Don Wuebbles
Head, Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign
Atmospheric Sciences Bldg
105 S. Gregory St.,
Urbana, IL-61801
Donald J. Wuebbles is a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois. Dr. Wuebbles earned his B.S. (1970) and M.S. (1972) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. He received his Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of California at Davis in 1983. Dr. Wuebbles spent many years as a research scientist and group leader at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory before returning to the University of Illinois in 1994. His research has emphasized the development and use of mathematical models of the atmosphere to study the chemical and physical processes that determine atmospheric structure. He is the author of over 300 scientific articles, most of which relate to atmospheric chemistry and global climate change as affected by both human activities and natural phenomena. He also directs a number of research projects that are primarily oriented towards improving our understanding of the impacts that man-made and natural trace gases may be having on the Earth's climate and on tropospheric and stratospheric chemistry, with emphasis on concerns about global ozone. A number of his studies also relate to the relationship between the physical science of global change and the social sciences, including analysis techniques needed in considering potential policy considerations.
