Oct 21
Lunch & Conversation: Environment & Policy with Alex Barron '00
Register now for Lunch and Conversation by 12:00pm on October 20th.
Alex graduated from Carleton in 2000 with a BA in chemistry and earned his PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology from Princeton University. His graduate research examined interactions between plants, soils and the atmosphere.
Alex applied his training as a scientist to policy design--in Congress, at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and in the White House. In Congress, he worked in both the Senate and House of Representatives to design comprehensive climate legislation (including the American Clean Energy and Security Act) and covered international climate negotiations.
Alex's current research focuses on the design for climate policies to reduce greenhouse gas pollution and avoid catastrophic climate change. This include evaluating how policies have worked in the past, designing specific policy incentives to reduce emissions, and working to improve the tools that policy makers use when designing those policies.
Sponsored by The Sidney Carne Wolff '62, H'85, and Richard J Wolff '62 Endowed Lectureship in Science, Technology, and Public Policy as well as, Environmental Studies, Chemistry, and Public Policy.