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Dr. Mann received his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Applied Math from the University of CaliforniaÌýat Berkeley, an M.S. degree in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University. His research involves the use of theoretical models and observational data to better understand Earth's ÃÛèÖAPP system.Ìý

Dr. Mann was a Lead Author on theÌýObserved Climate Variability and ChangeÌýchapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report in 2001 and was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of SciencesÌýFrontiers of ³§³¦¾±±ð²Ô³¦±ðÌýin 2003. He has received a number of honors and awards including NOAA's outstanding publication award in 2002 and selection byÌýScientific AmericanÌýas one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. He contributed, with otherÌýIPCC authors, to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union in 2012 and was awarded the National Conservation Achievement Award for science by the National Wildlife Federation in 2013.ÌýHe made Bloomberg News' list of fifty most influential people in 2013. In 2014, he was named Highly Cited Researcher by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and received the Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education. He received the Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication from Climate One in 2017, the Award for Public Engagement with Science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2018 and the Climate Communication Prize from the American Geophysical Union in 2018. In 2019 he received the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 2020. He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society, the Geological Society of America, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is also a co-founder of the award-winning science websiteÌý.Ìý

Dr. Mann is author of more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications, numerous op-eds and commentaries, and four books includingÌý,Ìý,Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý.