Saleem H. Ali
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Saleem H. Ali is the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment at the University of Delaware (USA). He has also held the Chair in Sustainable Resources Development at the University of Queensland in Brisbane Australia where he retains affiliation as a Professorial Research Fellow. He is also a Senior Fellow at Columbia University's Center on Sustainable Investment. Previously he was Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Natural Resources, and the founding director of the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security as well as a Fellow at the Gund Institute. His research focuses on environmental conflicts in the extractive industries and how ecological cooperation can promote peace in international relations. He is the author of 3 sole authored books including “Treasures of the Earth: Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future,” (published by Yale University Press), and Environmental Diplomacy (with Lawrence Susskind, Oxford Univ. Press) and over a hundred other peer-reviewed publications. His prior appointments include a Technical Leadership Program position at General Electric (GE), and research associate position at the Boston-based consulting firm Industrial Economics Inc. Professor Ali was chosen as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2011 and received an Emerging Explorer award from the National Geographic Society in 2010, and has since then also been a member of the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas. Professor Ali’s research has been funded by numerous public and private sector organizations including the Ford Foundation, The Tiffany & Co. Foundation, the US National Science Foundation, as well as the Australian, British and German government’s various research agencies. He serves on the board of governors of the non-profit environmental organization LEAD-Pakistan. Professor Ali received his doctorate in Environmental Planning from MIT, a Master's degree in Environmental Studies from Yale University and Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Tufts University. Professor Ali can be followed on Twitter @saleem_ali
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