Noah Diffenbaugh

Noah Diffenbaugh
Diffenbaugh in 2014
Born
Noah S. Diffenbaugh

(1974-07-23) July 23, 1974
NationalityAmerican
Alma materB.S. Stanford University (Earth Systems, 1997), M.S. Stanford University (Earth Systems, 1997), Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz (Earth Sciences, 2003)
Known forclimate change, science communication
AwardsElected Fellow, William Kaula Award and James R. Holton Award from the American Geophysical Union, CAREER award from the National Science Foundation, Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsEarth sciences, climatology
InstitutionsStanford University, Purdue University, University of California, Santa Cruz
ThesisGlobal and regional controls on Holocene environments (2003)
Doctoral advisorLisa C. Sloan
Other academic advisorsPaul Koch, Patrick J. Bartlein
Doctoral studentsDaniel Swain
WebsiteStanford Profile page

Noah S. Diffenbaugh (born July 23, 1974) is an American climate scientist at Stanford University, where he is the Kara J Foundation Professor of Earth System Science and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. He is the inaugural Editor-in-Chief of the peer-review journal Environmental Research: Climate (published by IOP Publishing). From 2015-2018, he served as editor-in-chief of the peer-review journal Geophysical Research Letters (published by American Geophysical Union). He is known for his research on the climate system, including the effects of global warming on extreme weather and climate events such as the 2011-2017 California drought.