London – 16 September: The Global Warming Policy Foundation is pleased to announce that Professor Wade Allison, one of Britain’s most distinguished nuclear physicists, has joined the GWPF’s Academic Advisory Council.
Dr Wade Allison is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Fellow of Keble College at Oxford University. He is an experimental particle physicist with particular interests in electromagnetic radiation, particle and nuclear physics, and medical physics. His books, Radiation and Reason: the Impact of Science on a Culture of Fear and Nuclear is for Life: A Cultural Revolution, address misconceptions about radiation and nuclear energy.
The GWPF Academic Advisory Council is composed of scientists, economists and other experts who provide the GWPF with timely scientific, economic and policy advice.
It reviews and evaluates new GWPF reports, explores future research projects and makes recommendations on issues related to climate and energy research and policy.
The other members of the GWPF Academic Advisory Council are:
Professor Christopher Essex (Chairman)
Professor Ray Bates
Sir Ian Byatt
Dr John Constable
Professor Vincent Courtillot
Professor John Dewey FRS
Professor Peter Dobson OBE
Professor Samuel Furfari
Christian Gerondeau
Professor Laurence Gould
Professor William Happer
Professor Ole Humlum
Professor Gautam Kalghatgi
Professor Terence Kealey
William Kininmonth
Bryan Leyland
Professor Richard Lindzen
Professor Ross McKitrick
Professor Robert Mendelsohn
Professor Garth Paltridge
Professor Ian Plimer
Professor Gwythian Prins
Professor Paul Reiter
Professor Peter Ridd
Dr Matt Ridley
Sir Alan Rudge FRS
Professor Nir Shaviv
Professor Henrik Svensmark
Dr David Whitehouse