<p> William F. Ruddiman</p><p>Affiliation Department of Environmental Sciences (Emeritus Professor) University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA E-mail [email protected] (work) [email protected] (home)</p><p>Date of Birth 8 January 1943 (Washington, D.C.)</p><p>Education 1960-1964 Williams College, Mass. B.A. in Geology 1964-1969 Columbia University, NY. Ph.D. in Marine Geology</p><p>Employment 1969-1976: Oceanographer, U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Md 1976-1983: Senior Research Associate, Lamont-Doherty Observatory, NY 1983-1992: Doherty Senior Research Scientist Lamont-Doherty Obs., NY 1991-2001: Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, UVa</p><p>Leadership 1982-1983: Director, CLIMAP Project Positions 1982-1990: Executive Committee, COHMAP Project 1982-1986: Associate Director, Lamont-Doherty Observatory. NY 1993-1996: Chair, Department of Environmental Sciences, Univ. Virginia 2009-2010: Chair, Panel on Revised Climate Position Statement, Geological Society of America. </p><p>Membership Geological Society of America (Elected Fellow) American Geophysical Union (Elected Fellow) </p><p>Honors Doherty Senior Research Scientist Lamont-Doherty Obs., NY (1984-1992) Featured in 1997 NOVA Film: "Cracking the Ice Ages" Author of “Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum” (2005, Princeton Univ. Press): winner of Phi Beta Kappa 2006 award: best book in general science Featured in Part 4 of 2007 Discovery Science Channel Film: "Faces of Earth" Featured in Episode 5 of 2010 BBC film series: "How the Earth Made Us". 2010 Lyell Medal, Geological Society of London</p><p>Publications Author of over 125 papers, most in peer-reviewed scientific journals Editor or co-editor of 3 Books and 4 Ocean Drilling Volumes Author of undergraduate textbook "Earth's Climate: Past and Future" 1st edition 2001, 2nd edition 2007 Author of “Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum” (2005, Princeton Univ. Press; 2nd release in 2010 with new afterword.</p><p>Research Climate change on tectonic, orbital and human time scales; Focus evidence and causes </p>