Principal Climate Change Scientist
U.S. National Park Service
Dr. Patrick Gonzalez is a forest ecologist, Principal Climate Change Scientist of the U.S. National Park Service, and Associate Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He advances science-based action on human-caused climate change through research on climate change, ecosystems, wildfire, and carbon solutions and assistance to local people and policymakers on biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. Dr. Gonzalez has conducted field research in Africa, Latin America, and the U.S., published in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and other journals, and contributed science to policy in positions in Washington, DC. He has stood publicly for scientific integrity and broadened public understanding of climate change in 121 published articles on his research in the New York Times and other media. Dr. Gonzalez has served as a lead author for four reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the science panel awarded a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize.
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM Pacific