James G. Anderson

{{Short description|American chemist (born 1944)}} {{Other people||James Anderson (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = James G. Anderson | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image =  | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1944}} | birth_place = Spokane, Washington, U.S. | death_date =  | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates =  | other_names = | pronounce = | residence = | fields = Atmospheric chemistry | workplaces = Harvard University | patrons = | education = University of Washington (BS 1966)<br>University of Colorado Boulder (PhD 1970) | alma_mater = | thesis_title = Rocket borne ultraviolet spectrometer measurement of OH resonance fluorescence with a diffusive transport model for mesospheric photochemistry | thesis_url =  | thesis_year = 1970 | doctoral_advisor =  | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students =Andrew Dessler | notable_students = | known_for = Work on emissions of greenhouse gases in the Arctic and ozone depletion<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/4/23/change-climate-carbon-arctic/ |title=Professor Studies Arctic Climate Change |last=Yu |first=Gina |date=2010-04-23 |website=Harvard Crimson |language=en |access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://harvardmagazine.com/2012/07/ozone-destruction |title=Increased Risk of Ozone Loss above United States |date=2012-07-26 |website=Harvard Magazine |language=en |access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref> | influences = | influenced = | awards = 1993 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, 1996 Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship, 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse =  | partner =  | children = | signature =  | signature_alt = | website =  | footnotes = }}

'''James Gilbert Anderson''' (born 1944) is the Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at Harvard University, a position he has held since 1982.<ref name=faculty>{{Cite web |url=https://www.arp.harvard.edu/person/james-g-anderson |title=James G. Anderson |website=Anderson Research Group |access-date=2017-11-12}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20250529051831/https://www.arp.harvard.edu/person/james-g-anderson archived version])</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/scienceincontemp0000swed |url-access=registration |title=Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia |last=Swedin |first=Eric Gottfrid |date=2005 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9781851095247 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/scienceincontemp0000swed/page/218 218] |language=en}}</ref> From 1998 to 2001, he was the chairman of Harvard's department of chemistry and chemical biology. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,<ref>{{Cite web|title=James Gilbert Anderson|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/james-gilbert-anderson|access-date=2021-12-06|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en}}</ref> the American Geophysical Union, the National Academy of Sciences,<ref>{{Cite web|title=James G. Anderson|url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/58234.html|access-date=2021-12-06|website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref> and the American Philosophical Society.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=James+G.+Anderson&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-12-06|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> His awards include the 1993 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, the 1996 Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship and the 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences.<ref name=faculty/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amacad.org/content/system/search.aspx?s=James+Head-title%253dAcademy |title=James Gilbert Anderson Search Results |website=Amacad.org |access-date=2017-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113112741/https://www.amacad.org/content/system/search.aspx?s=James+Head-title%253dAcademy |archive-date=2017-11-13 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, Anderson won a Smithsonian magazine American Ingenuity Award in Physical Sciences.<ref>{{cite web |title=2012 American Ingenuity Award Winners |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/ingenuity/ceremonies/2012-winners/ |website=Smithsonian Magazine |publisher=Smithsonian |accessdate=11 October 2018 |archive-date=14 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814132329/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/ingenuity/ceremonies/2012-winners/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Anderson is currently working on the development of a solar powered aircraft for climate science and atmospheric observation.

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==External links== *[https://chemistry.harvard.edu/people/james-anderson Harvard faculty page]

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