Head Environmental Modeling Group
Max Planck Institute for Meteorology
Guy P. Brasseur was educated at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium He obtained his PhD degree at the same University, but completed the work at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy. He became Director of the Atmospheric Chemistry Division in 1990. During his tenure at NCAR, he served between 1992 and 1996 as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), and during the period 1994-2001, became Chair of the International Atmospheric Chemistry Project (IGAC) of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP). On 1 January 2000, Brasseur became Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and Honorary Professor at the Universities of Hamburg and Brussels. Between January 2002 and December 2005, Brasseur was the Chair of the Scientific Committee of the ICSU International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP). He was a Coordinating Lead Author for the fourth Assessment Report (WG-1) of the International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC). Jointly with Al Gore, the IPCC was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Between January 2006 and July 2009, Brasseur was an Associate Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Head of the Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory (ESSL, 300 staff). Since July 2009, he is the founding Director of the Climate Service Center (CSC) in Hamburg, Germany and an External Member of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. He has become the first Distinguished Scholar appointed by NCAR. Brasseur is member of several Academies (Hamburg, Belgium, Norway) and the Academia Europea. He was the Joint Science Committee of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).
Brasseur’s primary scientific interests are questions related to Global Change, chemistry-climate relations, biosphere-atmosphere interactions, climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, global air pollution including tropospheric ozone, solar-terrestrial relations. His has become increasingly interested in issues related to climate communication and knowledge dissemination.
Data-based Air Quality Management: From Science to Solutions – Case Study of Indore
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
9:00am – 9:20am ET
