Dr. Kenny Broad
Associate Professor, University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Center for Ecosystem Science, University of Miami
Center for Research on Environmental Decisions, Columbia University
National Geographic in the Field
Dr. Kenneth Broad received his Ph.D. in anthropology from Columbia University in 1999 and is an associate professor in the Division of Marine Affairs and Policy and the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science. He holds a joint appointment at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is a co-director of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions based at Columbia University, a member of the NOAA Science Advisory Board (Climate and Global Change Working Group), and is the Associate Editor of the American Meteorological Societys Climate, Weather and Society Journal. Working in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, Broad studies climate impacts and human perception, the use and misuse of scientific information, decision making under uncertainty, ecosystem based management and issues of societal equity. For the past five years, Broad has been conducting research in the Bahamas that addresses human-environment interaction and marine reserve network design. In addition to extensive cave exploration in the Bahamas, Broad has participated in and led scientific and film expeditions around the globe, including the exploration of one of the world's deepest caves in Mexico's Huautla Plateau. Broad was selected for the 2006 National Geographic Society Emerging Explorer award.