Peter Schlosser is the Vice President and Vice Provost of Global Futures, the University Global Futures Professor, and directs the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at Arizona State University. He holds joint appointments in the School of Sustainability, the School of Ocean Futures, the School of Earth and Space Exploration, and the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment. Prior to joining ASU in January 2018, Dr. Schlosser spent twenty-eight years at Columbia University, serving as the Maurice Ewing and J. Lamar Worzel Professor of Geophysics, Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and as the deputy director and director of research at the Earth Institute. Schlosser’s research focuses on the hydrosphere, primarily the circulation of water in the oceans, continental surface waters, and groundwater, including the impact of human activities. He is Co-Chair of the Earth League and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Explorers Club. He is an elected member of the German National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. In addition to his research and academic roles, Dr. Schlosser serves on the advisory board for TIMES CO2, as well as the boards of UNESCO, the American Geophysical Union, Carbon Collect Limited, and the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, among others. He is actively involved in numerous national and international science steering and advisory committees, continuously striving to advance the understanding of our global futures.
Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the impacts of climate change on people and the planet. She is the Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a Horn Distinguished Professor and Endowed Professor of Public Policy and Public Law at Texas Tech University. She has served as a lead author for the Second, Third, and Fourth U.S. National Climate Assessments and her work has resulted in over 125 peer-reviewed papers, abstracts, and other publications. She is the author of the best-selling book Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. She also hosts the PBS Digital Series Global Weirding and is a co-founder of Science Moms. Hayhoe is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Scientific Affiliation, an Honourary Fellow of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society, an Oxfam Sister of the Planet, and the World Evangelical Alliance’s Climate Ambassador. She has been named to lists including the TIME 100 Most Influential People and Fortune's 50 World's Greatest Leaders, received a number of awards including the National Center for Science Education’s Friend of the Planet Award, the American Geophysical Union’s Climate Communication Prize and Ambassador Award, and the Sierra Club’s Distinguished Service Award, and is a United Nations Champion of the Earth in Science and Innovation.
