Ken Caldeira is a Staff Scientist at the Carnegie Institution, where his only job responsibility is “to make important scientific discoveries.” He also holds the position of Associate Professor (by courtesy) in the Stanford University Department of Environmental Earth System Science. He holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Applied Science from New York University.

Caldeira was invited by the National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board to deliver the 2007 Roger Revelle lecture, “What coral reefs are dying to tell us about CO2 and ocean acidification.” Caldeira was a lead author of the “State of the Carbon Cycle Report”, an interagency report of the US Government requested by the US Congress. Caldeira was one of two technical advisors accompanying the US Government delegation in climate change negotiations leading up to the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. Caldeira was a member of the US Carbon Cycle Steering Group (2001-2004), an advisory panel to US agencies involved in carbon cycle funding. Caldeira was chosen to be Coordinating Lead Author of an IPCC report on carbon storage in the ocean (2005). He was a member of the UNESCO International Oceanography Commission CO2 Panel of Experts (2002-2004). While at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he was awarded the Edward Teller Fellowship (2004), the highest award given by the laboratory.

Caldeira’s work has been discussed widely in major media outlets such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time Magazine, The Economist, US News and World Report, and USA Today. He has appeared on radio many times, incuding on NPR (Science Friday, Bryant Park Project) and BBC World Service Radio (Business Daily). He has also discussed his work on television (BBC World, The Weather Channel, The Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, etc.), both on news programs and in documentaries.