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Robert K. Dixon

I would like an administrator to review and post the following article. This is about a Nobel Prize laureate who is a director in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Here is the article:

ROBERT K. DIXON

Robert K. Dixon, Ph.D. is an energy, environment, and economic expert at the United States Department of Energy1 headquarters in Washington, DC. Dr. Dixon is recognized for his achievements in academia, industry, government, and international organizations. He is a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize2 co-recipient with members of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change3.

CAREER Academia

Early in his professional life, Dixon built cutting-edge research and education programs as a professor at the University of Minnesota4 (1982 to 1986) and Auburn University5 (1987 to 1989).

An active scholar in the energy, environment, natural resources and public policy fields, Dixon is affiliated with universities worldwide where he has been an adjunct and visiting professor6, guest lecturer7, executive in residence8, and member of university advisory bodies9. He is currently an adjunct professor at American University10 in Washington, DC.

Dr. Dixon is Editor-in-Chief of the international scientific journal, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change11 (1997 to present). He was Guest Editor of Climatic Change12and Energy Policy13 and currently serves on the CRC Press Sustainable Energy Development Editorial Board14. Dr. Dixon has authored, co-authored, or edited more than 125 journal articles and several books on energy and environment science and policy topics15, such as Adapting to Climate Change: An International Perspective16, The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) Pilot: Experiences and Lessons Learned17, Energy Technology Perspectives, Scenarios and Strategies to 205018, and others19.

Dixon led an industrial chemistry research and development program sponsored by Allied Chemical Corporation20 (1979 to 1982) and co-authored a U.S. patent21 for fertilizer formulation and applications (1988). He was a principal scientific advisor to, and startup investor in, Mycorr Tech, Inc.22 (1986 to 1989), an international biotechnology firm subsequently acquired by Plant Health Care, Inc.23.

Government

For nearly three decades, Dixon has led U.S. government energy and environment science, technology and policy programs at three federal agencies24, through organizations across the globe25, and for Presidential councils and executive offices26.

At the U.S. Agency for International Development27 (AID), Dixon helped establish energy and natural resources programs and ministries across 11 South Asian countries. For the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency28 (EPA), he worked to shape provisions of the Clean Air Act29 and the Energy Policy Act30. He led two Presidential Initiatives (1992 to 1997), the U.S. Country Studies Program31, and the Initiative on Joint Implementation32.

Presently at the U.S. Department of Energy (Energy), Dixon is Director of the Office of Strategic Programs33 in the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office34 (EERE) (2015 to present), managing a portfolio of energy efficiency and renewable energy analysis, technology-to-market, international, stakeholder, intergovernmental, and communications programs. Previously, he was EERE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Power Technologies35 (1999 to 2002).

White House

During the Administration of President G.W. Bush, Dixon served as Senior Director, White House Task Force on Energy Security and Climate Change36 (2007 to 2008), jointly implemented by the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality37 (CEQ) and the National Security Council. Dr. Dixon was a key contributor to the G-2038 Major Economies Process and deliberations on the Energy Security Act of 200739. He was Associate Director at the CEQ (2004 to 2005) and professional staff in the Office of Science and Technology Policy40 (1986 to 1987).

Among his influential posts at international organizations, Dixon was founding Executive Director, Secretariat for the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy41 (2003 to 2004).

At the International Energy Agency (IEA)42 (2005 to 2007) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris France, he was Head of Energy Technology Policy Division, strategizing and directing technology policy analyses for clients such as the G-20 Heads of State.

For the Global Environment Facility43, 44 of The World Bank Group, Dr. Dixon was Team Leader for Climate Change and Chemicals (2008 to 2015), overseeing a multi-billion dollar portfolio of energy, environment, public health, infrastructure, and transportation projects in developing and transition countries44.

RELATED BACKGROUND International Agreements

Dixon has been a delegate to intergovernmental negotiating committees and subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change45 (UNFCCC) (1992 to present), Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer46 (1989 to present), Minamata Convention on Mercury47, (2009 to 2015), the Asian Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate48 (2006 to 2011), the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants49 (2004 to 2015), and United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (1992).

Dixon was a member of the United Nations Transitional Committee for the Green Climate Fund50 (2009 to 2012), advisor to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences51 and National Academy of Engineering52 (2002 to present) on energy and environmental projects, delegate to the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) (2004 to 2013)53, Commissioner General of the China World EXPO 2010 “Better City, Better Life”54 (2010), and Vice Chairman of the IEA Working Party on Renewable Energy Technologies55 (2001 to 2004).

Dr. Dixon has briefed and testified before committees of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate (1999 to present) on a wide variety of energy science and research issues, including U.S. energy technology transfer56 and climate change and technology policy options57.

Philanthropy

Dr. Dixon has been a strategic and tactical advisor aiding in the implementation of energy, environmental, and economic development and transition programs worldwide for Catholic Relief Services58 (1988), the Open Society Foundation59 (1994), the International Foundation for Science60 (1993 to 1998), CARE61 (1988), and others.

Honors and Awards

Dixon has earned honors and awards throughout his career, including: The Nobel Peace Prize, December 10, 2007, awarded jointly to members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change62 Vice President’s Team Award, The World Bank Group, 2009 and 201363 for contributions to the United Nations FCCC and the Minamata Convention. Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Belfer Center Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership64, 2009 University of Missouri Faculty Alumni Award65, 2007 U.S. Presidential Rank Award of Distinguished Executive66, 2004 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Bronze Medal for Commendable Service67, 1993 Fellowships: Smithsonian Fellowship, 1985; Exxon, 1984.

PERSONAL Dixon is a native of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. He graduated from Lee’s Summit High School68 in 1973 and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame69 in 2001.

Dixon attended the University of Missouri at Columbia70, earning his Bachelor of Science71 1977, Master of Science72 in 1979, and Ph.D.73 in 1982.

1 United States Department of Energy https://energy.gov/

2 Nobel Peace Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Nobel_Peace_Prize and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize

3 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Panel_on_Climate_Change

4 University of Minnesota at Minneapolis https://twin-cities.umn.edu/

5 Auburn University, Alabama https://www.auburn.edu/

6 Adjunct and visiting professor from 1985 to present at the following institutions:

• Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon (1989 to 1992) http://oregonstate.edu/
• Oxford University, United Kingdom (1984 to 1985) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford
• Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany (1985) https://www.hu-berlin.de/de
• University of Delhi, India (1987 to 1989) http://www.du.ac.in/
• Kasetsart University, (1986) Thailand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasetsart_University
• Tsinghua University, (1993) Thailand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsinghua_University

7 Guest lecturer from 1982 to present at the following universities:

• Georgetown University, Washington, DC https://www.georgetown.edu/
• Johns Hopkins School of Advanced and International Studies (SAIS), Washington, DC https://www.sais-jhu.edu/
• Columbia University, New York http://www.columbia.edu/
• University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri http://missouri.edu/
• Utah State University, Logan, Utah https://www.usu.edu
• Fudan University, Shanghai, China http://www.fudan.edu.cn/2016/index.html
• Lund University, Sweden http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/
• Madras University, India http://www.unom.ac.in/
• Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia https://www.msu.ru/en/
• University of the Philippines, Philippines https://www.up.edu.ph/

8 University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, 2007 Executive in Residence, https://cafnr.missouri.edu/executive-in- residence/previous/

9 Member of the university advisory boards at: West Virginia University, Morgantown (2010 to 2012) https://www.wvu.edu/

10 American University, Washington, DC (2013 to present) http://www.american.edu/

11 http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/atmospheric+sciences/journal/11027 SSN: 1381-2386 (print version); ISSN: 1573-1596 (electronic version); Journal no. 11027

12 Climatic Change, an Interdisciplinary, International Journal Devoted to the Description, Causes and Implications of Climatic Change, Volume 26 – Nos. 1-2 – May-June 1997, Kluwer Academic Publishers / Dordrecht, Boston, London, ISSN 0165-0009 https://link.springer.com/journal/10584 and https://link.springer.com/journal/10584/36/1/page/1

13 Energy Policy, the International Journal of the Political, Economic, Planning, Environmental and Social Aspects of Energy, Volume 38, Issue 11, November 2010, Elsevier (publishing company of the RELX Group), ISSN 0301-4215, https://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-policy/ and http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03014215?sdc=1

14 CRS Press Taylor & Francis Group https://www.crcpress.com/aboutus/history CRS Press Sustainable Energy Development Editorial Board https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVjWHpLZZZWIA5j8nnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw-- ?p=CRC+Press+Sustainable+Energy+Development+Editorial+Board&fr=yhs-mozilla-001&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

15, 16 Adapting to Climate Change: An International Perspective, Assessments and Issues, 1996, Springer-Verlag New York, Berlin, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-4613-8471-7, SPIN 10522981 http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781461384731

17 The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) Pilot: Experiences and Lessons Learned, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, 1999, ISBN 978-94-011-4287-8, http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789401058582

18 Energy Technology Perspectives, Scenarios and Strategies to 2050 (In support of the G8 Action Plan), International Energy Agency Publications, Printed in France by Stedi Media (61 2008 021 P1), 2008, ISBN 92-640-4142-4. http://www.iea.org/media/etp/etp2008.pdf

19 Process Modeling of Forest Growth Responses to Environmental Stress, Edited by Dr. Robert K. Dixon, et al., Timber Press, Inc., ISBN 0-88192-152-1 http://booksmedia.online/read/process-modeling-of-forest-growth-responses-to-environmental-stress.pdf and Micro and Nano-Engineering of Fuel Cells, Editorial Board, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, A Balkem Book, http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/pdf/10.1201/b18394-1 https://www.crcpress.com/Micro--Nano-Engineering-of-Fuel-Cells/Leung-Xuan/p/book/9781138748644 and Development and Demonstration of Fuel Cell Vehicles and Supporting Infrastructure in China, October 2011, volume 15, Issue 7, pp 775-789 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11027-011-9293-y

20 Allied Chemical Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied_Corp.

21 U.S. Patent Office, US 4749402 A, Method and composition for enhance of mycorrhizal development by foliar fertilization of plants, June 7, 1988 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph- Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch- bool.html&r=5&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=4749402&OS=4749402&RS=4749402 and https://www.google.com/patents/US4749402

22 Mycorr Tech, Inc. https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/241941

23 Plant Health Care, Inc. http://www.planthealthcare.com/about-us/history/

24 U.S. government agencies include:

• U.S. Agency for International Development (1986 to 1988; 1996) https://www.usaid.gov/
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1989 to 1991) https://www.epa.gov/
• U.S. Department of Energy (1997 to 2004; 2015 to present) https://energy.gov/

25 Select overseas organizations of assignments include:

• Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank Group, Bonn Germany (2012) and Washington, DC (2008 to 2015)
• International Energy Agency (IEA), Office of Economic and Cooperative Development (OECD), France (2004 to 2007)
• U.S. Department of State, Japan (1997)
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Russia (1991)
• National Science Foundation, Ghana (1990)
• U.S. Agency for International Development, Thailand (1986), Haiti (1988), India (1996)
• Smithsonian Institution, India (1985)
• United Nations Development Programme, Pakistan (1984)

26 Appointments in the Executive Office of the U.S. President include:

• White House Task Force on Energy Security and Climate Change (2007 to 2008) https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-record/climate/domestic
• Council on Environmental Quality (2004 to 2005) https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq
• Office of Science and Technology Policy (1986 to 1987) https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/about

27 U.S. Agency for International Development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Developm ent

28 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency

29 Clean Air Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_(United_States)

30 Energy Policy Act of 2005 (as amended) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Policy_Act_of_2005

31 U.S. Country Studies Program http://www.gcrio.org/CSP/ap.html and http://www.gcrio.org/CSP/

32 http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJEP.1997.028155 and https://www.jstor.org/stable/42704167?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents and http://www.gcrio.org/USCCAP/joint.html and http://www.gao.gov/products/RCED-98-154

33 https://energy.gov/eere/about-us/office-strategic-programs

34 Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the U.S. Department of Energy https://energy.gov/eere/office-energy-efficiency-renewable-energy and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Energy_Efficiency_and_Renewable_Energy

35 Deputy Assistant Secretary, EERE Office of Power Technologies https://books.google.com/books?id=0gGWdRBBhUMC&pg=PT38&lpg=PT38&dq=of fice+of+power+technologies+robert+dixon&source=bl&ots=3EPcxvyQ31&sig=j0gGCNW4B8bSMHdK4W4tjfv6Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFnMGq0Y7WAhWLslQ KHc96CFIQ6AEIPDAE#v=onepage&q=office%20of%20power%20technologies%20ro bert%20dixon&f=false

36 White House Task Force on Energy Security and Climate Change https://georgewbush- whitehouse.archives.gov/stateoftheunion/2007/initiatives/energy.html and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G20

37 U.S. Council on Environmental Quality https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq

38 G-20 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G20

39 Energy Security Act of 2007 https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th- congress/house-bill/6

40 Office of Science and Technology Policy https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp

41 Final report International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy Ministerial Conference, DOI 10.2172/878468, DOE Award Number: DE-FG36-03GO13174 https://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/878468 and The International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy, Overview https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2014/03/f11/iphe_overview.pdf

42 International Energy Agency https://www.iea.org/about/structure/

43 Global Environment Facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Environment_Facility http://www.thegef.org/

44 Global Environment Facility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Environment_Facility http://www.thegef.org/

45 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Framework_Convention_on_Climat e_Change

46 Montreal Protocol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Protocol

47 Minamata Convention on Mercury http://www.mercuryconvention.org/ http://www.mercuryconvention.org/Convention

48 Asian Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate http://www.asiapacificpartnership.org/english/default.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia- Pacific_Partnership_on_Clean_Development_and_Climate

49 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants http://chm.pops.int/ and http://www.wipo.int/edocs/lexdocs/treaties/en/unep-pop/trt_unep_pop_2.pdf

50 United Nations Transitional Committee for the Green Climate Fund http://www.greenclimate.fund/home

51 National Academy of Sciences http://www.nasonline.org/?referrer=https://www.google.com/

52 National Academy of Engineering https://www.nae.edu/About.aspx

53 Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN 21) http://www.ren21.net/

54 China World Expo 2010 “Better City, Better Life” https://www.thegef.org/news/gef-fuel-cell-buses-world-expo-2010-shanghai and https://books.google.com/books?id=5TCdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=201 0+Greening+Opportunities+at+World+Events:+GEF+Investment+Experience+robert +dixon&source=bl&ots=u5Ozrzq1kn&sig=gOntRp10YPguBqZqayPNSPCdRPs&hl=en &sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivg5DT5p3WAhVL74MKHWpnDtYQ6AEILDAB#v=onepage&q =2010%20Greening%20Opportunities%20at%20World%20Events%3A%20GEF%20I nvestment%20Experience%20robert%20dixon&f=false

55 IEA Working Party on Renewable Energy Technologies https://www.iea.org/topics/renewables/workingpartyrewp/

56 Congressional Record, Volume 148, Daily Digest (D 485), September 18, 2002, Hearings on Technology Transfer Programs, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, Testimony from Robert K. Dixon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Power Technologies, U.S. Department of Energy, https://books.google.com/books?id=AYobHo3hT0QC&pg=SL4- PA485&dq=robert+k.+dixon+testimony+congress+hearings&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ah UKEwi5z5SKyY7WAhWC64MKHTEpDg0Q6AEIJjAA%20-%20v=onepage&q=robert%20k.%20dixon%20testimony%20congress%20hearings&f=false#v=onepage&q=robert%20k.%20dixon%20testimony%20congress%20hearings&f=false

57 Climate Change Technology and Policy Options, Hearing before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate, July 10, 2001, S. Hrg. 107-670, 81-727, https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-107shrg81727/html/CHRG- 107shrg81727.htm

58 Catholic Relief Services https://www.crs.org/

59 Open Society Foundation https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/

60 International Foundation for Science http://www.ifs.se/

61 CARE http://www.care.org/ and https://books.google.com/books?id=AYobHo3hT0QC&pg=SL4- PA485&dq=robert+k.+dixon+testimony+congress+hearings&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ah UKEwi5z5SKyY7WAhWC64MKHTEpDg0Q6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q=robert%20k.%20 dixon%20testimony%20congress%20hearings&f=false

62 The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded jointly to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. “for their efforts to build up and disseminate great knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.” https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/ipcc-facts.html and https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/

63 http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/climatechange/ Global Environment Facility, Climate Change http://www.thegef.org/topics/climate-change Global Environment Facility Minamata Convention on Mercury, http://www.thegef.org/topics/chemicals-and-waste

64 Harvard University Belfer Center Roy Family Award 2009 http://www.belfercenter.org/publication/harvard-kennedy-schools-belfer-center- announces-2009-roy-family-award-environmental, http://www.belfercenter.org/publication/harvard-kennedy-school-presents-2009-roy-award-environmental-partnership-mexico-city

65 http://www.mizzou.com/s/1002/alumni/interior.aspx?sid=1002&gid=1001&pgid=3 and http://www.mizzou.com/s/1002/images/gid1001/editor_documents/FA%20Award s/past_fa_recipients_2015_edited.pdf?gid=1001&pgid=61

66 https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive- service/presidential-rank-awards/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Rank_Awards

67 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_United_States_government

68 Lee’s Summit High School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%27s_Summit_High_School

69 Lee’s Summit Hall of Fame http://lshs.lsr7.org/hoflshs/

70 http://missouri.edu/

71 Bachelor of Science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science

72 Master of Science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science

73 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy

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