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Peter Huybers

Peter Huybers

Harvard University · Environmental Science and Public Policy

Active 2001–2026

h-index74
Citations20.5k
Papers440115 last 5y
Funding$2.2M

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About

Peter Huybers is a Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering and Chair of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University. He also serves as the Interim Faculty Dean of Kirkland House. His academic and research activities are based at Harvard University, located at 20 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA. Professor Huybers leads a research group that includes graduate students, research staff, and former students who have completed their PhDs under his supervision. His research focuses on various aspects of climate science, including climate change impacts on agriculture, climate variability, and environmental reconstruction. He has contributed to understanding the effects of climate change on crop yields, water stress, and temperature variability, as well as the attribution of weather events to climate change. His work also involves the development of improved datasets and methodologies for analyzing historical climate data and surface temperature anomalies. Professor Huybers' research group has been involved in projects funded by organizations such as Amazon Web Services and the Harvard Data Science Initiative, highlighting the intersection of climate science and data analysis. His leadership in the field is reflected in his mentorship of students and staff who have gone on to academic and professional positions at institutions like Stanford, UC Berkeley, and the University of British Columbia.

Research topics

  • Geography
  • Environmental science
  • Atmospheric sciences
  • Meteorology
  • Geology
  • Medicine
  • Political Science
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy
  • Sociology

Selected publications

Recent grants

Frequent coauthors

  • A. N. Rhines

    Netflix (United States)

    101 shared

  • Ethan E. Butler

    Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

    95 shared

  • Nathaniel D. Mueller

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    90 shared

  • N. Michele Holbrook

    Harvard University

    82 shared

  • Duo Chan

    University of Southampton

    79 shared

  • J. X. Mitrovica

    66 shared

  • Stefan Siebert

    University of Göttingen

    65 shared

  • D. K. Ray

    University of Minnesota

    65 shared

Labs

  • Peter Huybers LabPI

    Research on climate, extremes, crops, yield, paleoclimate, paleoceanography, glacial cycles, and volcanism

Education

  • Ph.D., Atmospheric Chemistry

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    1996

  • M.S., Atmospheric Chemistry

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    1993

  • B.S., Earth and Planetary Sciences

    Harvard University

    1991

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