| James G. Anderson | |
| Birth Place: | Spokane, Washington, U.S. |
| Fields: | Atmospheric chemistry |
| Workplaces: | Harvard University |
| Education: | University of Washington University of Colorado |
| Thesis Title: | Rocket borne ultraviolet spectrometer measurement of OH resonance fluorescence with a diffusive transport model for mesospheric photochemistry |
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| Thesis Year: | 1970 |
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| Doctoral Students: | Andrew Dessler |
| Known For: | Work on emissions of greenhouse gases in the Arctic and ozone depletion[1] [2] |
| Awards: | 1993 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, 1996 Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship, 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences |
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James Gilbert Anderson (born 1944) is the Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at Harvard University, a position he has held since 1982.[3] [4] From 1998 to 2001, he was the chairman of Harvard's department of chemistry and chemical biology. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,[5] the American Geophysical Union, the National Academy of Sciences,[6] and the American Philosophical Society.[7] His awards include the 1993 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, the 1996 Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship and the 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences.[3] [8] In 2012, Anderson won a Smithsonian magazine American Ingenuity Award in Physical Sciences.[9] Anderson is currently working on the development of a solar powered aircraft for climate science and atmospheric observation.