Dr. Martin Pasqualetti

Arizona State University

Dr. Martin J. Pasqualetti was the honored recipient of the Alexander and Ilse Melamid Gold Medal from the American Geographical Society in 2015 for his international contributions to energy studies. In 2018, he was named Alumnus of the Year by the University of California (Riverside); and in 2019, he was elected Fellow of the American Association of Geographers.

Dr. Pasqualetti holds positions as Professor in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, and as a Senior Sustainability Scientist in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, both at ASU. His research, publishing and teaching fall at the intersection of energy and society.

Dr. Pasqualetti has advised several agencies and NGOs, including the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the U.S. Office of Technical Assessment, the National Academy of Sciences, the Arizona Office of Energy Policy, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Natural Resources Defense Council.