Albert Carnesale

Albert Carnesale is Chancellor Emeritus and Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was Chancellor from 1997 through 2006, and now serves as Professor of Public Policy and of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. He focuses on public policy issues having substantial technological dimensions, and is the author or coauthor of six books and more than 100 articles on a wide range of subjects, including national security strategy, nuclear arms control, nuclear proliferation, international energy issues, and higher education. He chairs the National Academies Committee on America’s Climate Choices; is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, of the Council on Foreign Relations, and of the Mission Committees of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory; and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Prior to joining UCLA, Dr. Carnesale was at Harvard University for 23 years, serving as  Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Provost of the University. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering.