Joel Dov Scheraga

Background

Scheraga, Joel Dov was born on March 29, 1955 in Brooklyn. Son of Morton G. and Susanna (Rothberg) Scheraga.

Education

AB, Brown University, 1976. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Brown University, 1981.

Degree in Leadership Program, Federal Executive Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2009.

Career

Research assistant Jet Propulsion Laboratory, summer 1974, 75. Geophysical research assistant Brown University, Providence, 1976-1977, teaching assistant, 1977-1980. Instructor University Rhode Island, 1979-1980.

Assistant professor Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1981-1987. Visiting assistant professor Princeton University, New Jersey, 1985-1986. Senior economist United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1987-1991, branch chief, 1991-1995, division director, 1995-1998, senior economist, national acid precipitation assessment program, 1989-1990, national program director, global change research program, since 1998, national program director, Mercury Research Program, 2005—2009, senior advisor, climate adaptation, since 2010.

Participant Stanford Energy Modeling Forum. Vice chair United States National Assessment Working Group, 1997-2000, chair, 2000-2002. Vice chair Global Change Theme Program World Commission on Protected Areas, since 2001.

Faculty international water management course Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, 2002-2004. Environmental Protection Agency principal representative United States Climate Change Science Program, 2005-2009. Fellow Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University, since 2008.

Member& lead author Human Health Subgroup, Adaptation and Response Working Group, Maryland Commission Climate Change, since 2009. Workgroup member Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force, White House Council Environmental Quality, since 2010. Ex-officio member National Academy of Sciences, Climate Change Education Roundtable, since 2010.

Achievements

• Joel Dov Scheraga has been listed as a noteworthy economist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Problems and Issues in Microeconomics: A Study Guide for the Applied Theory of Price

Membership

Teacher Hebrew, Congregation Har Shalom, Potomac, Maryland., 1987. Member program committee Eastern Economics Association, 1985-1988. Steering committee Binational United States-Canada Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Project.

Member Society Government Economists (book review editor 1988-1990).

Interests

• Avocations: flying, sky diving, running, softball, bowling.

Connections

Father:

Morton G. Scheraga

Mother:

Susanna (Rothberg) Scheraga