Lisbeth D. Gronlund, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Senior Scientist of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Global Security Program
- Position:
- Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Can Alternative Energy Effectively Replace Fossil Fuels?"
- Reasoning:
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“Roughly 86 percent of the energy Americans consumed in 2005 was generated from fossil fuels, which produce global warming emissions. Nuclear power supplied 8 percent of the total energy consumed in the United States, while hydroelectric power plants and other forms of renewable energy, including biomass, geothermal, wind, and solar, provided the remaining 6 percent…
Of the electricity used in the United States in 2005, fossil fuels generated 70 percent, nuclear power supplied roughly 21 percent, and hydroelectric dams and other renewable energy sources provided 9 percent…”
Cowritten with D. Lochbaum and E. Lyman, “Nuclear Power in a Warming World: Assessing the Risks, Addressing the Challenges,” www.ucsusa.org, Dec. 2007
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Senior Scientist and Co-Director, Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Global Security Program, 1992-present
- Research Affiliate, Program on Science, Technology, and Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow, Panel of Public Affairs, American Physics Society (APS)
- Board member, The Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science
- Associate Editor, Science and Global Security
- Co-founder and organizer, International Summer Symposiums on Science and World Affairs
- Co-recipient, Joseph A. Burton Forum Award, APS, 2001
- SSRC-MacArthur Foundation Fellow, International Peace and Security, Center for International Security Studies at the University of Maryland, 1990-1992
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Defense and Arms Control Studies Program, MIT, 1988-1990
- Education:
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- PhD, Theoretical Physics, Cornell University, 1989
- BA, Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1982
- Other:
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