David G. Victor

David G. Victor is a professor of innovation and public policy at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego, where he holds the Center for Global Transformation Endowed Chair in Innovation and Public Policy.

Victor is co-director of the campus-wide Deep Decarbonization Initiative. D2I is a collaboration of faculty from across the UC San Diego campus who work at the intersection of science, technology, and policy. The initiative was founded as a joint partnership between UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering and School of Global Policy and Strategy. At UC San Diego, Victor was previously co-founder of the Laboratory on International Law and Regulation (ILAR)

Victor is also a professor (adjunct) in Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, as well as (affiliated) professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering.

Victor holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an A.B. in History and Science from Harvard University. Provided by Wikipedia