Guy P. Brasseur (PhD degree, Free University of Brussels, Belgium in 1976). Scientist at the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy.2000-2005: Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, Germany and Professor at the Universities of Hamburg. 2002-2005: Scientific Director of the German Climate Computer Center. 2002-2005: Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme (IGBP). 2002-2004: President of the Atmospheric Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union. 2006-2007: Coordinating Lead Author for the fourth Assessment Report (WG-1) of the International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC; awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize). 2006 to 2009: Associate Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Head of the Earth and Sun Systems Laboratory. 2009-2013: Director of the Climate Service Center (CSC) in Hamburg, Germany. 2014-present: Senior Scientist Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and Distinguished Scholar at NCAR. 2018-2020: Associate Director NCAR and Director Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory.
Member of the Academia Europaea, Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, Ordinary Member of the Academy of Sciences of Hamburg, Germany, and Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium. Doctor Honoris Causa of the Universities of Paris 6, Oslo and Athens.