Work

James Wang educates policymakers and the public on scientific and policy aspects of global warming, air quality and nitrogen pollution in air, land and water.

He specializes in climate change physics and their impacts on society and ecosystems. He also researches emissions, transport, and chemistry of air pollutants, particularly greenhouse gases.

Languages

English

Background

Education

• Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
• B.S. with Honors, Biological Sciences, Stanford University

Work Experience

• Teaching Fellow, Harvard University (1998-2002)
• Technician, Intermountain Fire Sciences Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, Missoula, Montana (1995-1997)

Publications

• Linking Mid-century Targets to Long-Term Climate Change Outcomes [PDF] (July 2007)
• A quantitative assessment of uncertainties affecting estimates of global mean OH derived from methyl chloroform observations [PDF] (Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, 2008)
• A 3-D Model Analysis of the Slowdown and Interannual Variability in the Methane Growth Rate from 1988 to 1997 [PDF] (2004)
• On the Contribution of Anthropogenic Cl to the Increase in d¹³C of Atmospheric Methane [PDF] (Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 2002)
• Unger, N., D.T. Shindell and J.S. Wang, Climate forcing by the on-road transportation and power generation sectors (Atmospheric Environment, 43, 3077-3085, 2009).