Mark G. Lawrence

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Mark G. Lawrence (born February 5, 1969 in Woodbury, New Jersey , USA) is an American Earth system and atmosphere researcher living in Germany. Since 2011 he has been Scientific Director at the Institute for Transformative Sustainability Research (IASS) in Potsdam and Professor at the University of Potsdam .

Career

Mark Lawrence received his PhD in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta (USA) in 1996 and worked closely with Nobel Prize winner Paul J. Crutzen at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC) in Mainz from 1993-2000 . From 2000 to 2005 Lawrence headed an independent junior research group at the MPIC. In 2006 he took over the atmospheric modeling group there. In the same year he completed his habilitation in physics at the University of Mainz , where he was deputy professor of meteorology in 2009 and 2010 and in 2010 received the state teaching award for Rhineland-Palatinate and the university teaching award. On October 15, 2011, Mark Lawrence was appointed Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam alongside ex-Federal Environment Minister Klaus Töpfer and Nobel Prize winner Carlo Rubbia . Since November 2013 he has been honorary professor at the University of Potsdam .

research

In his work, Lawrence connects science, politics, civil society, industry and other social sectors through transdisciplinary cooperation with various interest groups in order to develop sustainable solutions in a co-creative process for the major challenges of the Anthropocene, especially in the area of ​​air quality and climate change. His main research interests include:

  • the effects of short-lived, climate-affecting pollutants on air pollution, climate and health. He was co-coordinator of the 23 partner EU project "MEGAPOLI" (2008-2011), which dealt with the interrelationships between climate change and air quality in megacities. At the IASS he initiated several projects on air pollution and climate change, including the project 'A Sustainable Atmosphere for the Kathmandu Valley' in Nepal (since 2012), in which, in collaboration with over 20 local and international research groups, the second largest measurement campaign to date on air pollution in South Asia was carried out.
  • the critical analysis of the controversial topic of "climate geoengineering". This term covers targeted technical interventions and measures to cool the climate. He was the coordinator of the EU project 'European Transdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Engineering (EuTRACE)', in which 14 partner organizations examined the possibilities and risks of climate engineering (2012-2015).
  • Lawrence is also interested in the connection between sustainability and spirituality. His goal is also to develop an understanding of how a transformation towards a sustainable society can be promoted through stronger individual and collective mindfulness.

Publications (selection)

Lawrence is the author or co-author of over 150 peer-reviewed papers, with over 10,000 citations and a Hirsch Index of over 50 (according to Scopus and Web of Science). In 2013 he was appointed co-author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He also worked as an editor for the journals Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2000–2008) and Atmospheric Environment (2001–2004).

  • MG Lawrence, S. Schäfer: Promises and perils of the Paris Agreement. In: Science. Vol. 364, No. 6443, 2019, pp. 829-830. doi: 10.1126 / science.aaw4602 , (science.sciencemag.org)
  • MG Lawrence, S. Schäfer, H. Muri, V. Scott, A. Oschlies, NE Vaughan, O. Boucher, H. Schmidt, J. Haywood, J. Scheffran: Evaluating climate geoengineering proposals in the context of the Paris Agreement temperature goals. In: Nature Communications. Volume 9, 2018, Article 3734, doi: 10.1038 / s41467-018-05938-3 , (nature.com)
  • MG Lawrence, PJ Crutzen: Was breaking the taboo on research on climate engineering via albedo modification a moral hazard, or a moral imperative? In: Earth's Future. Volume 5, No. 2, 2017, pp. 136–143, doi: 10.1002 / 2016EF000463 , (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
  • S. Schäfer, MG Lawrence and others: The European Transdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Engineering (EuTRACE). 2015. (iass-potsdam.de)
  • PJ Irvine, B. Kravitz, MG Lawrence, H. Muri: An overview of the Earth system science of solar geoengineering. In: Wires climate change. Vol. 7, No. 6, November / December 2016, pp. 815–833. (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
  • D. Reichwein, A.-M. Hubert, PJ Irvine, F. Benduhn, MG Lawrence: State Responsibility for Environmental Harm from Climate Engineering. In: Climate Law. Volume 5, No. 2-4, 2015, pp. 142-181.
  • S. Schäfer, A. Maas, H. Stelzer, MG Lawrence: Earth's Future in the Anthropocene: Technological Interventions between Piecemeal and Utopian Engineering. In: Earth's Future. Vol. 2, No. 4, 2014, pp. 239-243.
  • J. Schmale, D. Shindell, E. v. Cutting knife, I. Chabay, MG Lawrence: Air pollution: Clean up our skies. In: Nature. Volume 515, 2014, pp. 335-337.
  • T. Butler, B. Lode, A. Parker, K. Mar, F. Schmidt, MG Lawrence: Decarbonisation, carbon neutrality, and climate neutrality. 2015. (publications.iass-potsdam.de)
  • MG Lawrence, J. Lelieveld: Atmospheric pollutant outflow from southern Asia: A review. In: Atmos. Chem. Phys. Volume 10, 2010, pp. 11017-11096, doi: 10.5194 / acp-10-11017-2010 .
  • R. Rayfuse, MG Lawrence, KM Gjerde: Ocean Fertilization and Climate Change: The need to regulate emerging high seas uses. In: Int. J. Marine and Coastal Law. Volume 23, 2008, pp. 297-326.
  • MG Lawrence, PJ Rasch, R. von Kuhlmann, J. Williams, H. Fischer, M. de Reus, J. Lelieveld, PJ Crutzen, M. Schultz, P. Stier, H. Huntrieser, J. Heland, A. Stohl , C. Forster, H. Elbern, H. Jakobs, RR Dickerson: Global chemical weather forecasts for field campaign planning: predictions and observations of large-scale features during MINOS, CONTRACE, and INDOEX. In: Atmos. Chem. Phys. Volume 3, 2003, pp. 267-289.

Bodies

Lawrence was or is active in various national and international steering committees and bodies, such as B.

  • Trade journal “One Earth”, member of the advisory board since 2019
  • Potsdam Master Plan Climate Protection, Co-Spokesperson for the Working Group "Households, Consumption and Communication" (since 2018)
  • Trade journal “Advanced Sustainable Systems”, member of the advisory board since 2016
  • SDSN Germany - Steering Committee Member (since 2016)
  • Forum for Climate Engineering Assessment - Advisory Board Member (since 2016)
  • Climanosco magazine, founding member and member of the editorial board since 2015
  • Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project GeoMIP, steering committee member since 2014
  • Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Climate Engineering Conferences 2014, 2017 and 2020 (CEC14, CEC17, CEC20), 2013 to date
  • UNEP Atmospheric Brown Clouds Project (ABC), Member of the Scientific Team 2006–2015,
  • International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Project (IGAC), Member of the Scientific Steering Committee 2010–2018 and Co-Chair 2015–2018
  • International Commission on Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Pollution (iCACGP), member 2002–2010, 2014-until today

Honors

  • 2009/10 University teaching award in physics, mathematics and computer science, University of Mainz
  • 2010/11 State Teaching Prize Rhineland-Palatinate
  • 2018: Top 50 Nature Communications Earth and planetary sciences article

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Air pollution and climate change. Retrieved September 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ A sustainable atmosphere for the Kathmandu Valley (SusKat). Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ European Transdisciplinary Assessment of Climate Engineering (EuTRACE). Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Mindsets and attitudes for the Anthropocene (AMA). Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  5. ^ Cell Press: One Earth. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Potsdam Climate Council starts with a new structure. July 3, 2018, accessed September 27, 2019 .
  7. ^ Members of the advisory board of the specialist journal "Advanced Sustainable Systems". Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Board of Advisors | Forum for Climate Engineering Assesment. Retrieved September 27, 2019 (American English).
  9. ↑ Editorial Board - Climanosco. Retrieved September 27, 2019 (American English).
  10. ^ The Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project (GeoMIP) · Steering Committee. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  11. ^ Advisory Group. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Two awards of the teaching award 2010/2011 of the state Rhineland-Palatinate. In: University of Mainz. April 25, 2012, Retrieved September 27, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Top 50: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Retrieved September 27, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Lawrence, Mark G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American earth system and atmospheric researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Woodbury, New Jersey, USA