David G. Victor is a distinguished professor of innovation and public policy at the School of Global Policy and Strategy at UC San Diego and also a professor in Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He directs the UCSD-wide Deep Decarbonization Initiative (D2I) where his research focuses on the engineering, economic and political challenges associated with slashing emissions of warming gases and removing the gases that have already accumulated in the atmosphere and oceans.
His Ph.D. is from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and A.B. from Harvard University.