Seth Shonkoff, PhD, MPH, Executive Director at PSE Healthy Energy

Seth Shonkoff, PhD, MPH, Executive Director at PSE Healthy Energy

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Dr. Seth Shonkoff is the executive director of the energy science and policy institute, PSE Healthy Energy. Dr. Shonkoff is also a visiting scholar in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management at UC Berkeley and an affiliate in the Environment Energy Technology Division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley California. An environmental and public health scientist by training, he has more than 15 years of experience in water, air, climate, and population health research and has published more than 35 peer-reviewed journal articles and reports. He has worked and published on topics related to the intersection of energy, air pollution, water quality, climate, and human health from scientific and policy perspectives. Dr. Shonkoff has co-authored multiple high-profile scientific assessments including the Human Health chapter of The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), two human health chapters in the California Senate Bill 4 independent scientific study on hydraulic fracturing and well stimulation; and an assessment of the public health dimensions of underground gas storage in the State of California. Dr. Shonkoff serves on multiple science-policy expert panels and in 2018 was awarded as one of 20 Pioneers in Environmental Public Health under 40 by the Collaborative on Health and the Environment.  Dr. Shonkoff completed his PhD in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and his MPH in epidemiology in the School of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley.

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Education: PhD

Seniority: Board director, CEO, COO, CFO, President, Provost

Years of experience: 10 to 20 years

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