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Member Since 2009
Gifford J. Wong
Research Staff Member, IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute
Member, Congressional Science Fellows Task Force; Member, Cryosphere Executive Committee; Member, Science and Society Executive Committee
Gifford Wong works at the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) and brings experience and expertise in the areas of environment, energy, resource management, U.S.-China bilateral relations, and science communication. Before joining STPI, he served as a Foreign Affairs Officer at the U.S. Department of State (AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow) and as climate and environment adviser in the Office of Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (AGI Congressional Science Fellowship).
Professional Experience
IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute
Research Staff Member
2019 - Present
American Association for the Advancement of Science Washington DC
Foreign Affairs Officer
2017 - 2019
American Geosciences Institute
Congressional Geosciences Fellow
2015 - 2016
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Education
Dartmouth College
Doctorate
2015
University of Tasmania
Other
2007
University of California Berkeley
Bachelors
1997
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Publications
The Expanding Footprint of Rapid Arctic Change
March 23, 2019
Rapid transport of ash and sulfate from the 2011 Puyehue-Cor...
August 19, 2017
AGU Abstracts
Evaluating Manual Decontamination Approaches for Discrete Ice Core Samples
ICE CORE RECORDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE I POSTER
cryosphere | 13 december 2024
Kir Mullen, Bess G. Koffman, Sierra Rothman-Haji, ...
Ice cores are an important archive of past climate information, serving as continuous records of atmospheric and glaciological conditions through time...
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Bridging the Crevasse Between Science and Policy: Thoughts on Shaping our Shared Future
THE NEXT 100 YEARS OF CRYOSPHERE I
cryosphere | 12 december 2019
Gifford J. Wong
The last century began with the Arctic and Antarctic as settings for heroism, romance, and tragedy as humanity sought to challenge Earths extreme fron...
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Rapid transport of ash and sulfate from the 2011 Puyehue-Córdon Caulle (Chile) eruption to West Antarctica
RAPID TRANSPORT OF ASH AND SULFATE FROM THE 2011 PUYEHUE-CÓRDON CAULLE (CHILE) ERUPTION TO WEST ANTARCTICA
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 11 december 2017
Eleanor Dowd, Nelia W. Dunbar, David Ferris, Laura...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Member
Science and Society Executive Committee
2025 - 2026
Member
Cryosphere Executive Committee
2024 - 2026
Member
Congressional Science Fellows Task Force
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