortium - DKK. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Climate Engineering in Context 2021 - Advisory Board". CEC '21 - Critical Global Discussions. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  14. ^ "Cell Press: One Earth".
  15. ^ "Advanced Sustainable Systems". doi:10.1002/(ISSN)2366-7486.
  16. ^ "Board of Advisors | Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment".
  17. ^ "Editorial Board – Climanosco".
  18. ^ "The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) · Steering Committee".
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