Rob DeConto is a Professor of Geosciences and Co-Director of the School of Earth & Sustainability of University of Massachusetts Amherst. Previously, he held research positions at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Rob studies polar climate change, the role of glaciers and ice sheets in past and future sea level change, and the impacts of sea level rise on coastlines and people. He has served as a selected lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), he serves on national and international science boards, and he is a recipient of the Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica.
University of massachusetts
