Institution: Stockholm University

Kevin Noone is Professor of Meteorology at the Department of Applied Environmental Science at Stockholm University. He was the founding Director of the Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences (SSEESS) at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 2010-2014, and has been affiliated with the Stockholm Resilience Centre. From 2004-2008 he was the Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). He has a background in Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Oceanography, Meteorology, and Atmospheric Physics. He has been on the faculty at both Stockholm University in Sweden and the University of Rhode Island in the U.S. His early research work in Chemical Engineering focused on transparent semiconductors for use as solar cells. His primary research interests at present are in the areas of sustainability science, atmospheric chemistry & physics, the effects of aerosols and clouds on air quality and the Earth’s climate, and Earth System science. He is an advocate of using holistic approaches to obtaining a solid scientific basis for decisions on environmental and climate issues. He is author/coauthor of more than 120 scientific articles, two books and 10 book chapters.