This is the personal blog of Ken Caldeira. Things I post here are my own thoughts, often half-formed, and are not statements on behalf of any organization I am affiliated with.
I coordinate the Conceptual Investigations Unit, and I am a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University, housed in Steve Davis’s Sustainable Solutions Lab. I am also a Senior Scientist at Gates Ventures.
Previously, I was a Senior Scientist in the Department of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science, and before that I worked in the Energy and Environment Directorate of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. I did a postdoc in the Department of Geosciences at Penn State University. I hold a PhD and Master’s in atmospheric sciences from New York University, and a BA from Rutgers University, where I majored in philosophy.
My professional biography and a list of what I have published are on the CIunit site.
Elsewhere: Bluesky and LinkedIn.
Reuters did a biographical sketch of me a few years ago that is a good general overview (thanks, Maurice Tamman!).
