Yale Bulletin and Calendar

October 3, 2003|Volume 32, Number 5

Experts on air pollution and energy
systems join the F&ES faculty

Experts on the environment's relationship to energy and to public heath have joined the faculty of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES).

Arnulf Grubler, professor in the field of energy and technology, will teach every fall semester, and Michelle Bell, assistant professor of environmental health, will join the faculty in January.

"The school is very fortunate to have these two extraordinary people join our resident faculty this year," says Gus Speth, dean of F&ES. "There are few people in the world who know as much about energy systems and technologies as Arnulf Grubler, and Michelle Bell is already breaking new ground."

A native of Austria, Grubler has published widely on such topics as technological change, technology diffusion, long-wave theory, energy and transport systems, climate change and resource economics. He is co-editor of "Technological Change and the Environment" (with Nebojsa Nakicenovic and William Nordhaus) and editor of "Global Energy Perspectives" and "Technology and Global Change." He was lead author for the Second and Third Assessment Reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and is also editor and lead author of the joint IIASA-WEC (World Energy Council) study on Global Energy Perspectives.

In addition to teaching, Grubler will serve as a senior research scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), an international, non-governmental think-tank located in Laxenburg Castle, Austria, where his research focuses on the long-term history and future of technology and the environment with emphasis on energy, transport and communication systems.

Bell's research and teaching focus on how air pollution affects human health. Her research integrates several disciplines, such as environmental engineering and epidemiology. Specific research interests include meteorological and air-quality modeling of common air pollutants (which connects emissions and weather to air quality) and the statistical analysis of the health impacts of air pollution. She is also interested in related policy issues and air pollution control strategies.

She has been involved in a wide range of research projects, including analysis of the health impacts of historical air pollution episodes, compliance with air quality standards, the effect of changes in emissions on air quality, environmental decision-making strategies, and the integration of air quality modeling with human health research. She has received grants and awards from the National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency and the Air and Waste Management Association.

T H I SW E E K ' SS T O R I E S

F&ES to get 20% of its electricity from wind power

Program will help train future leaders in patient-oriented research

Student helped strengthen neighborhoods in her hometown . . .

Heading for 'Jeopardy!'

SOM professors' study on mutual funds gets renewed notice

Rule of law is slowly advancing in China, ambassador asserts

Yale endowment reaches record high in last fiscal year

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer joins School of Music faculty

Experts on air pollution and energy systems join the F&ES faculty

Conference to explore the future of globalization

Team learns sugars produced by cancers may help disease spread

Events mark the centennial of Russian composer

Intersection of architecture and psychoanalysis to be explored

Exhibit honors theologian who helped shape American psyche

Study: Caregivers, patients often disagree over health decisions

Universities should ensure global access patented new medicines . . .

New Yorker publisher to discuss how the magazine got its 'mojo' back

Symposium celebrates career of biochemist Donald Crothers

Homeless benefit from combination of services, says study

Robert Macnab, noted for his research on bacteria, dies

Two studies aim to help smokers quit the habit

True Blue tradition

Campus Notes