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American chemist (born 1944) For other people with the same name, see James Anderson (disambiguation).
James G. Anderson
Born1944 (age 79–80)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Washington
University of Colorado
Known forWork on emissions of greenhouse gases in the Arctic and ozone depletion
Awards1993 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, 1996 Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship, 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences
Scientific career
FieldsAtmospheric chemistry
InstitutionsHarvard University
Thesis Rocket borne ultraviolet spectrometer measurement of OH resonance fluorescence with a diffusive transport model for mesospheric photochemistry  (1970)
Doctoral studentsAndrew Dessler

James Gilbert Anderson (born 1944) is the Philip S. Weld Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at Harvard University, a position he has held since 1982. From 1998 to 2001, he was the chairman of Harvard's department of chemistry and chemical biology. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Geophysical Union, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. His awards include the 1993 Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, the 1996 Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship and the 2021 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences. In 2012, Anderson won a Smithsonian magazine American Ingenuity Award in Physical Sciences. Anderson is currently working on the development of a solar powered aircraft for climate science and atmospheric observation.

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  9. "2012 American Ingenuity Award Winners". Smithsonian Magazine. Smithsonian. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2018.

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