Kevin Gurney
Kevin Gurney is an Atmospheric Scientist, Ecologist and Policy expert currently working in the areas of carbon cycle science, climate science, and climate science policy at Northern Arizona University where he is a Professor in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems. He has degrees from UC Berkeley, MIT, and Colorado State University.
Gurney’s current research involves characterizing fossil fuel CO2 emissions at the global, national, and urban scales. Using data mining, model/data fusion, and machine learning, these greenhouse gas quantification efforts are being used by analysts, scientists, governments, and multi-scale stakeholders. Gurney has worked with numerous cities, states, the federal government, and the United Nations building systems for data usability and access for diverse stakeholder communities. He is also a co-founder of Crosswalk Labs, a company aimed at making usable GHG emissions data available to cities, businesses, the media, and the financial sector.
Gurney is an IPCC lead author, an NSF CAREER award recipient, Sigma Xi Young Scientist recipient, a Fulbright scholar and has published over 160 peer-reviewed scientific articles with multiple papers in Nature and Science and a book from MIT Press, Mending the Ozone Hole. He recently coauthored the National Academy report: Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Decision making.
IG3IS related project/activities
Co-author of urban guidelines
