Job Title: 
Professor
Organization: 
UMD, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Science
Ning Zeng is a professor at the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science and the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, and affiliate professor with the Department of Geology and the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute. He earned a BS degree in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, MS degree in Physics and Ph.D in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Arizona. He worked at MIT, UCLA, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, and the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology.

His professional interests include climate change and variability, carbon cycle and ecosystem, carbon sequestration and other technical solutions and policy implications of climate change. He is a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher and on Reuters Hot List of Top Climate Scientists. He is a founding co-chief editor of the journal Earth System Dynamics. He was Chair of the 9th International CO2 Conference. He is a contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Reports and the Global Carbon Project. He served on the US CLIVAR panel and the US Carbon Cycle Science Working Group.
Credentials: 
PhD
Job Title: 
National Business Renewable Energy Advisor
Organization: 
US Department of Agriculture

Chris Cassidy is the National Business Renewable Energy Advisor for USDA National Office in Washington D.C.  He formerly served as the Regional Renewable Energy Coordinator for Western and Pacific Region, the Director of Business and Cooperative Programs for USDA Rural Development, and was the USDA Renewable Energy Coordinator for Washington State.  He served on the task forces that designed, implemented, and provided technical reviews for the Renewable Energy Sections of the 2002 and 2008 Farm Bills.

Cassidy has been actively engaged in business, agriculture, technology, and renewable energy development activities for three decades.  He has served the United States Government, the United Nations, the Cooperative Bank, and the World Bank in technical management capacities in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America.  He has served the indigenous people of the Native American community in economic and agriculture development and remains active in community development activities. 

Cassidy completed his studies, undergraduate, and graduate degrees in business, international development, and agriculture in Louisiana, Europe, and California.

Profile Type: 
Speaker

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