Stephen W. Pacala
{{Short description|American academic}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Stephen W. Pacala
| nationality = American
| fields = Ecology
| workplaces = University of Connecticut
Princeton University
| alma_mater = Dartmouth College
Stanford University
|}}
Stephen W. Pacala is the Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University.{{cite web|title=Stephen Pacala|url=https://www.princeton.edu/eeb/people/display_person.xml?netid=pacala|website=Faculty Page, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology|publisher=Princeton University|accessdate=24 May 2017}} He has worked on climate change, population ecology, and global interactions between the biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere. Since 2021, he has been a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).{{cite web|title=President Biden Announces Members of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/09/22/president-biden-announces-members-of-presidents-council-of-advisors-on-science-and-technology/|website=White House|date=22 September 2021 |access-date=2022-08-31}}
Education
Pacala received his B.A. in Biology from Dartmouth College in 1978 and his Ph.D. in Biology from Stanford University in 1982.{{cite web|title=Stephen W. Pacala, Chair, Founding Board Member|url=https://www.climatecentral.org/what-we-do/people/stephen-w-pacala-chair-founding-board-member|website=climatecentral.org|access-date=2022-08-31}}
Career
He has taught at the University of Connecticut (1982-1992) and Princeton University (1992-Present). He also serves on the boards of the non-profits, Environmental Defense Fund and Climate Central. Pacala was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2003.{{Cite web|title=Stephen W. Pacala|url=https://www.amacad.org/person/stephen-w-pacala|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}} He was a lead author on the climate stabilization wedge project with Robert Socolow.{{cite journal|title=Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies|url=https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1100103 |journal=Science|year=2004 |doi=10.1126/science.1100103 |access-date=2022-08-31 |last1=Pacala |first1=S. |last2=Socolow |first2=R. |volume=305 |issue=5686 |pages=968–972 |pmid=15310891 |bibcode=2004Sci...305..968P |s2cid=2203046 |url-access=subscription }} Pacala was the Acting Director of the Princeton Environmental Institute from 2005 to 2006, and then served as its director from 2006 to 2014.{{Cite web|title=Stephen W. Pacala - CV (2020)|url=https://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/pacala/files/pacala_cv_2020_.pdf|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}} He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2007.{{cite news|last1=Bailey|first1=Rebecca|last2=Wickner|first2=Hali|title=French, Ambros, and Pacala Elected to AAAS, NAS|url=http://www.dartmouth.edu/~vox/0607/0514/academies.html|accessdate=24 May 2017|agency=Vox of Dartmouth|issue=May 14, 2007|publisher=Trustees of Dartmouth College|date=May 14, 2007}}
Awards
Pacala received the Robert H. MacArthur Award from the Ecological Society of America in 2010.{{cite news|title=Robert H. MacArthur Award|url=http://www.esa.org/history/Awards/bulletin/macarthur2010.pdf|accessdate=24 May 2017|work=Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America|agency=Ecological Society of America|issue=92:344–345|date=October 2011}} He was appointed a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in 2025.{{Cite web |date=2025-05-20 |title=Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society |url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2025/05/new-fellows/ |access-date=2025-05-22 |website=Royal Society |language=en}}
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