Drew Shindell is Nicholas Professor of Earth Science at Duke University. His group studies the impacts on human health, agricultural yields, climate and the economy of policies to mitigate climate change or improve air quality. He is an author on >290 peer-reviewed publications and is a fellow of AGU and AAAS. He has testified before both houses of the US Congress (at the request of both parties), developed a climate change course with the American Museum of Natural History and made numerous media appearances. He chaired the 2011 UNEP/WMO Integrated Assessment of Black Carbon and Tropospheric Ozone, was a Coordinating Lead Author of the 2013 Fifth Assessment Report of the IPCC and of the 2018 IPCC Special Report on 1.5°C and chaired the 2021 Global Methane Assessment from UNEP/CCAC. He chairs the Scientific Advisory Panel to the CCAC and serves on the Science Advisory Board of the US EPA.